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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... regiment. Like Bullard, John J. Pershing began his army service chasing Apaches in the borderlands. When Nelson Miles summoned troops from all over the West to form a cordon around the Sioux reservations during the Ghost Dance scare ...
... regiment in the Philippines adopted the name “Bullard's American Indians,” however, the resonances of scouting far exceeded its narrow military definition. As Americans contemplated a diminishing frontier, the scout emerged as a ...
... other than [his] own race and color,” as Pershing put it, was variously acquired by white officers in the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry 17 Regiments (the famed Buffalo Soldiers) or through association with 16 Introduction.
The Indian Country Origins of American Empire Katharine Bjork. 17 Regiments (the famed Buffalo Soldiers) or through association with one of the immune regiments, like the Third Alabama Colored Volunteers organized by Bullard, who were ...
... regiment. Scott preferred a white regiment over a black, but above all he had his heart set on the cavalry. There were thirtyfive vacancies in white regiments, as he explained to his mother 24 Chapter 1.
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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