ISBN:
0415958601
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9780415958608
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 293 p)
,
maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Indigenous peoples and politics
Parallel Title:
Print version The State, Removal and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and Mexico, 1620-2000
DDC:
305.897
Keywords:
Indians of Mexico Government relations
;
Indians of North America Relocation
;
Indians of North America Government relations
;
Indians of Mexico Relocation
;
North America Ethnic relations
;
Mexico Ethnic relations
;
North America Race relations
;
Mexico Race relations
Abstract:
This book investigates the forced migration of the Delawares in the United States and the Yaquis in Mexico, focusing primarily on the impact removal from tribal lands had on the (ethnic) identity of these two indigenous societies. It analyzes Native responses to colonial and state policies to determine the practical options that each group had in dealing with the states in which they lived. Haake convincingly argues that both nation-states aimed at the destruction of the Native American societies within their borders. This exemplary comparative, transnational study clearly demonstrates th
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Removal and Identity; Chapter One: Indian Policy in the United States: Removal of Difference; Chapter Two: The Longest Removal; Chapter Three: 'Loss of Independence Day'; Chapter Four: Identity (in) Crisis?: Delawares in the Cherokee Nation; Chapter Five: History Is Not Over Yet: The Delawares and the Law; Chapter Six: Indian Policy in Mexico: Removal of Indianness?; Chapter Seven: The Will to Endure; Chapter Eight: Removal of the Yaquis: Out of Yaquimi; Chapter Nine: Silences from Yucatán
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Ten: History is Not Over Yet: The Yaquis and the LandChapter Eleven: Removal in Comparative Perspective; Chapter Twelve: Survival of the Fittest?; Chapter Thirteen: Histories of Change and Survival; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-288) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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