{"product_id":"a-kingdom-of-water-9781496218797","title":"A Kingdom of Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of how the United Houma Nation in Louisiana has successfully navigated a changing series of political and social landscapes since 1699.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley: Social and Economic Histories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: To Cast a Wide Net\u003cbr\u003e 1. “He and I Shall Be but One”: The Forging of Houma and French Alliances\u003cbr\u003e 2. “We Should Be Obligated to Destroy Them”: Houma Remove to Bayou St. John and Ascension\u003cbr\u003e 3. In the Shelter of a Duck’s Nesting Place: Shifting Power and Politics along the Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Kingdom of Water: Adaptation and Erasure in Bayou Country\u003cbr\u003e 5. “So-Called Indians”: The Houma Quest for Education\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Paper Genocide: The Fight for Recognition\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Sea of Galilee\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409229160791,"sku":"9781496218797","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496218797.jpg?v=1730506047","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-kingdom-of-water-9781496218797","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}