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Living in the Landof Death Native American Series Clifford Trafzer, Series Editor To Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825–1898 Rebecca Kugel Indian Summers Eric Gansworth The Feathered Heart Mark Turcotte Tortured Skins Maurice Kenny Nickel Eclipse: Iroquois Moon Eric Gansworth In the Time of the Present Maurice Kenny “We Are Not Savages”: Native Americans in Southern California and the Pala Reservation, 1840–1920 Joel R. Hyer Combing the Snakes from His Hair James Thomas Stephens Empty Beds: Indian Student Health at Sherman Institute, 1902–1922 Jean A. Keller Living in the Landof Death The Choctaw Nation, 1830–1860 Donna L. Akers Michigan State University Press • East Lansing Copyright © 2004 by Donna L. Akers i The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Michigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5245 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Akers, Donna. Living in the Land of Death : the Choctaw Nation, 1830–1860 / Donna Akers. p. cm. — (Native American series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87013-684-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Choctaw Indians—Relocation. 2. Choctaw Indians—Social conditions. 3. Indians, Treatment of—Southern States—History—19th century. 4. Jackson, Andrew, 1767–1845— Relations with Choctaw Indians. 5. United States. Act to Provide for an Exchange of Lands with the Indians Residing in any of the States or Territories, and for Their Removal West of the River Mississippi. 6. Indians of North America—Government relations—1789–1869. 7. United States—Race relations. 8. United States—Politics and government—19th century. 9. United States—Social conditions—19th century. I. Title. II. Native American series (East Lansing, Mich.) E99.C9A34 2004 976.004'97387—dc22 2004000274 Cover and interior design by Sharp Des!gns, Inc. Cover painting is Choctaw Immigrants by Valjean Hessing. Image was provided by the Heard Museum and is used with permission of the artist. Michigan State University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative and is committed to developing and encouraging ecologically responsible publishing practices. For more information about the Green Press Initiative and the use of recycled paper in book publishing, please visit www.greenpressinitiative.org. Visit Michigan State University Press on the World Wide Web at www.msupress.msu.edu ...

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