| The Rogue River Indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980 Contributor(s): Schwartz, E. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806141611 ISBN-13: 9780806141619 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 973.66 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.35" W x 8.98" (1.27 lbs) 372 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Oregon - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From 1855 to 1856 in western Oregon, the Native peoples along the Rogue River outmaneuvered and repeatedly drove off white opponents. In The Rogue River Indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980, historian E. A. Schwartz explores the tribal groups' resilience not only during this war but also in every period of federal Indian policy that followed. Schwartz's work examines Oregon Indian people's survival during American expansion as they coped with each federal initiative, from reservation policies in the nineteenth century through termination and restoration in the twentieth. While their resilience facilitated their success in adjusting to white society, it also made the people known today as the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians susceptible to federal termination programs in the 1970s--efforts that would have dissolved their communities and given their resources to non-Indians. Drawing on a range of federal documents and anthropological sources, Schwartz explores both the history of Native peoples of western Oregon and U.S. Indian policy and its effects. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schwartz, E. a.: - E. A. Schwartz is Associate Professor of history at California State University, San Marcos. |