Native but foreign
Subtitle: indigenous immigrants and refugees in the North American borderlands
By: Brenden W. Rensink
Edition: First edition.
Series: Connecting the greater west; Connecting the greater west series
Published: 2018
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781623496555
Subjects: Transnationalism; Indians of North America; Legal status, laws; Government relations; Migration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Sterling Evans; title: Acknowledgments; title: Prologue; title: Introduction: Comparing the US-Canadian and US-Mexican borderlands and the transnational natives who crossed them; title: Homelands, transnational worlds, labor, and border encounters; title: Crees, Chippewas, and Yaquis in early transnational contexts; title: Transnational encounters and evolving prejudice in Montana and Arizona, 1800-1900; title: Native peoples as "foreign" refugees and immigrants; title: Yaqui refugees and American response, 1880s-1910s; title: Cree refugees and American response, 1885-1888; title: Native struggles to make American homelands; title: Crees in limbo and deportation, 1889-1900; title: Arizona Yaquimi and integration in the United States, 1900s-1950s; title: Yaqui legality and belonging in Arizona, 1900-1950s; title: Cree and Chippewa attempts at permanent Montana settlement, 1900-1908; title: New allies, new efforts, and final resolutions; title: Cree and Chippewa legislative battles and victories, 1908-1916; title: Yaqui struggle for land and federal tribal recognition, 1962-1980.