Religion in America: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Beal

Author:Timothy Beal
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0195321073
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014-04-03T17:18:58+00:00

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I feel that something must be done to stop the neglect of stock, crops, gardens, and home interests caused by these dances or by celebrations, pow-wows, and gatherings of any kind that take the time of the Indians for many days. Now, what I want you to think about very seriously is that you must first of all try to make your own living, which you cannot do unless you work faithfully and take care of what comes from your labor, and go to dances or other meetings only when your home work will not suffer by it. I do not want to deprive you of decent amusements or occasional feast days, but you should not do evil or foolish things or take so much time for these occasions. No good comes from your “give-away” custom at dances and it should be stopped . . . . All such extreme things are wrong and should be put aside and forgotten.

—Letter “To All Indians” from Charles Burke, Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1923

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