The return of the native : American Indian political resurgence
Stephen E. Cornell (Author)
An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the seventeenth century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations--and Indian responses to them--have shaped contemporary Indian political fortunes. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians were able to maintain their nationhood by playing off the competing European powers; and how the American Revolution and westward expansion eventually caused Native Americans to lose their land, social cohesion, and economic independence. The final part of the book recounts the slow, steady reemergence of
1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
9780195037722, 9780198020820, 0195037723, 0198020821
191821393
Chapter 1. The new Indian politics; Pt I: Into the dark; Chapter 2. Exceptional beginnings: the fur trade and Indian labor; Chapter 3. Solving "the Indian problem"; Chapter 4. "They carry their lives on their finger nails"; Pt II: The foundations of political resurgence; Chapter 5. The transformations of the tribe; Chapter 6. New music, new partners, a new dance; Chapter 7. Toward a supratribal consciousness; Chapter 8. The politics of Indianness; Chapter 9. Who wants what?; Chapter 10. Old wars, new weapons; Part III: The return of the native; Chapter 11. Lieutenant Anthony's legacy; Chapter 12. Indian-white relations revised; Cahpter 13. "Another world is coming."
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011