Shadow Tribe - The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity

Informationen zum Autor Andrew H. Fisher Klappentext Shadow Tribe offers the first in-depth history of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia River Indians--the defiant River People whose ancestors refused to settle on the reservations established for them in central Oregon and Washington. Largely overlooked, their story illuminates the persistence of off-reservation Native communities and the fluidity of their identities over time. --Andrew Fisher is assistant professor of history at the College of William & Mary. Zusammenfassung Offers the history of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia River Indians - the defiant River People whose ancestors refused to settle on the reservations established for them in central Oregon and Washington. This book traces the waxing and waning of Columbia River Indian identity from the mid-nineteenth until the late twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. People of the River 2. Making Treaties, Making Tribes 3. They Mean to Be Indian Always 4. Places of Persistence 5. Spaces of Resistance 6. Home Folk 7. Submergence and Resurgence Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrew H Fisher, Andrew H. Fisher
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2010
• EAN: 9780295990200
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99020-0
• No. of pages: 367
• Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book We
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories