Writing Indian nations : native intellectuals and the politics of historiography, 1827-1863 / Maureen Konkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konkle, Maureen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Historiography.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Treaties--Historiography.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

United States--Intellectual life.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

United States--Politics and government--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early years of the republic, the US government negotiated with Indian nations. This work demonstrates that by depending on treaties, Europeans in North America institutionalized a paradox: the very documents by which they sought to dispossess Native peoples in fact conceded Native autonomy.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Cherokee Resistance; 2 William Apess, Racial Difference, and Native History; 3 Traditionary History in Ojibwe Writing; 4 Reclaiming Red Jacket and the Confederacy in Iroquois Writing; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-355) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877697

9780807875902

0807875902

OCLC:

476236960