Cherokee women in crisis : Trail of Tears, Civil War, and allotment, 1838-1907 / Carolyn Ross Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Carolyn, 1948-

Series:

Contemporary American Indian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cherokee women--History.

Cherokee women.

Cherokee women--Social conditions.

Cherokee women--Government relations.

Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.

Indians of North America--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Indians of North America.

History.

Indian allotments--United States--History.

Indian allotments.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 227 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2003]

Summary:

American Indian women have traditionally played vital roles in social hierarchies, including at the family, clan, and tribal levels. In the Cherokee Nation, specifically, women and men are considered equal contributors to the culture. With this study we learn that three key historical events in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- removal, the Civil War, and allotment of their lands -- forced a radical renegotiation of gender roles and relations in Cherokee society.

Contents:

Part I. Crisis of Gender

1. Cultural Continuity 11

2. Early Catalysts for Change 36

3. The Trail of Tears 56

Part II. Crisis of the Civil War and Reconstruction

4. The Civil War 81

5. Reconstruction 106

Part III. Crisis of Allotment

6. Allotment 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-211) and index.

ISBN:

081731332X

081735056X

OCLC:

51637677