X-Marks : Native Signatures of Assent /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lyons, Scott Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social sciences.
Self-determination, National.
Race awareness.
Liminality.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation.
Identification (Psychology)
Group identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
social sciences.
Sciences sociales.
Liminalite.
Conscience de race.
Identification (Psychologie)
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > États-Unis.
Identite collective > États-Unis.
Social Sciences
Identification, Psychological
Self-determination, National > United States.
Group identity > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction: Migrations/Removals; 1 Identity Crisis; 2 Culture and Its Cops; 3 Nations and Nationalism since 1492; 4 Resignations; Notes; Index.

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