Playing Indian
Edition: New edition
Series: Yale Historical Publications Series
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780300080674
Subjects: American history; Indigenous peoples; Multicultural studies; Social groups & communities; Social history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Native American; United States - General; History / Native American; Ethnic identity; Indians in popular culture; Indians of North America; Public opinion; United States
First sentence: When he was appointed the king's surveyor-general and assistant governor of New Hampshire in 1 730, David Dunbar promised zealous enforcement of the Mast Tree law, an ordinance requiring him to claim trees suitable for ships' masts for the Royal Navy.