UID:
almafu_9959276192402883
Format:
1 online resource (316 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-88-9313-294-6
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1-4696-0397-7
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0-8078-9831-7
Series Statement:
First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies
Content:
Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. In this book, Gray Whaley examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples--focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land--from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. He emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous world he examines. Whaley argues that the process of Oregon's founding is best understood as a contest between the Britis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction : historical constructions of Oregon and Illahee -- So many little sovereignties, 1792-1822 -- Disastrous times we had : expansions and epidemic, 1821-1834 -- A vital experimental religion : the Methodist mission colony of lower Oregon, 1834-1844 -- Trophies for God : from mission colony to American colony, 1840-1845 -- The colonization of Illahee, 1843-1851 -- Polaklie Illahee (land of darkness) : identity and genocidal culture in Oregon -- Extermination and empire: money, politics, and the Oregon wars, 1855-1856 -- Conclusion : Illahee, "Indian colonies", and the paternalist state.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-7109-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-3367-3
Language:
English
