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Introduction. Suburban Indians: Family, Identity, and Homeownership
1. Land of Loss and Survival: The Homestead Act of 1862 and the U.S.–Dakota War
2. Pivotal Policies: The Creation of the Federal Housing Administration and the Indian Reorganization Act
3. “We Must Do This Ourselves”: American Indians and the American Dream in the Twin Cities
4. Intersections of Responsibility: Federal Housing Policy, Indian Policy, and Minneapolis’s Little Earth Housing Complex
5. Indian Homes and Indian Loans: Suburban Indians and the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Conclusion. Racializing Public Space: American Indian Homelessness as Houselessness and Exclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix. Timeline: Federal Indian and Federal Housing Policies, Including Significant Events and Legislative Acts
Notes
Index