Lincoln and Native Americans

[Rob Wick]

Bill,

Most of the information available on Lincoln and Native Americans follows the story of the Sioux uprising and the mass executions. It appears that not much else of any note happened during his presidency in regards to Native American policy. From my very brief research, it appears that the go-to source is David A. Nichols, who did his doctoral dissertation on that question. It was later published in 2012 as Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics. Here is an expanded look at the book on Project Muse. You can't look at each of the chapters unless you have access to the database, but it will give you an idea of what the book discusses. Here is the Amazon link for the book. Finally, here is an article that Nichols wrote for the journal Minnesota History.

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Rob