Beyond the reservation : Indians, settlers, and the law in Washington Territory, 1853-1889 / Brad Asher. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asher, Brad, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Washington (State)--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Government relations.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Washington (State).

Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Washington (State)--History--19th century.

Washington (State).

Washington (State)--Race relations.

Indians of North America--Washington Territory--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Washington Territory--Government relations.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Washington Territory.

Frontier and pioneer life--Washington Territory--19th century.

Washington Territory--History--19th century.

Washington Territory.

Washington Territory--Race relations.

Indians of North America--History--19th century--Washington Territory.

Indians of North America--Government relations--19th century--Washington Territory.

Frontier and pioneer life--History--Washington Territory.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 275 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Beyond the Reservation is the first in-depth examination of the American Indian presence in local courts during the nineteenth century. Through examination of Washington Territory's district court records for 1853-1889, as well as other archival materials, Brad Asher provides a detailed portrait of Indian-white contact within this region." "Overturning the conventional notion that Indians were confined to reservations during the latter half of the nineteenth century, Asher shows that most Indians in Washington Territory never moved to reservations or resided on them only seasonally."

"By focusing on contact between Indians and whites, this book challenges the emphasis of most histories on the exclusion and separation of Indians during the settlement period. In addition, by conceiving of law as a mode of governance, it sheds new light on the role of the state in the colonization of the American West."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. An Attack on Old Man Pulsifer: Native Lands, Native Law

2. In Re John Heo: Indian-White Contact and the Failure of the Reservation Policy

3. Jack Gho v. Charley Julles: Contact and Territorial Law

4. United States v. Charles Vogelsong: Federal Liquor Laws and Racial Identity

5. Territory v. James Close: Interracial Conflict and American Legal Culture

6. Robert Sulkanon v. David Lewis: Interracial Conflict and Indian Legal Culture

7. Territory v. Harry Fisk: Intra-Indian Crime and Indian Legal Consciousness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8061-7081-6