When Indians Became Cowboys

When Indians Became Cowboys
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0806128844
ISBN-13 : 9780806128849
Rating : 4/5 (849 Downloads)

Book Synopsis When Indians Became Cowboys by : Peter Iverson

Download or read book When Indians Became Cowboys written by Peter Iverson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the northern plains and the Southwest, Iverson traces the rise and fall of individual and tribal cattle industries against the backdrop of changing federal Indian policies. He describes the Indian Bureau's inability to recognize that most nineteenth-century reservations were better suited to ranching than farming. Even though allotment and leasing stifled ranching, livestock became symbols and ranching a new means of resisting, adapting, and living - for remaining Native.


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