Pen and ink witchcraft : treaties and treaty making in American Indian history / Colin G. Calloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Treaties.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indian peoples made some four hundred treaties with the United States between the American Revolution and 1871, when Congress prohibited them. They signed nine treaties with the Confederacy, as well as countless others over the centuries with Spain, France, Britain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, Canada, and even Russia, not to mention individual colonies and states. In retrospect, the treaties seem like well-ordered steps on the path of dispossession and empire. The reality was far more complicated. In Pen and Ink Witchcraft, eminent Native American historian Colin G. Calloway narrates the hi

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments and a Note on Terminology; Introduction; 1. Treaty Making in Colonial America: The Many Languages of Indian Diplomacy; 2. Fort Stanwix, 1768: Shifting Boundaries; 3. Treaty Making, American-Style; 4. New Echota, 1835: Implementing Removal; 5. Treaty Making in the West; 6. Medicine Lodge, 1867: Containment on the Plains; Conclusion: The Death and Rebirth of Indian Treaties; Appendix: The Treaties; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-998686-X

0-19-991731-0

OCLC:

841793989