Race and the Cherokee Nation : sovereignty in the nineteenth century / / Fay A. Yarbrough

• Autore: Yarbrough Fay A
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.897/557
• Soggetto topico: Cherokee Indians - Race identity; Indians of North America - Mixed descent; African Americans - Relations with Indians; Slavery - Southern States - History; Slavery - Oklahoma - History; Freed persons - Indian Territory - History
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Race relations; Oklahoma Race relations
• Soggetto non controllato: American History; American Studies; Native American Studies
• Classificazione: LB 48610
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A moment of inclusion : Molley -- Racial ideology in transition : Shoe Boots -- The 1855 Marriage Law : racial lines harden -- The Civil War : a missed opportunity -- The Cherokee freedmen's story : the Boles family -- Indian slavery and memory : interracial sex from the slaves' perspective -- The fight for recognition continues : Lucy Allen.
• Sommario/riassunto: "We believe by blood only," said a Cherokee resident of Oklahoma, speaking to reporters in 2007 after voting in favor of the Cherokee Nation constitutional amendment limiting its membership. In an election that made headlines around the world, a majority of Cherokee voters chose to eject from their tribe the descendants of the African American freedmen Cherokee Indians had once enslaved. Because of the unique sovereign status of Indian nations in the United States, legal membership in an Indian nation can have real economic benefits. In addition to money, the issues brought forth in this election have racial and cultural roots going back before the Civil War.Race and the Cherokee Nation examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage. By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. Moreover, Cherokee conceptions of race and what constituted interracial sex differed from those of blacks and whites. Moving beyond the usual black/white dichotomy, historian Fay A. Yarbrough places American Indian voices firmly at the center of the story, as well as contrasting African American conceptions and perspectives on interracial sex with those of Cherokee Indians.For American Indians, nineteenth-century relationships produced offspring that pushed racial and citizenship boundaries. Those boundaries continue to have an impact on the way individuals identify themselves and what legal rights they can claim today.
• Titolo autorizzato: Race and the Cherokee Nation
• ISBN: 0-8122-9017-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788908403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II