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Dispossessing the wilderness : Indian removal and the making of the national parks

Mark David Spence
Print Book, English, 2000
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Oxford University Press, New York, 2000
History
224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780195142433, 0195142438
44484183
History
Indians of North America Relocation
Indians of North America Relocation History
National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves United States History
Nature Conservation Aspect social États-Unis
Nature conservation Social aspects
Nature conservation Social aspects United States
Parcs nationaux États-Unis Histoire
Réserves de la vie sauvage Politique gouvernementale États-Unis
United States
Wilderness areas Government policy
Wilderness areas Government policy United States
Introduction From Common Ground
3(9)
Looking Backward and Westward: The ``Indian Wilderness'' in the Antebellum Era
9(16)
The Wild West, or Toward Separate Islands
25(16)
Before the Wilderness: Native Peoples and Yellowstone
41(14)
First Wilderness: America's Wonderland and Indian Removal from Yellowstone National Park
55(16)
Backbone of the World: The Blackfeet and the Glacier National Park Area
71(12)
Crowning the Continent: The American Wilderness Ideal and Blackfeet Exclusion from Glacier National Park
83(18)
The Heart of the Sierras, 1864-1916
101(14)
Yosemite Indians and the National Park Ideal, 1916-1969
115(18)
Conclusion Exceptions and the Rule133(8)
Notes141(40)
Index181
Originally published: 1999