"We Will Talk of Nothing Else": Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837

Autor/in	Clemmons, Linda M.
Titel	"We Will Talk of Nothing Else": Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837
Quelle	In: Great Plains Quarterly, 25 (2005) 3, S.173-185 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0275-7664
Schlagwörter	Treaties; American Indians; American Indian History; United States History; Federal Indian Relationship; Historical Interpretation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abkommen; American Indian; Indianer; Historische Interpretation
Abstract	During treaty negotiations with federal Indian agents in 1851, Taoyateduta (Little Crow), a Dakota representative, warned that the council members would "talk of nothing else" until conflicts related to the previous Treaty of 1837 had been resolved. His statement is surprising, given that government officials at the time, as well as subsequent historians, have interpreted the Treaty of 1837 as an uncontroversial, even positive, event for both the Dakota and the federal government. Instead, Taoyateduta's words illustrate the continued Dakota disillusionment and anger with the document, close to fifteen years after the Treaty of 1837 went into effect. Nearly thirty years ago, anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson called for ethnohistorians to study Native interpretations of historical events. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10