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Autore |
Burns Louis F |
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Titolo |
A history of the Osage people [[electronic resource] /] / Louis F. Burns |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004 |
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Edizione |
[[New ed.].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (594 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Osage Indians - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-539) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface to the New Edition; Preface to the First Edition; PART ONE: THE ASCENT OF THE OSAGE PEOPLE, 1200-1803; 1. Osage Origins; 2. The Osage Empire; 3. Osage Relationships with Euro-Americans, 1675-1803; PART TWO: ERODING THE OSAGE CIVILIZATION, 1803-1850; 4. Coming of the Americans; 5. Treaties and Land Cessions; 6. The Indian State and Removal; 7. The Effects of Removal; 8. Osage Culture and United States' Policy; 9. The Search for Comprehension; PART THREE: FACING THE FOUR HORSEMEN, 1850-1865; 10. Pestilence Strikes the People |
11. The White Man's War Visits the OsagesPART FOUR: THE EURO-AMERICAN AFFLICTION, 1865-1875; 12. The Outcasts; 13. Osage Land Cession of 1865; 14. The End of Indian Treaty-Making; 15. The Drum Creek Treaty; 16. The Osage Removal; 17. The Final Move; PART FIVE: THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATION, 1875-1906; 18. Farewell to the Past; 19. Bluestem and Cattle; 20. Constitutional Government and Allotment; PART SIX: STANDING IN TWO WORLDS, 1906-1989; 21. Black Gold; 22. Indian Influences and the Modern Indian; 23. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Traces 400 years of Osage culture from prehistoric times to the group's current status as an officially recognized tribe. Osage traditional lands are located in mid-continental America encompassed by the present-day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Major waterways through these lands and the defensible terrain of the Ozark |
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range provided the tribe a distinct advantage in prehistoric and early historic times. A warlike people, the Osage long encroached on neighboring tribal lands, especially those of the Caddo to the southwest. Yet good natural bou |
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