The Allotment Plot: Alice C. Fletcher, E. Jane Gay, and Nez Perce Survivance
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803271379 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Laurie Nies. Extremely well researched and written, pleasure to read!. Angie said One Star. I did not like the book as it read like a thesis paper.
Beck, American Historical Review. "The Allotment Plot is a refreshing, nuanced, and insightful reinterpretation of a moment in Nez Perce history that illuminates both the blind nature of federal policy and the tribal resilience reflected in post-reservation Indian resistance and selfdetermination."—David R. M
The Nez Perce were actively involved in negotiating the terms under which allotment would proceed and simultaneously engaged in ongoing efforts to protect their stories and other cultural properties from institutional appropriation by the allotment agent, Alice C. The Allotment Plot reexamines the history of allotment on the Nez Perce Reservation from 1889 to 1892 to account for and emphasize the Nez Perce side of the story. The Nez Perce engagement in this process laid a foundation for the long-term survival of the tribe and its culture.Making use of previously unknown archival sources, Fletcher’s letters, Gay’s photographs and journalistic accounts, oral tribal histories, and analyses of performances such as parades and verbal negotiations, Tonkovich assembles a masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future and provides a vital counternarrative of the allotment period, which is often portrayed as disastrous to Native polities. . Fletcher, who was a respected anthropologist, and her photographer and assistant, E. Jane Gay. By including Nez Perce responses to allotment, Nicole Tonkovich argues that the assimilationist aims of allotment ultimately failed due in large part to the agency of the Nez Perce people themselves throughout the allotment process