Oregon and the collapse of Illahee
Subtitle: U.S. empire and the transformation of an indigenous world, 1792-1859
By: Gray H. Whaley
Series: First peoples: new directions in indigenous studies; First peoples (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780807833674; 9780807871096
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : historical constructions of Oregon and Illahee; title: So many little sovereignties, 1792-1822; title: Disastrous times we had : expansions and epidemic, 1821-1834; title: A vital experimental religion : the Methodist mission colony of lower Oregon, 1834-1844; title: Trophies for God : from mission colony to American colony, 1840-1845; title: The colonization of Illahee, 1843-1851; title: Polaklie Illahee (land of darkness) : identity and genocidal culture in Oregon; title: Extermination and empire: money, politics, and the Oregon wars, 1855-1856; title: Conclusion : Illahee, "Indian colonies", and the paternalist state.