Oregon and the collapse of Illahee [electronic resource] : U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 / Gray H. Whaley.
By: Whaley, Gray H.
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BookSeries: First peoples (2010): Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010Description: xi, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 979.5004/97 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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