The Prairie People: Continuity and Change in Potawatomi Indian Culture, 1665-1965 - Hardcover

Clifton, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700601554 ISBN 13: 9780700601554

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1986

Synopsis

Second revised edition of a study of the history and social evolution of the Potawatomi Indians between 1665 and 1965. It discusses intertribal politics, the religious revitalizations of the thirty years following the American Revolution and the dynamics of French-Potawatomi relations.

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Review:

"A tour de force...A significant feature of this absorbing account of the prairie band is that Clifton has virtually written a history of the clashes between French, British, and American interests for control of lands and furs in the northern woodlands. Additionally, as we follow the various migrations of the prairie Potawatomi, we are given a fascinating picture of the federal government's role in 19th-century Indian affairs. Finally, from Clifton's personal experience with the Kansas Potawatomi, we come to appreciate better the complexity of recent circumstances facing these Native Americans."--"Choice"

"This study of the Potawatomi Indians begins in the dim corridors of the prehistoric past and discusses the history and social evolution of these people down to the mid-1960's. In doing so the author includes much that is significant about the history and development of the Midwest and about American-Indian relations...A model of excellence for the ethnohistory of a single tribe...In sum, this book gives the story of the Potawatomi people with accuracy, interest, and feeling."--"Wisconsin Magazine of History"

This study of the Potawatomi Indians begins in the dim corridors of the prehistoric past and discusses the history and social evolution of these people down to the mid-1960's. In doing so the author includes much that is significant about the history and development of the Midwest and about American-Indian relations A model of excellence for the ethnohistory of a single tribe In sum, this book gives the story of the Potawatomi people with accuracy, interest, and feeling. "Wisconsin Magazine of History""

A tour de force A significant feature of this absorbing account of the prairie band is that Clifton has virtually written a history of the clashes between French, British, and American interests for control of lands and furs in the northern woodlands. Additionally, as we follow the various migrations of the prairie Potawatomi, we are given a fascinating picture of the federal government's role in 19th-century Indian affairs. Finally, from Clifton's personal experience with the Kansas Potawatomi, we come to appreciate better the complexity of recent circumstances facing these Native Americans. "Choice""

"This study of the Potawatomi Indians begins in the dim corridors of the prehistoric past and discusses the history and social evolution of these people down to the mid-1960's. In doing so the author includes much that is significant about the history and development of the Midwest and about American-Indian relations...A model of excellence for the ethnohistory of a single tribe...In sum, this book gives the story of the Potawatomi people with accuracy, interest, and feeling."--Wisconsin Magazine of History

"A tour de force...A significant feature of this absorbing account of the prairie band is that Clifton has virtually written a history of the clashes between French, British, and American interests for control of lands and furs in the northern woodlands. Additionally, as we follow the various migrations of the prairie Potawatomi, we are given a fascinating picture of the federal government's role in 19th-century Indian affairs. Finally, from Clifton's personal experience with the Kansas Potawatomi, we come to appreciate better the complexity of recent circumstances facing these Native Americans."--Choice

About the Author:

James A. Clifton, an ethnohistorian and psychological anthropologist, is emeritus Frankenthal Professor of Anthropology and History at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, and is currently Scholar in Residence at Western Michigan University. His books include, "Being and Becoming Indian, The Prairie People, Star Woman "and "Other Shawnee Tales, The Potawatomi, "and "A Place of Refuge For All Time. "Though originally trained as a Pacific specialist, for some thirty years his research has been concentrated on American Indians.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0700601554
• ISBN 13: 9780700601554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 532