The Civilization Fund Act of 1819
- The Civilization Fund Act of 1819
The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 was created by the United States legislature to encourage activities of benevolent societies in providing education for Native Americans and also authorized an annuity to stimulate the civilization process.[ cite web]
url = http://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol3/issue1/united.htm
title = United States and Native American Relations
accessdate = 2008-08-19
author = Robert Hamilton
last = Hamilton
first = Robert
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publisher = Florida Gulf Coast University] References
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Further reading
*Ellinghaus, Katherine. "Taking Assimilation to Heart: Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937", ISBN 080321829X, 9780803218291, 2006.
*Hale, Lorraine. "Native American Education: A Reference Handbook", ISBN 1576073637, 9781576073636, 2002.
External links
* [http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/culturalcrisis.html Cultural Crisis in Education]
* [http://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol3/issue1/united.htm United States and Native American Relations]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/education-indian Indian Education]
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