Multitribal Indians In Search of No Man's Land : The American Expansion and the Chickamaugans between Resistance and Migration

Multitribal Indians In Search of No Man's Land : The American Expansion and the Chickamaugans between Resistance and Migration

Carla Toney

Språken
FörlagV&R Unipress
ISBN9783847014652

During the American westward expansion, Chickamaugans, originally Cherokees, prioritized resistance to the U.S. government and Euro-American invaders. They signed treaties with Great Britain and Spain. Overlooked by scholars, it was the "diplomatic savvy" of Chickamaugan women and the support of the