Description:
Wardship and the Welfare State examines the ideological dimensions and practical intersections of public policy and Native American citizenship, Indian wardship, and social welfare rights after World War II.
Review Quotes: "Mary Klann impressively covers a range of policy and legal decisions across the United States, furthering our understanding of how settler-colonial ideologies defined political and legal decisions in the mid- to late twentieth century. Wardship and the Welfare State is a unique contribution to the historiography of Native American policy and a fabulous piece of scholarship."--Kyle E. Ciani, author of Choosing to Care: A Century of Childcare and Social Reform in San Diego, 1850-1950