LEADER 03444nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910814180503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-9313-294-6 010 $a1-4696-0397-7 010 $a0-8078-9831-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037583 035 $a(EBL)565709 035 $a(OCoLC)658204145 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11306081 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10476119 035 $a(PQKB)10877281 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000246774 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL565709 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405066 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930383 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565709 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037583 100 $a20091125d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOregon and the collapse of Illahee $eU.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 /$fGray H. Whaley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 225 1 $aFirst peoples: new directions in indigenous studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-7109-5 311 $a0-8078-3367-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aModern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. In this book, Gray Whaley examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples--focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land--from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. He emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous world he examines. Whaley argues that the process of Oregon's founding is best understood as a contest between the Britis 410 0$aFirst peoples (2010) 606 $aIndians of North America$zOregon$xHistory 606 $aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations$y1789-1869 606 $aIndians, Treatment of$zOregon$xHistory 606 $aWhites$zOregon$xRelations with Indians 607 $aOregon$xRace relations 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHistory. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations 615 0$aIndians, Treatment of$xHistory. 615 0$aWhites$xRelations with Indians. 676 $a979.5004/97 700 $aWhaley$b Gray H$01642434 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814180503321 996 $aOregon and the collapse of Illahee$93987137 997 $aUNINA