Firsting and lasting
Subtitle: writing Indians out of existence in New England
By: Jean M. O'Brien
Series: Indigenous Americas
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816665778; 9780816665785
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Indians can never be modern; title: Firsting : local texts claim Indian places as their own; title: Replacing : historical practices argue that non-Indians have supplanted Indians; title: Lasting : texts purify the landscape of Indians by denying them a place in modernity; title: Resisting : claims in texts about Indian extinction fail even as they are being made; title: Conclusion : the continuing struggle over recognition.