Taking Assimilation to Heart: Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix 1. Native American Education and Marriages at Hampton Institute 1 2. Interracial Marriages of Male Carlisle Indian School Alumni 25 3. Educated Native American Men and Interracial Marriage 41 4. A Middle-Class White Woman Philanthropist and Interracial Marriage 81 5. The Broken Promise of Aboriginal Education in Australia 105 6. Regulating Aboriginal Marriages in Victoria 121 7. White Women Married to Aboriginal Men 149 8. Solving the “Indian Problem” in the United States 167 9. Absorbing the “Aboriginal Problem” in Australia 189 Conclusion 213 Source Acknowledgments 221 Abbreviations 223 Notes 223 Bibliography 255 Index 271 ...