Encounter on the Great Plains Scandinavian Settlers and the Dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930
Encounter on the Great Plains Scandinavian Settlers and the Dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930
- ISBN 13:
9780199746811
- ISBN 10:
0199746818
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/16/2013
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
Encounter on the Great Plains captures this encounter to bring together two key processes in American history: the unceasing migration of people to North America, and the protracted dispossession of indigenous peoples who inhabited the continent. Although this historical encounter at Spirit Lake took place in a small corner of eastern North Dakota, it encapsulates the story of conquest and white settlement and the less publicized, but equally important, story of the dispossession and survival of Native Americans. The material wealth and the nationalist mythology of the United States are built upon this history.
Karen V. Hansen captures this moment in time through the distinctive, uniquely American voices of this particular encounter while providing insights into similar cultural meeting points between Native Americans and European immigrants that played out across the western United States.