George Washington and Native Americans: Learn Our Arts and Ways of Life - Couverture souple

Harless, Richard

 
9781942695141: George Washington and Native Americans: Learn Our Arts and Ways of Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1942695144 ISBN 13 : 9781942695141
Editeur : Mason Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

George Washington had contact with Native Americans throughout most of his life. His first encounter as a teenager left him with the impression that they were nothing more than an "ignorant people." As a young man he fought both alongside and against Native Americans during the French and Indian War and gained a grudging respect for their fighting abilities. During the American Revolution, Washington made it clear that he welcomed Indian allies as friends but would do his utmost to crush Indian enemies. As president, he sought to implement a program to "civilize" Native Americans by teaching them methods of agriculture and providing the implements of husbandry that would enable them to become proficient farmers--the only way, he believed, Native Americans would survive in a white-dominated society. Yet he discovered that his government could not protect Indian lands as guaranteed in countless treaties, and the hunger for Indian land by white settlers was so rapacious that it could not be controlled by an inadequate federal military establishment. While Washington appeared to admit the failure of the program, this book--a unique and necessary exploration of Washington's experience with and thoughts on Native Americans--contends he deserves credit for his continued efforts to implement a policy based on the just treatment of America's indigenous peoples.

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À propos de l'auteur

A retired public school educator and a former fellow at the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, Richard Harless is currently teaching at various colleges, including Saint Mary's Honor College in Maryland.

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Éditeur
Mason Publishing
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1942695144
ISBN 13 
9781942695141
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
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