Grant and the American Indian

President Grant did something revolutionary with respect to the American Indians. He decided to treat them like human beings. He saw that the reservations had become places of despair because corrupt Indian Agents were pocketing the money meant to feed and shelter the Indians. So Grant fired the Indian Agents and replaced them with men he knew were moral and incorruptible: Quakers. Quakers did not believe in violence and war and had sent none of their sons into the Union army during the Civil War. Grant didn't share the Quakers' religious perspectives, but he did recognize the Quakers' rock-solid integrity. Learn about this improbable alliance between the warrior and the pacifists, how President Grant's Quaker Policy almost succeeded and why it didn't. And be ready to learn about a forgotten Native American hero, the Southern Arapaho peace chief Little Raven. The program will be presented by Grant Cottage tour guide Steve Trimm.