White man's paper trail : grand councils and treaty-making on the Central Plains
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0870819054
ISBN 13
9780870819056
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
256
Tags
Great Plains, Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains -- Treaties, Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains -- Government relations, United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects, United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Abstract
"White Man's Paper Trail presents a poignant history of the U.S. government's attempts to peacefully negotiate treaties with tribes in Arkansas, the Dakotas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Stan Hoig shows how treaty-making - once considered a viable method of peaceably resolving conflicts - degenerated into a deeply flawed system sullied by political deceptions and broken promises.
White Man's Paper Trail illuminates the pivotal role of treaty negotiations in the buildup to the Plains Indian wars, in American Indians' loss of land and self-determination, and in Euro-American westward expansion."--Amazon.
Stan Hoig shows how treaty-making - once considered a viable method of peaceably resolving conflicts - degenerated into a deeply flawed system sullied by political deceptions and broken promises.
White Man's Paper Trail illuminates the pivotal role of treaty negotiations in the buildup to the Plains Indian wars, in American Indians' loss of land and self-determination, and in Euro-American westward expansion."--Amazon.
Number of Copies
1
