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X-marks : native signatures of assent /
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with an X, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made und...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Indigenous Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with an X, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made under unfair conditions), resistance (because they were often met with protest), and acquiescence (to both a European modernity and the end of a particular moment of Indian history and identity). In X-Marks, Scott Richard Lyons explores the complexity of contemporary Indian identity and current debates. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816673735 081667373X 9781452946856 145294685X |