Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.

The problem and its background -- The Indians of the Southwest -- Relations with the Indians of California, 1848-68 -- Federal Indian Administration in Utah and Nevada 1848-68 -- The Indians of Southern California, 1868-1903 -- The army and the Apache, 1869-86 -- Peaceful relations in Arizona and New Mexico, 1869-1900 -- Utah and Nevada, 1869-1900 -- Indian administration in the Southwest, 1900-33 -- The agent and his wards -- Education and schools -- Health and medical services -- A new regime and some current problems -- Southwestern Indians and the government in 1947. "There is romance in the sound Jicarilla, Zuni, Laguna, Navajo, Pima, and Papago. But the 'absorption' of the Indian tribes of the southwest by the United States in the period of one hundred years since the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1848 has been accompanied by raids, battles, ferocity on the part of both whites and Indians, and mismanagement, as well as the quiet charm which now greets the tourist in the West when he enters a village or pueblo. 'The Indians of the Southwest,' which is published in co-operation with the Huntington Library, San Marino, traces the relations of the Indians of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California with the federal government since 1848." Dust cover.