Includes bibliographical references pages (221-238) and index.
The vanishing policy -- Persistent peoples : Native American social and cultural continuity -- The new Indians -- Symbols of Native American resiliency : the Indian art movement -- Preserving the "Indian" : the reassessment of the Native American image -- Progressive ambiguity : the reassessment of the vanishing policy -- The "great confusion" in Indian affairs -- Epilogue : John Collier and Indian reform