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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Trefousse, Hans L. |
| Title, Analytic | Carl Schurz and the Indians |
| Journal Title | Great Plains Quarterly |
| Date of Publication | Spring 1984 |
| Volume ID | 4 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 109-120, ill. |
| View Online | http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/1768/ |
| Abstract | In March 1877, when President Rutherford B. Hayes sent to the Senate his nomination of Carl Schurz for Secretary of the Interior, Republican party regulars were outraged. Schurz was accused of being an unrealistic dreamer, an impractical philosopher with no ability in business.However, his tenure Secretary of the Interior is of considerable interest, both in the biography of Carl Schurz and in the history of the department. "Forceful, well connected, and literate, [Schurz] was able to introduce civil service reform and succeeded in ridding the Indian [Bureau] of many of its more corrupt officers. After at first mistakenly endorsing it, Schurz was able to reverse the outdated policy of concentrating the Indians on large reservations and pioneered in the attempt to integrate them into the mainstream of society. The experiment was not wholly successful and has had many critics, but at the time assimilation seemed the most humane path feasible. Schurz also laid the foundation for a national policy of conservation of natural resources, marking his administration as a period of great innovation." |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Call Number | MKI P2018-15 |
| MKI Terms | Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906/ Native Americans/ United States -- History/ Politics |