The Civil War and the subversion of American Indian sovereignty / Joseph Connole

Author: Connole, Joseph, 1985-
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Contents

Prologue -- "Our people have suffered a great deal" -- How the wolf came -- "When the earth was clothed with white" -- The way to Pea Ridge -- Federal Indian Expedition -- Entering the maelstrom -- "Like a terrible fire on the dry prairie" -- A melancholy wasteland -- The ruin that war wrought.

Summary

"The Civil War was catastrophic for the natives of the Indian Territory. More battles were waged in the Indian Territory than in any other theater of the war, and the Five Nations' betrayal by the U.S. government ultimately lead to the destruction of their homes, their sovereignty and their identity"--

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9781476630090 (electronic bk.)
1476630097 (electronic bk.)
9781476670737
1476670730

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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