Tribe, Race, History: Native Americans in Southern New England, 1780–1880

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Contents List of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xvii 1 Land and Labor 1 Tribal Reserves 10 Small Communities 20 Work off the Reservation 27 Indian Reserves as Refuges 35 2 Community and Family 39 Indian Networks in the Early Republic 40 Marriages with “Foreigners & Strangers” 42 Anglo-American Views of Indian Intermarriage 47 Indian Views of Race and Intermarriage 53 Intermarriage and Assimilation 59 3 Authority and Autonomy 70 Guardians Reappointed 72 Mashpee and Gideon Hawley 75 The Standing Order, Class, and Indians 83 Guardians and Tribal Challenges 89 The Mashpee Revolt 96 4 Reform and Renascence 104 Maintaining Institutions 105 Indians, the Society for Propagating the Gospel, and Reforms 109 Indians, State Governments, and Economic Enterprise 117 Renascence and Resistance 133 5 Reality and Imagery 143 Indians at Midcentury 146 Employment and Workways 155 Tribal Identity and Politics 167 Images of Indians 173 Local Histories 184 6 Citizenship and Termination 195 Race and Civil Rights 197 Proposing Termination 201 Rejecting Termination 204 Compelling Termination 212 Epilogue 218 List of Abbreviations 231 Notes 235 Essay on Sources 293 Index 313 viii c o n t e n t s ...