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Author Whaley, Gray H.

Title Oregon and the collapse of Illahee [electronic resource] : U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859 / Gray H. Whaley.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 303 p. : ill., maps.
Series First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies
First peoples (2010)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : historical constructions of Oregon and Illahee -- So many little sovereignties, 1792-1822 -- Disastrous times we had : expansions and epidemic, 1821-1834 -- A vital experimental religion : the Methodist mission colony of lower Oregon, 1834-1844 -- Trophies for God : from mission colony to American colony, 1840-1845 -- The colonization of Illahee, 1843-1851 -- Polaklie Illahee (land of darkness) : identity and genocidal culture in Oregon -- Extermination and empire: money, politics, and the Oregon wars, 1855-1856 -- Conclusion : Illahee, "Indian colonies", and the paternalist state.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Indians of North America -- Oregon -- History.
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.
Indians, Treatment of -- Oregon -- History.
Whites -- Oregon -- Relations with Indians.
Oregon -- Race relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780807833674 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807833673 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807871096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807871095 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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