Crooked Paths to Allotment

“Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” — CHOICE

“Well-written and well researched, this book . . . is a welcomed addition to the scholarship.” — Journal of American History

“Crooked Paths to Allotment deepens our understanding of late nineteenth-century Indian policy…[and] makes thought-provoking observations about how some reformist positions in Indian policy fitted within — and to some extent anticipated — the broader development of a more active federal government role in promoting social welfare.” — American Historical Review

“A well-written, eight-chapter work that portrays 'Crooked Paths to Allotment' from a general portrayal of federal policies.” — Ethnohistory

“[A] useful addition to the history of Indian-white relations in the United States.” — North Carolina Historical Review

“Crooked Paths to Allotment deepens our understanding of late nineteenth-century Indian policy. . . . The author makes thought-provoking observations about how some reformist positions on Indian policy fitted within. . . the broader development of a more active federal government role in promoting social welfare.” — American Historical Review

“Tells a significant story.” — Tribal College Journal

“Exhibiting an impressive depth of primary research and utilizing a number of sparsely consulted archival collections, Crooked Paths to Allotment is a useful contribution to the historiography of American Indian policy.” — Kansas History

“Genetin-Pilawa shows how federal Indian relations have reflected and, at times, driven U.S. policy creation in general, and state development and bureaucratization in particular.” — Great Plains Quarterly

“[This book] succeeds admirably in questioning the inevitability of coerced assimilation after the Civil War. It serves as an important reminder that there were viable, potentially less destructive paths not taken in the quest to resolve the ‘Indian problem.’” — Utah Historical Quarterly