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Tribe, race, history, Native Americans in southern New England, 1780-1880, Daniel R. Mandell

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-291) and index

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Tribe, race, history

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Daniel R. Mandell

The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, 125th ser., 2

Native Americans in southern New England, 1780-1880

This book examines American Indian communities in southern New England between the Revolution and Reconstruction, when Indians lived in the region's socioeconomic margins, moved between semiautonomous communities and towns, and intermarried extensively with blacks and whites. Drawing from a wealth of primary documentation, the author centers his study on ethnic boundaries, particularly how those boundaries were constructed, perceived, and crossed. He analyzes connections and distinctions between Indians and their non-Indian neighbors with regard to labor, landholding, government, and religion; examines how emerging romantic depictions of Indians (living and dead) helped shape a unique New England identity; and looks closely at the causes and results of tribal termination in the region after the Civil War. Shedding new light on regional developments in class, race, and culture, this study is the first to consider all Native Americans throughout southern New England

Land and labor -- Tribal reserves -- Small communities -- Work off the reservation -- Indian reserves as refuges -- Community and family -- Indian networks in the early republic -- Marriages with "foreigners & strangers" -- Anglo-American views of Indian intermarriage -- Intermarriage and assimilation -- Authority and autonomy -- Guardians reappointed -- Mashpee and Gideon Hawley -- The standing order, class, and Indians -- Guardians and tribal challenges -- The Mashpee revolt -- Reform and renascence -- Maintaining institutions -- Indians, the Society for Propagating the Gospel, and reforms -- Indians, state governments, and economic enterprise -- Renascence and resistance -- Reality and imagery -- Indians at midcentury -- Employment and workways -- Tribal identity and politics -- Images of Indians -- Local histories -- Citizenship and termination -- Race and civil rights -- Proposing termination -- Rejecting termination -- Compelling termination