The boundaries between us : natives and newcomers along the frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750-1850 edited by Daniel P. Barr

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barr, Daniel P., 1971- ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--First contact with Europeans--Ohio River Valley.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Ohio River Valley.

Indians of North America--Ohio River Valley--Government relations.

Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio River Valley.

Frontier and pioneer life.

White people--Ohio River Valley--Relations with Indians.

White people.

Ohio River Valley--Race relations.

Ohio River Valley.

Ohio River Valley--Politics and government.

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807.

Brant, Joseph.

Physical Description:

xix, 261 p. : 1 map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2006.

Contents:

Introduction: Fluid boundaries and negotiated identities : intersection, accommodation, and conflict on an evolving frontier

The Shawnees and the English : captives and war, 1753-1765 / Ian K. Steele

"This land is ours and not yours" : the Western Delawares and the Seven Years' War in the Upper Ohio Valley, 1755-1758 / Daniel P. Barr

"We speak as one people" : Native unity and the Pontiac Indian uprising / David Dixon

"The Indians our real friends" : the British Army and the Ohio Indians, 1758-1772 / Matthew C. Ward

Two paths to peace : competing visions of Native space in the old northwest / Lisa Brooks

"A superior civilization" : appropriation, negotiation, and interaction in the Northwest Territory, 1787-1795 / Frazer Dorian McGlinchey

Three men from three rivers : navigating between native and American identity in the Old Northwest Territory / Donald H. Gaff

Negotiating law on the frontier : responses to cross-cultural homicide in Illinois, 1810-1825 / Bruce P. Smith

"Justice and public policy" : Indian trade, treaties, and removal from northern Indiana, 1826-1846 / Phyllis Gernhardt

Bringing about the dawn : agriculture, internal improvements, Indian policy, and Euro-American hegemony in the old northwest, 1800-1846 / Ginette Aley

"A perfect Apollo" : Keokuk and Sac leadership during the removal era / Thomas J. Lappas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-254) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

0873388445 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

60644713

Publisher Number:

9780873388443