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Ambiguous Alliances: Native American Efforts To Preserve Independence In The Ohio Valley, 1768-1795, Sharon M. Sauder Muhlfeld
Ambiguous Alliances: Native American Efforts To Preserve Independence In The Ohio Valley, 1768-1795, Sharon M. Sauder Muhlfeld
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
"Ambiguous Alliances" examines the revolutionary era in the Ohio Valley from a Native American perspective. Rather than simply considering them as British pawns or troublesome mischief-makers, this account describes how Wyandots, Shawnees, Ottawas, Delawares, Miamis, and their native neighbors made decisions about war and peace, established alliances with Europeans, Americans, and distant Indian nations, and charted specific strategies for their political and cultural survival. They also suffered devastating personal and property loss and encountered significant disruption to their societal routines. Yet much about their daily lives remained unchanged, and their communities continued to foster a strong Indian identity.;This dissertation explores …
Wild Animals And Domesticated Landscapes: A Case Study Of Human-Animal Relationships In The Middle And Late Woodland Coastal Plain Of Virginia, Nadejda Levine
Wild Animals And Domesticated Landscapes: A Case Study Of Human-Animal Relationships In The Middle And Late Woodland Coastal Plain Of Virginia, Nadejda Levine
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No abstract provided.
Anglo -Spanish Rivalry And The Development Of The Colonial Southeast, 1670--1720, Timothy Paul Grady
Anglo -Spanish Rivalry And The Development Of The Colonial Southeast, 1670--1720, Timothy Paul Grady
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This study investigates the role played by the rivalry between English Carolina and Spanish Florida in the history of the colonial Southeast from the mid-seventeenth century through the 1720s. It contends that, from standpoint of the local inhabitants, Native American and European, both the perceived and the actual threat that Spanish Florida and Carolina posed to one another was the dominant concern and motivation of the actions of both during the roughly fifty year period from the founding of Charleston to the final events of the Yamassee War. at the local level, government officials, Indian traders, Franciscan missionaries, the various …
Chickahominy Stylistic Expression: Preliminary Motif Analysis Of Ceramics Of The Chickahominy River Drainage, Jennifer Honora Ogborne
Chickahominy Stylistic Expression: Preliminary Motif Analysis Of Ceramics Of The Chickahominy River Drainage, Jennifer Honora Ogborne
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No abstract provided.
White Squaws: Work As A Factor In Choosing Indian Life, Karen L. Hines
White Squaws: Work As A Factor In Choosing Indian Life, Karen L. Hines
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No abstract provided.
Cherokee Royalties: The Impact Of Indian Tourism On The Eastern Band Cherokee Identity, Annette Bird Saunooke
Cherokee Royalties: The Impact Of Indian Tourism On The Eastern Band Cherokee Identity, Annette Bird Saunooke
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No abstract provided.
John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker
John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker
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No abstract provided.
Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White
Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White
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No abstract provided.
The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla
The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla
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No abstract provided.
Moravian Missions To The Delaware Indians, 1792-1812, Jessica Maul
Moravian Missions To The Delaware Indians, 1792-1812, Jessica Maul
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No abstract provided.
Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study Of A Connecticut River Indian Community, Timothy Howlett Ives
Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study Of A Connecticut River Indian Community, Timothy Howlett Ives
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No abstract provided.
Mothering To Worlds Old And New: Marie De L'Incarnation And Her "Children", Ginger S. Hawkins
Mothering To Worlds Old And New: Marie De L'Incarnation And Her "Children", Ginger S. Hawkins
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No abstract provided.
Captive Women Among The Iroquois, W. Scott Ebhardt
Captive Women Among The Iroquois, W. Scott Ebhardt
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No abstract provided.
Behind The United Front: The Effects Of Anglo-Powhatan Relations On Settler Conflict And Consensus In Virginia, 1607-1675, Stephen D. Feeley
Behind The United Front: The Effects Of Anglo-Powhatan Relations On Settler Conflict And Consensus In Virginia, 1607-1675, Stephen D. Feeley
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Dissemination Of Rumor Among The Cherokees And Their Neighbors In The Eighteenth Century, Marion A. Cail
The Dissemination Of Rumor Among The Cherokees And Their Neighbors In The Eighteenth Century, Marion A. Cail
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No abstract provided.
Crossing Cultural Chasms: Eleazar Wheelock And His Native American Scholars, 1740-1800, Catherine M. Harper
Crossing Cultural Chasms: Eleazar Wheelock And His Native American Scholars, 1740-1800, Catherine M. Harper
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No abstract provided.
Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant
Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant
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No abstract provided.
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood
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No abstract provided.
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
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No abstract provided.
The Texture Of Contact: Indians And Settlers In The Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1718-1755, David L. Preston
The Texture Of Contact: Indians And Settlers In The Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1718-1755, David L. Preston
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No abstract provided.
Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano
Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano
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No abstract provided.
Forging A New Indian Religion In Seventeenth-Century Huronia, David John Silverman
Forging A New Indian Religion In Seventeenth-Century Huronia, David John Silverman
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No abstract provided.
Exemplars Of Taking Liberties: The Iroquois Influence Theory And The Problem Of Evidence, Philip A. Levy
Exemplars Of Taking Liberties: The Iroquois Influence Theory And The Problem Of Evidence, Philip A. Levy
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No abstract provided.
False Lips And A Naughty Tongue: Rumors And 18th Century Native Americans, Victoria Eileen Kane
False Lips And A Naughty Tongue: Rumors And 18th Century Native Americans, Victoria Eileen Kane
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No abstract provided.
Achieving Cultural Identity In "Winter In The Blood" And "Ceremony", Jennifer Kay Davis
Achieving Cultural Identity In "Winter In The Blood" And "Ceremony", Jennifer Kay Davis
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No abstract provided.
Robert Hunter Morris And The Politics Of Indian Affairs In Pennsylvania, 1754-1755, Charles Michael Downing
Robert Hunter Morris And The Politics Of Indian Affairs In Pennsylvania, 1754-1755, Charles Michael Downing
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No abstract provided.
Civilizing The Savages: Cherokee Advances, White Settlement, And The Rhetoric Of Removal, Tracey Ann Gibson
Civilizing The Savages: Cherokee Advances, White Settlement, And The Rhetoric Of Removal, Tracey Ann Gibson
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No abstract provided.
How Culture Shapes Rationality: A Study Of Mayan And Miskito Communities In Guatemala And Nicaragua, Tracy Devine Guzman
How Culture Shapes Rationality: A Study Of Mayan And Miskito Communities In Guatemala And Nicaragua, Tracy Devine Guzman
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Riot Of Devils: Indian Imagery And Popular Protest In The Northeastern Backcountry, 1760-1845, Paul Benjamin Moyer
A Riot Of Devils: Indian Imagery And Popular Protest In The Northeastern Backcountry, 1760-1845, Paul Benjamin Moyer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Secret History Of The Meherrin, Shannon Lee Dawdy
The Secret History Of The Meherrin, Shannon Lee Dawdy
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.