The Inconvenient Indian

The Inconvenient Indian

by

Thomas King

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Lewis Meriam was the lawyer who led the 1926 investigation into the condition of Indians living in the United States. Meriam’s final report, The Problem of Indian Administration, was published in 1928 and revealed the “grossly inadequate” conditions of Indian children living in government-funded boarding schools. Despite these published findings, the government did little to atone for its transgressions. King wryly notes that the U.S. Government hasn’t commissioned a similar study since.
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Chapter 5. We Are Sorry
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...Interior, Hubert Work, ordered a report on the condition of Indian life in the U.S. Lewis Meriam , an accomplished lawyer, headed the investigation. Meriam’s findings showed that Indian children in boarding... (full context)