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Mapping Identity: The Creation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, 1805-1902

Mapping Identity: The Creation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, 1805-1902

Woodworth-Ney, Laura

Paperback

Native American HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 1646421574
ISBN13: 9781646421572
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Mapping Identity traces the formation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in northern Idaho from the introduction of the Jesuit notion of reduction in the 1840s to the finalization of reservation boundaries in the 1890s. Using Indian Agency records, congressional documents, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) records, Jesuit missionary reports, and tribal accounts, historian Laura Woodworth-Ney argues that the reservation-making process for the Coeur d'Alenes reflected more than just BIA policy objectives. It was also the result of a complex interplay of Jesuit mission goals, the Schitsu'umsh chief Andrew Seltice's assimilationist policy, and political pressure from local non-Indians. Woodworth-Ney concludes that in creating the reservation, BIA officials and tribal leaders mapped boundaries not only of territory, but also of tribal identity.

Mapping Identity builds on the growing body of literature that presents a more complex picture of federal policy, native identity, and the creation of Indian reservations in the western United States. It will be important to readers interested in western U.S. history, legal and administrative history, Native American history, and interior Northwest history.

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