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During The Late Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries, The Federal Government Sought To Forcibly Assimilate Native Americans Into American Society Through Systematized Land Allotment. In Sustaining The Cherokee Family, Rose Stremlau Illuminates The Impact Of This Policy On The Cherokee Nation, Particularly Within Individual Families And Communities In Modern-day Northeastern Oklahoma. Emphasizing Cherokee Agency, Stremlau Reveals That Cherokee Families' Organization, Cultural Values, And Social And Economic Practices Allowed Them To Adapt To Private Land Ownership By Incorporating Elements Of The New System Into Existing Domestic And Community-based Economies. Drawing On Evidence From A Range Of Sources, Including Cherokee And United States Censuses, Federal And Tribal Records, Local Newspapers, Maps, County Probate Records, Family Histories, And Contemporary Oral Histories, Stremlau Demonstrates That Cherokee Management Of Land Perpetuated The Values And Behaviors Associated With Their Sense Of Kinship, Therefore Uniting Extended Families. And, Although The Loss Of Access To Land And Communal Resources Slowly Impoverished The Region, It Reinforced The Cherokees' Interdependence

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Author

Rose Stremlau

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807834992

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities