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Jackson, Helen Hunt,--1830-1885--Political and social views, Indians of North America--Civil rights--California, Jackson, Helen Hunt,--1830-1885--Influence, Authors, American--19th century--Biography, Social reformers--United States--Biography, Ponca Indi
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1997
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PS2108.M37 1997eb
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Jackson, Helen Hunt,--1830-1885--Political and social views, Indians of North America--Civil rights--California, Jackson, Helen Hunt,--1830-1885--Influence, Authors, American--19th century--Biography, Social reformers--United States--Biography, Ponca Indi
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Helen Hunt Jackson
And Her Indian Reform Legacy
Valerie Sherer Mathes
University of Oklahoma Press Norman and London
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Dedicated to my father and my sister, Pat, and to the memory of my mother, who loved history
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mathes, Valerie Sherer, 1941 Helen Hunt Jackson and her Indian reform legacy / Valerie Sherer Mathes. p. cm. Originally published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1990. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8061-2963-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jackson, Helen Hunt, 18301885Political and social views. 2. Indians of North AmericaCivil rightsCalifornia. 3. Jackson, Helen Hunt, 18301885Influence. 4. Authors, American19th centuryBiography. 5. Social reformersUnited StatesBiography. 6. Ponca IndiansGovernment relations. 7. Indians in literature. I. Title. PS2108.M37 1997 97-10883 818'.409dc21 CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Copyright 1990 by the University of Texas Press, returned to Valerie Sherer Mathes and transferred to the University of Oklahoma Press in 1996. Preface to the Paperback Edition copyright 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press. All rights reserved. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First printing of the University of Oklahoma Press edition, 1997.
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Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition
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Preface
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Introduction
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1. Indian Policy, Christian Reformers, and the California Mission Indians
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2. Early Indian Reform Work of Helen Hunt Jackson
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3. Helen Hunt Jackson's First Visit to the Mission Indians
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4. Helen Hunt Jackson: Official Agent to the California Mission Indians
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5. Ramona, Its Successes and Failures
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6. Indian Reform Organizations Carry On Jackson's Work
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7. The WNIA at Cahuilla, El Potrero, and Saboba
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8. The WNIA at Agua Caliente and Martnez
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9. Retrospective
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Illustrations
Map. The California Mission Indians Country
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Photographs following page
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Preface to the Paperback Edition
For almost twenty years, Helen Hunt Jackson's obsession with the plight of America's Indians has continued to fascinate me. The publication in 1990 of this book only deepened my own obsession to understand her. I decided to edit a selection of her Indian-related letters. During 1996 I became reacquainted with her many friends, those in the literary and publishing world, as well as government officials, all of whom did whatever they could to support her "hobby."
I, too, am fortunate to have friends who have supported me in my "hobby." I am deeply indebted to Pamela Herr, author of Jessie Benton Frmont, who is currently working on a biography of Jackson. She has helped me decipher Jackson's sometimes impossible handwriting and has read and reread my manuscripts. Phil Brigandi, historian of the Ramona Pageant, has also lent tremendous support and guidance for this reprint and for the edition of Jackson's letters.
Twice I have attended the Ramona Pageant in Hemet, California, an outdoor drama based on Jackson's novel, Ramona, and have watched enthusiastic crowds cheer the heroine and boo the bad guys. A month before her death, Jackson wrote Thomas Wentworth Higginson: "My 'Century of Dishonor' and 'Ramona' are the only things I have done of which I am glad.... [T]hey will live, and... bear fruit." It is evident from the reaction of the pageant audience that her writings "live" on and inspire us today.
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