![]() ![]() As Saunt argues, the United States’ handling of “the Indian question” later served as a model for other nations looking to systematically expel their own “less desirable” populations. The first is that the mass expulsion of Indigenous Americans, a process that was planned, funded, and administered by the federal government, was unprecedented for its time. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia, seeks to complicate the history of “Indian Removal.” In doing so, Unworthy Republic makes three major arguments. Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt explores the history of Indigenous expulsion during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reviewed by Jennifer McCutchen, University of Southern Maine Previously published on H-AmIndian (February 25, 2021) ![]()
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