How the West Was Drawn : Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Borderlands and Transcultural Studies .
- Borderlands and Transcultural Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Constructing Indian Country -- 2. Sharitarish and the Possibility of Treaties -- 3. Nonparticipatory Mapping -- Part 2 -- 4. The Cultural Construction of "Indian Country" -- 5. Science and the Destruction of "Indian Country" -- Part 3 -- 6. The Metaphysics of Indian Naming -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
9781496207999
Indians of North America-Great Plains-Maps. Cartography-Great Plains-History-19th century. Names, Indian-Great Plains. Great Plains-Maps.