Table of Contents

Illustrations and map
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Alice C. Fletcher in the Field

Part One.
Theory Meets Practice: Diary and Correspondence, 1889
Introduction
Field Diary, 1889
Correspondence, 1889

Part Two.
An Ethnologist in Paradise: Diary and Correspondence, 1890
Introduction
Field Diary, 1890
Correspondence, 1890

Part Three.
"The Nearest to Hell I Can Imagine": Diary and Correspondence, 1891
Introduction
Field Diary, 1891
Correspondence, 1891

Part Four.
Unfinished Business: Diary and Correspondence, 1892
Introduction
Field Diary, 1892
Correspondence, 1892

Afterword: "No More Gov't Work"

Appendix A: Biographical and Historical Sketches, 1889-1892
Appendix B: Alice C. Fletcher's Employees, 1889-1892
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Nicole Tonkovich is Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests center around nineteenth-century cultural productions by American women. She has published numerous essays, and her books include The Allotment Plot: Alice C. Fletcher, E. Jane Gay, and Nez Perce Survivance, and Trading Gazes: Anglo-American Women Photographers among North American Indians.

Reviews

"[An] excellent collection of documentary sources--many of which appear for the first time in this book."--Oregon Historical Quarterly

"It is an inspiring and enlightening read as Fletcher makes her journey to a better understanding of the reality of Native life and the shortcomings of federal policy."--Western Roundup

"Virtually none of the documentary sources for Dividing the Reservation exist electronically and only a small portion had been unearthed by previous scholarly research...this book is a genuine contribution."--Dennis Baird, University of Idaho professor emeritus