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Dispossessing the American Indian Indians and whites on the colonial frontier

Jacobs, Wilbur R. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0684128608
  • ISBN: 9780684128603
  • ISBN: 0684128594 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780684128597 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 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.
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.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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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 -

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