D ouglas K. M iller . Indians on the Move

American Indian experiences in the years following the Second World War differed significantly from those of any other groups of people in the United States. Both Congress and the Department of the Interior initiated a harsh assault on the very existence of Indigenous nations within the US polity and, on an individual level, on tribal cultural identity. The latter initiative was carried out through a federal program that moved Indian individuals and families from reservation communities to cities. Scholars have told the story of this relocation program, which lasted from 1952 to 1972, both from a policy perspective and in relation to the urbanization of the Native American population in individual cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and others. In Indians on the Move: Native American Mobility and Urbanization in the Twentieth Century, Douglas Miller takes a different approach—both broader and deeper than previous scholarly works. Miller tells...

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