The Prairie People : Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965
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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
". . . a richly documented work which makes revisionist contributions in every chapter. Clifton illuminates the dynamics of French-Potawatomi relations, reexamines the turbulent intertribal politics and religious revitalizations of the thirty years after the American Revolution, and revises our understanding of American treaty diplomacy, removal and reservation policies, and the internal alterations of Potawatomi society. Clifton's approach to the Potawatomi is frankly ethnohistorical, and it generates a cool precision which characterizes the best of recent Indian histories. . . . His book persuades the reader that Potawatomi culture and historical experience are of a single fabric."
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"A tour de force. . . . A significant feature of this absorbing account of the prairie band is that Clifton has virtually written a history of the clashes between French, British, and American interests for control of lands and furs in the northern woodlands. Additionally, as we follow the various migrations of the prairie Potawatomi, we are given a fascinating picture of the federal government's role in 19th-century Indian affairs. Finally, from Clifton's personal experience with the Kansas Potawatomi, we come to appreciate better the complexity of recent circumstances facing these Native Americans."
The Prairie People : Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965
The Prairie People: Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965,James A. Clifton,University Of Iowa Press,0877456445,Anthropology - General,Archaeology / Anthropology,Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes,History,Multicultural Nonfiction,Native American,Native American Anthropology,Native Americans - Southwest,Potawatomi Indians,American history,Anthropology,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Modern period, c 1500 onwards,Social Science / Anthropology / General,USA
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