X-marks : native signatures of assent

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Scott Richard

Publication/Creation:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

X-marks : native signatures of assent / Scott Richard Lyons

Series Titles:

Indigenous Americas
Indigenous Americas.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation
Group identity--United States
Self-determination, National--United States
Identification (Psychology)
Race awareness
Liminality

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction: Migrations/Removals; 1 Identity Crisis; 2 Culture and Its Cops; 3 Nations and Nationalism since 1492; 4 Resignations; Notes; Index;

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with an X, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made under unfair conditions), resistance (because they were often met with protest), and acquiescence (to both a European modernity and the end of a particular moment of Indian history and identity). In X-Marks, Scott Richard Lyons explores the complexity of contemp

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936715323302486

ISBN:

1-4529-4685-X
0-8166-7373-X

OCLC Number:

646816207