The return of the native : American Indian political resurgence / Stephen Cornell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornell, Stephen E. (Stephen Ellicott), 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

American Indian political resurgence

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [1988]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

Examines the way American Indians dealt with European powers, describes the impact of the westward expansion, and looks at the reemergence of Indian political power. An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the seventeenth century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations-and Indian responses to them-have shaped contemporary Indian political fortunes. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians were able to maintain their nationhood by playing off the competing European powers; and how the American Revolution and westward expansion eventually caused Native Americans to lose their land, social cohesion, and economic independence. The final part of the book recounts the slow, steady reemergence of American Indian political power and identity, evidenced by militant political activism in the 1960's and early 1970's. By paying particular attention to the evolution of Indian groups as collective actors and to changes over time in Indian political opportunities and their capacities to act on those opportunities, Cornell traces the Indian path from power to powerlessness and back to power again.

An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the seventeenth century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations--and Indian responses to them--have shaped contemporary Indian political fortunes. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians were able to maintain their nationhood by playing off the competing European powers; and how the American Revolution and westward expansion eventually caused Native Americans to lose their land, social cohesion, and economic independence.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The new Indian politics; Pt I: Into the dark; Chapter 2. Exceptional beginnings: the fur trade and Indian labor; Chapter 3. Solving "the Indian problem"; Chapter 4. "They carry their lives on their finger nails"; Pt II: The foundations of political resurgence; Chapter 5. The transformations of the tribe; Chapter 6. New music, new partners, a new dance; Chapter 7. Toward a supratribal consciousness; Chapter 8. The politics of Indianness; Chapter 9. Who wants what?; Chapter 10. Old wars, new weapons; Part III: The return of the native; Chapter 11. Lieutenant Anthony's legacy; Chapter 12. Indian-white relations revised; Cahpter 13. "Another world is coming."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed July 8, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Cornell, Stephen E. (Stephen Ellicott), 1948- Return of the native.

ISBN:

0195037723

9780195037722

9780198020820

0198020821

OCLC:

191821393

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03800 hdl

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