J Daniel D'Oney

A Kingdom of Water

Adaptation and Survival in the Houma Nation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of how the United Houma Nation in Louisiana has successfully navigated a changing series of political and social landscapes since 1699.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781496218797
• ISBN-10: 1496218795
• Artikelnr.: 58124154

Autorenporträt

J. Daniel d’Oney is an associate professor of Native American history and cultures at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the director of its oral history collection.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: To Cast a Wide Net
1. “He and I Shall Be but One”: The Forging of Houma and French Alliances
2. “We Should Be Obligated to Destroy Them”: Houma Remove to Bayou St. John
and Ascension
3. In the Shelter of a Duck’s Nesting Place: Shifting Power and Politics
along the Mississippi
4. A Kingdom of Water: Adaptation and Erasure in Bayou Country
5. “So-Called Indians”: The Houma Quest for Education
6. A Paper Genocide: The Fight for Recognition
Conclusion: The Sea of Galilee
Notes
Bibliography
Index