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Author:

Haake, Claudia B., author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007012510

Title:

Modernity through letter writing : Cherokee and Seneca political representations in response to removal, 1830-1857 / Claudia B. Haake.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiv, 256 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cherokee Indians--History--History--19th century.
Seneca Indians--History--History--19th century.
Cherokee Indians--Correspondence.
Seneca Indians--Correspondence.
Cherokee Indians--Relocation.
Seneca Indians--Relocation.
Cherokee Indians--Politics and government--19th century.
Seneca Indians--Politics and government--19th century.
Cherokee Indians--Government relations.
Cherokee Indians--Politics and government.
Cherokee Indians--Relocation.
Seneca Indians--Government relations.
Seneca Indians--Politics and government.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Civilization and the Removal Policy -- Authorship and Writing Practices -- Ideas of Law in a New Age of Letter-Writing Diplomacy -- Indian Tradition and Diplomatic Custom -- The Bonds between People, Land, and Culture.

Summary:

"Modernity through Letter Writing examines the discursive practices between both Native and non-Native writers during the Era of Removal. In this process of written diplomacy, protest, and petitioning, Native writers developed strategies for negotiating the policies of Indian Removal and advocating for their own indigenous nations"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1496215672
9781496215673

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1151749907

LCCN:

2020001501

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)