"Farewell, My Nation": American Indians and the United States in the Nineteenth Century

The fully updated third edition of Farewell, My Nation considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.S. government during the nineteenth century, as the government tried to find ways to deal with social and political questions about how to treat America s indigenous population. Updated to include new scholarship that has appeared since the publication of the second edition as well as additional primary source material Examines the cultural and material impact of Western expansion on the indigenous peoples of the United States, guiding the reader through the significant changes in Indian–U.S. policy over the course of the nineteenth century Outlines the efficacy and outcomes of the three principal policies toward American Indians undertaken in varying degrees by the U.S. government Separation, Concentration, and Americanization and interrogates their repercussions Provides detailed descriptions, chronology and analysis of the Plains Wars supported by supplementary maps and illustrations INDICE: Preface .Acknowledgments .CHAPTER ONE: The Indian Question .In Need of a Solution .Breaching the Ohio Country Barrier .The Shooting Star and the Prophet .CHAPTER TWO: The Initial Solution .The Relocation Debate .Tribal Strategies in the South .The Cherokee–Georgia Conundrum .Removing the Southern Tribes .The Indian Territory and its People .Undermining Forces .Dashed Hopes .CHAPTER THREE: The Travails of Mid Century .Western Troubles and the New Solution .Making Way for the Railroads .The Texas Challenge .Whether or Not to be a Confederate .Civil War in the Indian Territory .Unrest in Minnesota .Colorado and Sand Creek .CHAPTER FOUR: The Plains Wars, Phase I: Realizing Concentration .Those Who Resisted: An Inescapable Fate? .Indian Policy and Who Controlled It .Defending the Powder River Country .Dualism: Peace and Force Policies .Commotion in Kansas .Effecting Concentration .With the Olive Branch and the Sword .CHAPTER FIVE: The Plains Wars, Phase II: Enforcing Concentration .Again, Indian Affairs and Who Controls Them .The Grant Peace Policy .At the Watershed .The Red River War .The Peace That Slipped Away .The Great Sioux War Commences .The Great Sioux War Concludes .CHAPTER SIX: The Search for a New Order .Reforms and Jurisdictional Disputes .Reappraising the Concentration Policy .The Government s Newest Solution .Ending Old and Injurious Habits .Americanization: White Rationalizations and Tribal Responses .Dead Dreams .Bibliographical Essay .Index . 

• ISBN: 978-1-118-97677-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 376
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés