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White Robe's Dilemma - Tribal History in American Literature (Paperback)
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White Robe's Dilemma - Tribal History in American Literature (Paperback)
Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary
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The Mesquakie peoples of present-day Iowa, historically known as
the Fox, are at the center of White Robe's Dilemma. An encounter
with the French in the Great Lakes region, their original homeland,
marked their first appearance in Euro-American history. Targeted
for annihilation after they refused alliance with the French, they
nevertheless endured, reappearing again and again in the records of
the English and Americans as well as the French. Over the years,
the resistance of the Mesquakies has taken many forms, diplomatic
and military, economic and cultural. They have rejected
Christianity for the most part, and ridiculed the many
anthropologists who keep coming to study them. A substantial number
have managed, unlike virtually any other Indian group in the United
States, to elude the reservation system by buying and maintaining
their own settlement. Several have made important contributions to
the literature in English by Indians, as has Black Hawk, of the
confederate Sauk, whose autobiography has been in print since the
Jacksonian period; William Jones, who became a student of renowned
anthropologist Franz Boaz; and Ray Young Bear, author of the highly
regarded autobiography, Black Eagle Child or The Facepaint
Narratives. In this intriguing study, Neil Schmitz imaginatively
reconstructs and carefully analyzes the multiple legacies of the
Mesquakie people. He shows how the complex story of their survival
raises critical questions about the representation of Indians in
American literature and history. Although the Mesquakies are
central to the book, Schmitz ranges widely through American
literature both by and about Indians. Chapters on Standing Bear and
Black Elk reopen the issue of agency and status, and reposition
their tribal history. Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor
and Elaine Goodale Eastman's Sister of the Sioux are given
extensive readings. In pointed example and comparison, the author's
broad knowledge of American literature repeatedly shows itself.
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