1873 INVESTIGATION of INDIAN FRAUDS CONGRESSIONAL REPORT antique AMERICANA

INVESTIGATION of INDIAN FRAUDS

March 3, 1873

[House of Representatives; 1873]

Hard bound.
Original gilt ruled  half leather over cloth boards, marbled endpapers and edges, spine with raised bands and gilt  title

793 pp.

With "Board of Indian Commissioners, Washington" stamp

very good  condition 

  size : 6 by 9"

Text in English
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Extensive congressional report issued as House Report No. 98 during the 42nd United States Congress, 3rd Session.
Compiled by the House Committee on Indian Affairs, this document serves as a critical historical record detailing the systemic corruption, exploitation, and institutional failures of the federal government's "Indian Policy" during the late 19th century.

The Report marked a major turning point in relations between Native American tribes and the U.S. government.
Following the Indian Appropriation Act of March 3, 1871—which stripped tribes of their independent sovereign nation status and officially designated Native Americans as "wards of the state"- the administration of native lands and financial resources shifted heavily into the hands of federal bureaucrats and appointed Indian Agents.
This sudden, massive centralized control, combined with the spoils system of the Ulysses S. Grant administration, created a breeding ground for widespread financial corruption.

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