Title: Great Lakes Creoles : a French-Indian community on the northern borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750-1860 /
Authors: Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld, 1953-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Creoles Wisconsin Prairie du Chien History.; Prairie du Chien (Wis.) History.; Prairie du Chien (Wis.) Race relations History.
Abstract: Great Lakes Creoles offers the history of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, from the perspective of its Native Amerian and French founders, as they endured the Anglo-American colonization in the 19th century.
Contents: "The rightful owners of the soil": colonization and land -- "To intermeddle in political affairs": new institutions, elections, and lawmaking -- "Damned yankee court and jury": more new institutions, keeping order and peace -- Public mothers: women, networks, and changing gender roles -- "A humble type of people": economic adaptations -- Blanket claims and family clusters: autonomy, land, migration, and persistence.