On May 28, 1868, during a U.S. Congress floor debate about an Indian appropriation bill, Montana Territory representative James M. Cavanaugh remarked, “...I will say that I like an Indian better dead than living.” On October 27, 1895, The New York Times reminded its readers, “Even in this day of [the] increasing civilization of the Indian race there remain many intelligent persons who still believe that ‘the only good Indian is the dead Indian.’” Supposedly uttered in Janu
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