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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814180503321

Autore

Whaley Gray H

Titolo

Oregon and the collapse of Illahee : U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 / / Gray H. Whaley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

979-88-9313-294-6

1-4696-0397-7

0-8078-9831-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies

Disciplina

979.5004/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Oregon - History

Indians of North America - Government relations - 1789-1869

Indians, Treatment of - Oregon - History

Whites - Oregon - Relations with Indians

Oregon 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

Introduction : historical constructions of Oregon and Illahee -- So many little sovereignties, 1792-1822 -- Disastrous times we had : expansions and epidemic, 1821-1834 -- A vital experimental religion : the Methodist mission colony of lower Oregon, 1834-1844 -- Trophies for God : from mission colony to American colony, 1840-1845 -- The colonization of Illahee, 1843-1851 -- Polaklie Illahee (land of darkness) : identity and genocidal culture in Oregon -- Extermination and empire: money, politics, and the Oregon wars, 1855-1856 -- Conclusion : Illahee, "Indian colonies", and the paternalist state.

Sommario/riassunto

Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. In this book, Gray Whaley examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples--focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land--from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. He emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous world he examines. Whaley argues that the process of Oregon's



founding is best understood as a contest between the Britis