"Indian Irrigation Projects of the 1920s: A Testament to the Failure of" by Michael J. Meagher
 

Date of Award

10-1979

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Francis Paul Prucha

Abstract

The Indian irrigation program of the 1920s typified the failure of federal Indian policy to assimilate the Indian. After the turn of the century the Bureau of Indian Affairs purl ed the irrigation program to ensure that land allotted by the Dawes Act would be useful to the Indian. But, by 1930 it became clear that the irrigation program had failed to meet its primary goal. The Indian had not become a successful farmer.

Comments

An Essay Submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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