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The White Earth tragedy : ethnicity and dispossession at a Minnesota Anishinaabe Reservation, 1889-1920

Author: Melissa L Meyer
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Under the guise of assimilation, U.S. government policies destroyed Anishinaabe adaptations and brought them increased poverty, disease, and diaspora," writes Melissa L. Meyer. Combining historical methods with approaches drawn from sociology, anthropology, and economics, and using a wide range of previously untapped sources, she examines in exacting detail the course of events leading to that conclusion. Rather  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Meyer, Melissa L. (Melissa Lee)
White Earth tragedy.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1994
(OCoLC)624414416
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Melissa L Meyer
ISBN: 0803231547 9780803231542
OCLC Number: 28801157
Description: xviii, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Melissa L. Meyer.
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"Under the guise of assimilation, U.S. government policies destroyed Anishinaabe adaptations and brought them increased poverty, disease, and diaspora," writes Melissa L. Meyer. Combining historical methods with approaches drawn from sociology, anthropology, and economics, and using a wide range of previously untapped sources, she examines in exacting detail the course of events leading to that conclusion. Rather than focusing on Indian-white relations alone, she views the matter in terms of relationships between the conservative Anishinaabe hands and their mediator "cousins," analogous culturally to the Canadian metis, to produce a study that is as compelling for its design as for its content.

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