Description
Book SynopsisA study of how the United Houma Nation in Louisiana has successfully navigated a changing series of political and social landscapes since 1699.
Trade Review"d'Oney has provided a fresh and urgently needed narrative of Houma survivance that forces readers to look more critically at the racial and historical assumptions that ground federal Indian policies."—Elizabeth Ellis,
Journal of Southern History“Based on comprehensive research and written in a highly accessible manner, this much-needed study of the Houma Indians will contribute markedly to scholarship on Native Americans in the South. D’Oney’s explanation of Houma resilience and persistence adds plenty to our knowledge of the place and the people. D’Oney has produced a work that many other historians will find useful in their own scholarship as well as in their classrooms.”—Daniel Usner, author of
American Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley: Social and Economic HistoriesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: To Cast a Wide Net
1. “He and I Shall Be but One”: The Forging of Houma and French Alliances
2. “We Should Be Obligated to Destroy Them”: Houma Remove to Bayou St. John and Ascension
3. In the Shelter of a Duck’s Nesting Place: Shifting Power and Politics along the Mississippi
4. A Kingdom of Water: Adaptation and Erasure in Bayou Country
5. “So-Called Indians”: The Houma Quest for Education
6. A Paper Genocide: The Fight for Recognition
Conclusion: The Sea of Galilee
Notes
Bibliography
Index
