| Description |
1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The "Indian Question" -- In Need of a Solution -- Breaching the Ohio Country Barrier -- The Shooting Star and the Prophet -- 2 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 -- 3 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 |
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Civil War in the Indian Territory -- Unrest in Minnesota -- Colorado and Sand Creek -- 4 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 -- Implementing Concentration -- With the Olive Branch and the Sword -- 5 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 |
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The Great Sioux War Commences -- The Great Sioux War Concludes -- 6 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 -- End User License Agreement |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118976807 |
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1118976800 |
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