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Kinsmen of Another Kind - Dakota-White Relationships in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862 (Paperback, Revised)
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Kinsmen of Another Kind - Dakota-White Relationships in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862 (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Borealis Book S.
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In August 1862 the Dakota of Eastern Sioux resorted to armed
conflict against the white settlers of southern Minnesota. This
study uses an ethnohistorical approach to explain why the bonds of
peace between the Dakota and the whites were suddenly broken. It
shows how the Dakota concept of kinsmen affected the tribe's
complex relationships with the whites. The Dakota were obliged to
help their relatives by any means possible. Traders who were
adopted or married into the tribe gained from this relationship,
but had reciprocal responsibilities. After the 1820s, the trade in
furs declined, more whites moved into the territory, and the Dakota
became more economically dependent on the whites. When American
officials and traders failed to fulfil their obligations, many
Dakotas finally saw the whites as enemies to be driven from
Minnesota.; This edition includes a new introduction by the author,
who comments on scholarly developments in the field of ethnohistory
in the 19th century.
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