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Naccs 25th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies Jun 1998

Naccs 25th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
June 24-27, 1998
Hilton Mexico City Reforma


Changing Their Guardians: The Penobscot Indians And Maine Statehood, 1820-1849, Jason M. Dorr May 1998

Changing Their Guardians: The Penobscot Indians And Maine Statehood, 1820-1849, Jason M. Dorr

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Throughout the nineteenth century in the United States, Native American and European cultures were often in conflict, consequently, Native Americans found it necessary to transform their traditional practices in order to adhere to the ever-changing environment These transformations included altering their hunting and gathering patterns since land speculators and industrialists appropriated the land and its resources, and encouraged agricultural development. They had to reconstruct their religion to fit the new Christian worldview They also had to rethink the role of traditional tribal politics in order to adhere to the laws of emerging governments. Native Americans throughout the United States were …