X-Marks Native Signatures of Assent

Name: X-Marks Native Signatures of Assent
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ISBN: 9780816666775

ISBN-10: 0816666776

ISBN-13: 9780816666775

Edition: 2010

Authors: Scott Richard Lyons

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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, North American Indian leaders commonly signed treaties with the European powers and the American and Canadian governments with anX, signifying their presence and assent to the terms. These x-marks indicated coercion (because the treaties were made under unfair conditions), resistance (because they were often met with protest), and acquiescence (to both a European modernity and the end of a particular moment of Indian history and identity).InX-Marks, Scott Richard Lyons explores the complexity of contemporary Indian identity and current debates among Indians about traditionalism, nationalism, and tribalism. Employing the x-mark as a metaphor…

Book details

List price: $25.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 5/10/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English