by Maureen Konkle (Author)
In the early years of the republic, the US government negotiated with Indian nations. This work demonstrates that by depending on treaties, Europeans in North America institutionalized a paradox: the very documents by which they sought to dispossess Native peoples in fact conceded Native autonomy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 380
Edition: 1
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 23 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0807854921
ISBN 13: 9780807854921