Writing Indian nations : native intellectuals and the politics of historiography, 1827-1863 / Maureen Konkle.

Writing Indian nations : native intellectuals and the politics of historiography, 1827-1863 /

In the early years of the republic, the US government negotiated with Indian nations. This work demonstrates that by depending on treaties, Europeans in North America institutionalized a paradox: the very documents by which they sought to dispossess Native peoples in fact conceded Native autonomy.

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Main Author: Konkle, Maureen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Historiography.
Indians of North America > Treaties > Historiography.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
United States > Intellectual life.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
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