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Zusatztext Hansen paints a picture of a spatial entity in which divergent ethnic groups have accepted life with each other but have not forsaken their respective identities and alliances. The author makes a bold effort to demystify the notion that each group ever lived in a vacuum, and she provides a viable model for future analyses of interethnic relations on allotted reservations and the historical complexities of indigenous-settler relations in particular spaces." - American Journal of Sociology Informationen zum Autor Karen V. Hansen is Professor of Sociology & Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Not-So-Nuclear Families: Class, Gender, and Networks of Care and A Very Social Time: Crafting Community in Antebellum New England Klappentext When Scandinavian immigrants and Dakota Indians lived side by side on a turn-of-the-century reservation, each struggled independently to preserve their language and culture. Despite this shared struggle, European settlers expanded their land ownership throughout the period while Native Americans were marginalized on the reservations intended for them. Zusammenfassung When Scandinavian immigrants and Dakota Indians lived side by side on a turn-of-the-century reservation, each struggled independently to preserve their language and culture. Despite this shared struggle, European settlers expanded their land ownership throughout the period while Native Americans were marginalized on the reservations intended for them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Maps and Documents Figures Preface Acknowledgments List of Figures Introduction: Illuminating the Encounter Part I. An Unlikely Encounter Chapter 1. Indians Never Knocked: Fear Frames the Encounter Chapter 2. The Scandinavian Flood: Land Hunger, Dislocation, and Settlement Chapter 3. The Reservation Land Rush: Allotment and Land Taking Part II. The Entangled Lives of Strangers Chapter 4. Spirit Lake Transformed: The Nexus of Schooling, Language, and Trade Chapter 5. Marking Nations, Reservation Boundaries, and Racial-Ethnic Hierarchies Chapter 6. Fighting the Sky and Working the Land Part III. The Divisions of Citizenship and the Grip of Poverty Chapter 7. Divergent Paths to Racialized Citizenship Chapter 8. A Fragile Hold on the Land Conclusion: Strangers No More Appendixes A. Historical Timeline B. Oral History Interview Subjects Notes Bibliography Index ...
