George Washington Grayson and the Creek Nation, 1843-1920 - Couverture rigide

Warde, Mary Jane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0806131608 ISBN 13 : 9780806131603

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1999

Synopsis

A confederate soldier, pioneer merchant, rancher, newspaper publisher, and town builder, George Washington Grayson also served for six decades as a leader of the Creek Nation. His life paralleled the most tumultuous events in Creek Indian and Oklahoma history, from the aftermath of the Trail of Tears through World War I.

As a diplomat representing the Creek people, Grayson worked to shape Indian policy. As a cultural broker, he explained its ramifications to his people. A self-described progressive who advocated English education, constitutional government, and economic development, Grayson also was an Indian nationalist who appreciated traditional values. When the Creeks faced allotment and loss of sovereignty, Grayson sought ways to accommodate change without sacrificing Indian identity.

Mary Jane Warde bases her portrait of Grayson on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including the extensive writings of Grayson himself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Jane Warde has served as a historian and archivist with the Oklahoma Historical Society and is the author of When the Wolf Came: The Civil War and the Indian Territory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806131608
• ISBN 13: 9780806131603
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
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