Indian work : language and livelihood in Native American history / Daniel H. Usner, Jr.

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Main Author: Usner, Daniel H.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Economic conditions.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Employment.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Public opinion.
White people > Relations with Indigenous peoples.
Public opinion > United States.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Economic policy.
Physical Description:202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The pursuit of livelihood and the production of language
  • Inventing the hunter state : Iroquois livelihood in Jeffersonian America
  • Narratives of decline and disappearance : the changing presence of American Indians in early Natchez
  • The discourse over poverty : Indian treaty rights and welfare policy
  • Perceptions of authenticity and passivity : Indian basket making in post-Civil War Louisiana
  • Primitivism and tourism : Indian livelihood in D.H. Lawrence's New Mexico.