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The Real Takeover of the BIA: The Preferential Hiring of Indians

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  • Novak, Steven J.

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An early long-running federal social policy experiment was the preferential hiring of American Indians at agencies, reserations, and shools. This government employment was designed to accelerate the assimilation of the natives and to reduce their resistance to education and economic change. Instead, the program inadvertently created a form of dependency. This ironic outcome was due to the power of the natives to shape the policy according to their needs and values.

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  • Novak, Steven J., 1990. "The Real Takeover of the BIA: The Preferential Hiring of Indians," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(3), pages 639-654, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:50:y:1990:i:03:p:639-654_03
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