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Trade ReviewAuthor Karen Hansen provides a fascinating and informative look at the relationships among the Norwegian, Dakota Indians, and the culture at large...the carefully selected maps, documents and photographs, together with thorough notes and a time-line, allow you to fully immerse yourself in the society that was and explore the changes in attitude - among the European settlers, the Dakota, and the government-over time...The book will both educate and entertain you. * Anne Sladky, BRUA *
...She [Hansen] presents representative perspectives from both genders, and a range of ages and socioeconomic status. Her research is well documented, with helpful appendices and liberal notes and her sources. Hansen's conversational prose is well-suited to a wide range of audiences. * Jackie Henry, Norwegian-American Historical Association Members *
Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; List of Figures ; Introduction: Illuminating the Encounter ; Part I. An Unlikely Encounter ; Chapter 1. Indians Never Knocked: Fear Frames the Encounter ; Chapter 2. The Scandinavian Flood: Land Hunger, Dislocation, and Settlement ; Chapter 3. The Reservation Land Rush: Allotment and Landtracking ; Part II. The Entangled Lives of Strangers ; Chapter 4. Spirit Lake Transformed: The Nexus of Schooling, Language, and Trade ; Chapter 5. Marking Nations, Reservation Boundaries, and Racial-Ethnic Hierarchies ; Chapter 6. Fighting the Sky and Working the Land ; Part III. The Divisions of Citizenship and the Grip of Poverty ; Chapter 7. Divergent Paths to Racialized Citizenship ; Chapter 8. A Fragile Hold on the Land ; Conclusion: Strangers No More ; Appendixes ; A. Historical Timeline ; B. Oral History Interview Subjects ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
