Osage and Settler

Reconstructing Shared History through an Oklahoma Family Archive

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Drawing on a rare family archive and archival material from the Osage Nation, this book documents a unique relationship among white settlers, the Osage and African Americans in Oklahoma. The history of white settlement and colonization is often discussed in the context of the cultural erasure of, and violence perpetuated against, American Indians and enslaved blacks. Conversely, histories of American Indian nations often end with colonial conquest, and exclude the experiences of white settlers. The author's anthropological approach examines the lived experience of individuals--including her own family members--and their nuanced and intersecting relationships as they negotiate cultural and geographic landscapes of oppression and technological change. The art, architecture, body ornamentation, sacred objects, ceremonies and performances accompanying this transformation are all addressed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-06-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786495825

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Janet Berry Hess teaches African, African American, and American Indian culture and gender studies at the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University.

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“a scholarly examination of the history and relationship between white settlers, African-Americans, and the Osage of Oklahoma...highly recommended”—Midwest Book Review.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Osage Culture and European Arrival: Culture, Trade and Imperialism2. Embodied Anthropology: Settlers, Osage and African Americans3. The Settler, the Trader and the Cowboy4. Architecture: The Church of Immaculate Conception and the One–Room School5. The “Invisible World”: Wa–kon-da, Body Ornamentation and the Sacred Bundle6. Turning the Century: The Land Run and the “Civilization” of the Osage7. “Even poor varieties may be made sweet”: Women’s Labor and Constructions of Femininity8. Family and Osage Extravagence and the Oil Boom9. The “Empire of Vision”: Exhibition, Photography and Pawnee Bill10. “The View from Persimmon Hill”: My Daddy, My Mama and Federal Policy in the 1950s11. “The most beautiful blazing blue sky and emerald green fields”: Memory and the Sense of PlaceConclusionAppendix: Ross Hess’s WritingsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex