Mapping Identity
Subtitle: The Creation of the Couer D'Alene Indian Reservation, 1805-1902
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780870817618
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; Ethnic identity; History - General History; United States - State & Local - General; Idaho; Native American; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; United States - State & Local - West; Coeur d'Alene; Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservati; Coeur d'Alene Indians; Cultural assimilation; History; Skitswish Indians; Sources
Description: "Mapping Identity traces the formation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in northern Idaho from the introduction of the Jesuit notion of "reduction" in the 1840s to the finalization of reservation boundaries in the 1890s. Using Indian Agency records, congressional documents, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) records, Jesuit missionary reports, and tribal accounts, historian Laura Woodworth-Ney argues that the reservation-making process for the Coeur d'Alene reflected more than just BIA policy objectives. It was also the result of a complex interplay of Jesuit mission goals, the Schitsu'umsh chief Andrew Seltice's assimilationist policy, and political pressure from local non-Indians. Woodworth-Ney concludes that, in creating the reservation, BIA officials and tribal leaders mapped boundaries not only of territory, but also of tribal identity." "Mapping Identity builds on the growing body of literature that presents a more complex picture of federal policy, native identity, and the creation of Indian reservations in the western United States."--BOOK JACKET.