When Andrew Jackson\'s removal policy failed to solve the "Indian problem," the federal government turned to religion for assistance.
In telling the story of the Saint Francis Indian Mission on the Sicangu Lakota Rosebud Reservation, Converting the Rosebud illuminates the complexities of federal Indian refo.
Nineteenth-century Catholic and Protestant reformers eagerly founded reservation missions and boarding schools, hoping to "civilize and Christianize" their supposedly savage charges.
When Andrew Jackson\'s removal policy failed to solve the "Indian problem," the federal government turned to religion for assistance