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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457798703321

Autore

Stremlau Rose

Titolo

Sustaining the Cherokee family [[electronic resource] ] : kinship and the allotment of an indigenous nation / / Rose Stremlau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4696-0274-1

0-8078-6910-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies

Disciplina

976.6004/97557

Soggetti

Cherokee Indians - Land tenure

Cherokee Indians - Cultural assimilation

Cherokee Indians - Kinship

Allotment of land - Government policy - Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

Electronic books.

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma History

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Social conditions

United States Social policy

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE. Arriving; CHAPTER TWO. Belonging; CHAPTER THREE. Debating; CHAPTER FOUR. Enrolling; CHAPTER FIVE. Dividing; CHAPTER SIX. Transforming; CHAPTER SEVEN. Adapting; CHAPTER EIGHT. Sustaining; Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix: Note on Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the federal government sought to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into American society through systematized land allotment. In Sustaining the Cherokee Family, Rose Stremlau illuminates the impact of this policy on the Cherokee Nation, particularly within individual families and communities in modern-day northeastern Oklahoma. Emphasizing



Cherokee agency, Stremlau reveals that Cherokee families' organization, cultural values, and social and economic practices allowed them to adapt to private land ownership by incorpor