Book
Dispossessing the American Indian Indians and whites on the colonial frontier
Record details
- ISBN: 0684128608
- ISBN: 9780684128603
- ISBN: 0684128594 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780684128597 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York, Scribner [1972]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Indians and whites : an essay on misunderstanding -- pt. I. Indian-white contact : background. The white man's frontier in American history : the impact upon the land and the Indian ; Unsavory sidelights on colonial trade ; Wampum and the protocol of treaty-making ; White gift-giving : French skills in managing the Indians -- pt. II. Indian-white contact : frontier conflicts. British Indian-white relations : Edmond Atkin's scheme for imperial control ; A message to Fort William Henry : drama of siege and Indian savagery ; Gift-giving and Pontiac's uprising ; Pontiac's War : a conspiracy? ; 1763 : year of decision on the Indian frontier -- pt. III. Indian-white contact : final perspectives. The noble savage theme : attitudes and policies toward the Indian in the British colonies ; The price of progress : native people on the European frontiers of Australia, New Guinea, and North America -- Epilogue: What we owe the woodland Indians -- Appendix I. Chronological highlights of early Indian-white relations -- Appendix II. Chronological highlights of early native-white contacts in Australia and Papua-New Guinea. |
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| Subject: | Indians of North America Government relations To 1789 Frontier and pioneer life North America Indians, Treatment of North America Whites Relations with Indians |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 91 .J33 1972 | 2243353 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | E 91 .J33 1972 | 264765 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | Indian # 235 | 275274 | Deloria Collection | Available | - |