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Military Conquest of the Prairie - Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Paperback)
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Military Conquest of the Prairie - Native American Resistance, Evasion and Survival, 1865-1890 (Paperback)
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The Military Conquest of the Prairie is a study on the final wars
on the prairie from the Native American perspective. When the
reservation system took hold about one-third of tribes stayed
permanently there, one-third during the harsh winter months, and
the last third remained on what the government termed unceded
territory, which Native Americans had the right to occupy by
treaty. For the Federal government it was completely unacceptable
that some Indians refused to submit to its authority. Both the Red
River war (1874-75) in the south and the great Sioux war (1876-77 )
in the north were the direct result of Federal violation of
treaties and agreements. At issue was the one-sided violence
against free roaming tribes that were trying to maintain their old
way of life, at the heart of which was avoidance on intermingling
with white men. Contrary to the expectations of the government, and
indeed to most historical accounts, the Native Americans were
winning on the battlefields with clear conceptions of strategy and
tactics. They only laid down their arms when their reservation was
secured on their homeland, thus providing their preferred living
space and enabling them to continue their way of life in security.
But white man perfidy and governmental double-cross were the order
of the day. The Federal government found it intolerable that what
it termed savages' should be able to determine their own future.
Vicious attacks were initiated in order to stamp out tribalism,
resulting in driving the US aboriginal population almost to
extinction. Analysis of these events is discussed in light of the
passing of the Dawes Act in 1887 that provided for breaking up the
reservations to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 that gave a
semblance of justice to Native Americans.
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