Enduring Nations

by Edmunds, R. David

• ISBN13: 9780252033308
• ISBN10: 0252033302
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-18
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Enduring Nationsdocuments how tribal peoples have adapted to cultural change while shaping midwestern history. Examining the transformation of Native American communities, which often occurred in response to shifting government policy, the contributors explore the role of women, controversial tribal enterprises and economies, social welfare practices, and native peoples' frequent displacement to locations such as reservations and urban centers. Central to both past and contemporary discussions of Native American cultural change is whether Native American identity should be determined by genetics, shared cultural values, or a combination of the two. Contributors are Bradley J. Birzer, Brenda J. Child, Thomas Burnell Colbert, Gregory Evans Dowd, R. David Edmunds, Brian Hosmer, Rebecca Kugel, James B. LaGrand, Melissa L. Meyer, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy, Alan G. Shackelford, Susan Sleeper-Smith, and Stephen Warren.

Author Biography

R. David Edmunds, Watson Professor of American History at the University of Texas, Dallas, is the author and editor of many books, including The Fox Wars: The Mesquakie Challenge to New France and The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction: A People of Persistence	p. 1
The Illinois Indians in the Confluence Region: Adaptation in a Changing World	p. 15
"Their Women Quite Industrious Miners": Native American Lead Mining in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1788-1832	p. 36
"The Hinge on Which All Affairs of the Sauk and Fox Indians Turn": Keokuk and the United States Government	p. 54
The Ohio Shawnees' Struggle against Removal, 1814-30	p. 72
Jean Baptiste Richardville: Miami Metis	p. 94
Resistance to Removal: The "White Indian," Frances Slocum	p. 109
Michigan Murder Mysteries: Death and Rumor in the Age of Indian Removal	p. 124
Reworking Ethnicity: Gender, Work Roles, and Contending Redefinitions of the Great Lakes Metis, 1820-42	p. 160
A New Seasonal Round: Government Boarding Schools, Federal Work Programs, and Ojibwe Family Life during the Great Depression	p. 182
Indian Work and Indian Neighborhoods: Adjusting to Life in Chicago during the 1950s	p. 195
Blackjack and Lumberjack: Economic Development and Cultural Identity in Menominee Country	p. 214
White Earth Women and Social Welfare	p. 244
Contributors	p. 273
Index	p. 277
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