The Brothertown Nation of Indians : land ownership and nationalism in early America, 1740-1840 / Brad D.E. Jarvis
Object Details
- Author
- Jarvis, Brad D. E
- Contents
- Introduction -- "Crowding in upon their said lands" : the consequences of land encroachment upon Native communities in southern New England, 1675-1775 -- "Endeavouring to use it for the good of my fellow Indians" : Wheelock's Indians and the gospel of community revitalization, 1742-72 -- "Endeavour to do all things as becometh brothers" : kinship and community in the formation of Brothertown, 1771-95 -- "Your people" and "our people" : maintaining boundaries and preserving Brothertown, 1785-1812 -- "No great friend of Indians" : politicians, speculators, entrepreneurs, and the failed Brothertown migration to the White River, 1809-25 -- "A tedious, perplexing and harassing dispute" : contesting and defining land ownership in the Michigan territory, 1820-32 -- "A new state of things" : citizenship and land ownership as means to sovereignty, 1832-40 -- Conclusion
- 2010
- C2010
- Type
- Books
- Physical description
- [xv], 341 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
- Place
- United States
- Brothertown Indian Reservation (Wis.)
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Land tenure
- Brotherton Indians--Social conditions
- Brotherton Indians--Government relations
- Brotherton Indians--Ethnic identity
- Nationalism--History
- Community life--History
- History
- Record ID
- siris_sil_948732
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
