Oregon and the collapse of Illahee : U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 /

Oregon and the collapse of Illahee : U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whaley, Gray H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:First peoples (2010)
Subjects:
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 relations.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.