Herbert Welsh
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Herbert Welsh was a United States
political reformer and worker for Indian welfare.
, a prosperous merchant. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania
(1871), became known as an earnest advocate of the rights of Indians, visited the Sioux Reservation
in 1882, and urged upon the public and the United States Congress
education
for Indian children, holding of lands in severalty by the Indians, and the extension of the civil law
to their reservations. As a result of his lectures and addresses, the Indian Rights Association
was founded in Philadelphia in 1883.
He was also prominent in state politics as a reformer, especially in the election of 1890. He was president of the Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania, member of the executive committee of the National Civil Service Reform League, and editor of City and State, a weekly devoted to the interests of good government.
United States
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political reformer and worker for Indian welfare.
Biography
He was born in Philadelphia, the son of John WelshJohn Welsh (diplomat)
John Welsh was an American merchant and minister to England.-Biography:His ancestors were among the early Swedish and English settlers in America...
, a prosperous merchant. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
(1871), became known as an earnest advocate of the rights of Indians, visited the Sioux Reservation
Great Sioux reservation
The Great Sioux Reservation was established in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, and includes all of modern western South Dakota and modern Boyd County, Nebraska...
in 1882, and urged upon the public and the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
for Indian children, holding of lands in severalty by the Indians, and the extension of the civil law
Civil law
Civil law may refer to:* Civil law , a branch of continental law which is the general part of private law* Civil law , a branch of common law dealing with relations between individuals or organizations...
to their reservations. As a result of his lectures and addresses, the Indian Rights Association
Indian Rights Association
The Indian Rights Association was an American social activist group dedicated to the well being and acculturation of Native Americans...
was founded in Philadelphia in 1883.
He was also prominent in state politics as a reformer, especially in the election of 1890. He was president of the Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania, member of the executive committee of the National Civil Service Reform League, and editor of City and State, a weekly devoted to the interests of good government.
Works
- Four Weeks Among Some of the Sioux Tribes in 1882
- Civilization Among the Sioux Indians
- A Visit to the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hualapai Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1884
- The Other Man's Country (1900), a criticism of the Government's Philippine policy.