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.

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.

Indian allotments--United States--History.

Indian allotments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2003.

Summary:

Explains how traditional Cherokee women's roles were destabilized, modified, recovered, and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil. American Indian women have traditionally played vital roles in social hierarchies 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, however, 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.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. CRISIS OF GENDER; 1. Cultural Continuity; 2. Early Catalysts for Change; 3. The Trail of Tears; PART II. CRISIS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION; 4. The Civil War; 5. Reconstruction; PART III. CRISIS OF ALLOTMENT; 6. Allotment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

OCLC:

650060141