The Society of American Indians and the “Indian question,” 1911–1923

• Authors: Misiarz, Radosław

Title variants

EN

Towarzystwo Indian Amerykańskich a kwestia indiańska, 1911–1923

Abstracts

EN

The Society of American Indians was established in 1911 as the first Pan-Indian organization with the aim of peaceful fighting for the rights of Indian nations in the United States in the first decades of the twentieth century. Functioning in the so-called “Era of Progress”, the Society proposed a number of postulates pertaining to the reform of the “Indian question”, which constituted one of the burning issues of the twentieth century America. Its main activists: Charles Eastman, Carlos Montezuma, Arthur Parker, and Sherman Coolidge worked out a program of reforms, which first of all, called for the assimilation of the Indian population, so that they could adjust to the conditions of American social and political life. Opposing the system of reservations, the Society appealed to the indigenous people for loyalty towards the American authorities, promoted a model of education based on the American system, and opted for giving Indians full citizenship.

PL

Towarzystwo Indian Amerykańskich powstało w 1911 r. jako pierwsza organizacja panindiańska mająca na celu pokojową walkę o prawa narodów indiańskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych w pierwszych dekadach XX w. Działając w czasach tzw. Ery Postępu, Towarzystwo zaczęło wysuwać szereg propozycji dotyczących reformy „kwestii indiańskiej”, która stała się jednym z palących problemów dwudziestowiecznej Ameryki. Jego główni działacze, Charles Eastman, Carlos Montezuma, Arthur Parker i Sherman Coolidge opracowali program reform, który w pierwszym rzędzie postulował asymilację ludności indiańskiej w celu dostosowania się Indian do warunków amerykańskiego życia społeczno-politycznego. Przeciwstawiając się systemowi rezerwatów, Towarzystwo Indian Amerykańskich apelowało do ludności tubylczej o lojalność wobec władz amerykańskich, lansowało model szkolnictwa oparty na amerykańskim systemie edukacji oraz orędowało na rzecz nadania Indianom pełnoprawnego obywatelstwa amerykańskiego.

Keywords

EN

United States; North American Indians; Indian question; Pan-Indianism; Society of American Indians; Stany Zjednoczone; Indianie Ameryki Północnej; kwestia indiańska; panindianizm; Towarzystwo Indian Amerykańskich

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
• Journal: Białostockie Teki Historyczne
• Year: 2016
• Volume: Białostockie Teki Historyczne, 2016, tom 14

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Misiarz, Radosław

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Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11320/4951

DOI

10.15290/bth.2016.14.04