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An Unspeakable Sadness - The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians (Paperback, New Ed)
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An Unspeakable Sadness - The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians (Paperback, New Ed)
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Discovery Miles 5 770
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Of all the interactions between American Indians and
Euro-Americans, none was as fundamental as the acquisition of the
indigenous peoples' lands. To Euro-Americans this takeover of lands
was seen as a natural right, an evolution to a higher use; to
American Indians the loss of homelands was a tragedy involving also
a loss of subsistence, a loss of history, and a loss of identity.
Historical geographer David J. Wishart tells the story of the
dispossession process as it affected the Nebraska
Indians--Otoe-Missouria, Ponca, Omaha, and Pawnee--over the course
of the nineteenth century. Working from primary documents, and
including American Indian voices, Wishart analyzes the spatial and
ecological repercussions of dispossession. Maps give the spatial
context of dispossession, showing how Indian societies were
restricted to ever smaller territories where American policies of
social control were applied with increasing intensity. Graphs of
population loss serve as reference lines for the narrative,
charting the declining standards of living over the century of
dispossession. Care is taken to support conclusions with empirical
evidence, including, for example, specific details of how much the
Indians were paid for their lands. The story is told in a language
that is free from jargon and is accessible to a general audience.
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