The San Carlos Indian Reservation, 1872-1886: An Administrative History
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1972Keywords
Apache Indians.Indians of North American -- Government relations -- 1869-1934.
Indians of North America -- Arizona.
San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
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