Amer-European settlement of the Great Plains transformed bountiful
Native soil into pasture and cropland, distorting the prairie
ecosystem that the peoples who originally populated the land had
long understood and were able to use wisely. Settlers justified
this transformation with the unexamined premise of deficiency,
according to which the vast area of the Great Plains was inadequate
in flora and fauna and lacking in the advances of modern
civilization.
Drawing on history, literature, art, and economic theory,
Frances W. Kaye counters the argument of deficiency, pointing out
that, in its original ecological state, no region can possibly be
incomplete. "Goodlands" examines the settlers' misguided theory,
discussing the ideas that shaped its implementation, the forces
that resisted it, and Indigenous ideologies about what it meant to
make good use of the land. By suggesting methods for redeveloping
the Great Plains that are based on native cultural values, Kaye
points the way to a balanced and sustainable future for the region
in the context of a changing globe.
Frances W. Kaye is professor of English at the University of
Nebraska. She is the author of "Hiding the Audience: Arts and Arts
Institutions on the Prairies." Kaye divides her time between a
farmstead outside Lincoln, Nebraska, and a house in Calgary, so
that she may always be close to the prairie land that drives her
research.
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