Indians

This dissertation explores the effects of settler colonialism on Great Lakes Indigenous peoples throughout the nineteenth century. It argues that as settler societies dispossessed Indigenous peoples from their lands in order to gain access to natural resources, they engaged in a…

The first Indian migrants to what was then known as Southern Rhodesia arrived at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the shadows of the white settler Pioneer Column that came from the south. As the British South Africa Company consolidated its hold over the territory, these m…

American high school, collegiate, and professional sports teams use Native American mascots and insignia. Oftentimes, the usage of these mascots has sparked intense debates about whether or not images schools and teams use are racially insensitive. Universities and professional …

“Conquering the Passions” argues that encounters with North American Indians forced members of the educated elite on both sides of the Atlantic to think about cultural change or, to use their terms, the process through which savages became civilized. Recent historiography, which…

This dissertation looks at how and why American Indians developed veteran traditions integrating elements of their traditional cultures. Most previous studies of Native experiences in the armed forces focused on general studies on one particular war or centered on elite Native u…

This dissertation presents contemporary ethnographic information on the Xokleng (Laklanõ ) Indians, a southern Gê group that lives in the highlands of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It analyzes their contemporary social formations, political dynamics, and culture. In it, I argue that, …

This dissertation focuses on Quakers' efforts to convert Indians to Christianity and Native peoples' reactions to their endeavors. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Lenape welcomed members of the Religious Society of Friends to their homeland. Both peoples' religious beliefs s…