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Ambiguous Alliances: Native American Efforts To Preserve Independence In The Ohio Valley, 1768-1795, Sharon M. Sauder Muhlfeld Jan 2007

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 Jan 2007

Wild Animals And Domesticated Landscapes: A Case Study Of Human-Animal Relationships In The Middle And Late Woodland Coastal Plain Of Virginia, Nadejda Levine

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Anglo -Spanish Rivalry And The Development Of The Colonial Southeast, 1670--1720, Timothy Paul Grady Jan 2006

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 Jan 2004

Chickahominy Stylistic Expression: Preliminary Motif Analysis Of Ceramics Of The Chickahominy River Drainage, Jennifer Honora Ogborne

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


White Squaws: Work As A Factor In Choosing Indian Life, Karen L. Hines Jan 2004

White Squaws: Work As A Factor In Choosing Indian Life, Karen L. Hines

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Cherokee Royalties: The Impact Of Indian Tourism On The Eastern Band Cherokee Identity, Annette Bird Saunooke Jan 2004

Cherokee Royalties: The Impact Of Indian Tourism On The Eastern Band Cherokee Identity, Annette Bird Saunooke

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker Jan 2003

John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White Jan 2002

Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla Jan 2002

The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Moravian Missions To The Delaware Indians, 1792-1812, Jessica Maul Jan 2001

Moravian Missions To The Delaware Indians, 1792-1812, Jessica Maul

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study Of A Connecticut River Indian Community, Timothy Howlett Ives Jan 2001

Wangunk Ethnohistory: A Case Study Of A Connecticut River Indian Community, Timothy Howlett Ives

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Mothering To Worlds Old And New: Marie De L'Incarnation And Her "Children", Ginger S. Hawkins Jan 2001

Mothering To Worlds Old And New: Marie De L'Incarnation And Her "Children", Ginger S. Hawkins

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Captive Women Among The Iroquois, W. Scott Ebhardt Jan 2001

Captive Women Among The Iroquois, W. Scott Ebhardt

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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 Jan 2000

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 Jan 2000

The Dissemination Of Rumor Among The Cherokees And Their Neighbors In The Eighteenth Century, Marion A. Cail

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Crossing Cultural Chasms: Eleazar Wheelock And His Native American Scholars, 1740-1800, Catherine M. Harper Jan 1999

Crossing Cultural Chasms: Eleazar Wheelock And His Native American Scholars, 1740-1800, Catherine M. Harper

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant Jan 1999

Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood Jan 1998

Chickasaw Material Culture And The Deerskin Trade: An Analysis Of Two Eighteenth Century Chickasaw Sites In Northeast Mississippi, John Robert Underwood

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler Jan 1998

"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Texture Of Contact: Indians And Settlers In The Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1718-1755, David L. Preston Jan 1997

The Texture Of Contact: Indians And Settlers In The Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1718-1755, David L. Preston

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano Jan 1996

Idol Worship: Religious Continuity Among Aztec, Inca, And Maya Cultures In Colonial Latin America, Robert C. Galgano

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Forging A New Indian Religion In Seventeenth-Century Huronia, David John Silverman Jan 1996

Forging A New Indian Religion In Seventeenth-Century Huronia, David John Silverman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Exemplars Of Taking Liberties: The Iroquois Influence Theory And The Problem Of Evidence, Philip A. Levy Jan 1995

Exemplars Of Taking Liberties: The Iroquois Influence Theory And The Problem Of Evidence, Philip A. Levy

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


False Lips And A Naughty Tongue: Rumors And 18th Century Native Americans, Victoria Eileen Kane Jan 1995

False Lips And A Naughty Tongue: Rumors And 18th Century Native Americans, Victoria Eileen Kane

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Achieving Cultural Identity In "Winter In The Blood" And "Ceremony", Jennifer Kay Davis Jan 1995

Achieving Cultural Identity In "Winter In The Blood" And "Ceremony", Jennifer Kay Davis

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Robert Hunter Morris And The Politics Of Indian Affairs In Pennsylvania, 1754-1755, Charles Michael Downing Jan 1995

Robert Hunter Morris And The Politics Of Indian Affairs In Pennsylvania, 1754-1755, Charles Michael Downing

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Civilizing The Savages: Cherokee Advances, White Settlement, And The Rhetoric Of Removal, Tracey Ann Gibson Jan 1995

Civilizing The Savages: Cherokee Advances, White Settlement, And The Rhetoric Of Removal, Tracey Ann Gibson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


How Culture Shapes Rationality: A Study Of Mayan And Miskito Communities In Guatemala And Nicaragua, Tracy Devine Guzman Jan 1994

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 Jan 1994

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 Jan 1994

The Secret History Of The Meherrin, Shannon Lee Dawdy

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.