Webs of Kinship: Family in Northern Cheyenne Nationhood (Volume 16) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

Synopsis

Follows The Northern Cheyenne People With Dull Knife, Little Wolf, Little Chief, And Two Moons Before Removal From Their Powder River Homeland And Traces Their Use Of Kin-based Mechanisms To Navigate U.s. Colonial Policy, Particularly During Removal And The Early Reservation Period.--provided By Publisher. Our Ancestors Were There: Family, History, And Native Nationhood -- I Was Rich In My Relatives: Kinship And The Cheyenne Nation -- We Are Still One Nation: Family In Migration And Diaspora -- We Never Surrendered: Two Moons's People And An Alliance With General Nelson Miles -- We Could Not Forget Our Native Country: Dull Knife And Little Wolf's People -- And The Long Journey Home -- We Are Not All Fools: Little Chief's People And The Language Of Kin -- It Belonged To Us: Northern Cheyenne Homesteading As An Assertion Of Autonomy -- Make Us Strong On This Reservation: The Northern Cheyennes' Struggle To Remain In Their Homeland -- Conclusion: For The Unborn -- Appendix: The 1874 Agreement With The Northern Cheyennes. Christina Gish Hill. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.