Prairie Imperialists: The Indian Country Origins of American EmpireThe Spanish-American War marked the emergence of the United States as an imperial power. It was when the United States first landed troops overseas and established governments of occupation in the Philippines, Cuba, and other formerly Spanish colonies. But such actions to extend U.S. sovereignty abroad, argues Katharine Bjork, had a precedent in earlier relations with Native nations at home. In Prairie Imperialists, Bjork traces the arc of American expansion by showing how the Army's conquests of what its soldiers called "Indian Country" generated a repertoire of actions and understandings that structured encounters with the racial others of America's new island territories following the War of 1898. |
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The Indian Country Origins of American Empire Katharine Bjork. their families along the river bottoms of the remote Yellowstone country. The Lakota named him Bear Coat for the long overcoat trimmed in bear fur he wore under his military ...
The Indian Country Origins of American Empire Katharine Bjork. occupied Manila in a tense standoff with the forces of the recently declared Republic of the Philippines on its outskirts. Merritt's proclamation likewise alternated ...
... Indian Country. As in Puerto Rico, he claimed the mantle of upholding “order and justice.” On that late October day in 1890, Miles had appealed to the Lakota leaders to suppress the “excitement” of the Ghost Dance “craze.” As he would ...
The Indian Country Origins of American Empire Katharine Bjork. of U.S. rule was rejected by the native inhabitants ... Indian nations as “distinct, independent political communities,” yet the United States acted in myriad ways that ...
Contents
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Part II Indian Country Abroad | 117 |
Part III The Last Indian War | 199 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 299 |
Index | 329 |
Acknowledgments | 337 |
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