"They treated us just like Indians" : the worlds of Bennett County, South Dakota /
Nearly a century ago Bennett County, South Dakota was carved out of Pine Ridge Reservation and opened to white settlers. Today Bennett County sits awkwardly between the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux Reservations, with nearly one-third of its land classified as "Indian Country" and the rest...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press ;
[2002]
Bloomington : In cooperation with the American Indian Studies, Indiana University, [2002] |
| Series: | Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Book review (H-Net) Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | Nearly a century ago Bennett County, South Dakota was carved out of Pine Ridge Reservation and opened to white settlers. Today Bennett County sits awkwardly between the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux Reservations, with nearly one-third of its land classified as "Indian Country" and the rest considered by many Pine Ridge Lakotas to still belong to the reservation. The county is home to a dynamic population, divided by the residents into three groups"whites," "fullbloods," and "mixedbloods." Tensions between the three groups lurk admid the quiet harmony of Bennett County's everyday rural life and emerge in moments of community crisis. Anthropologist Paula L. Wagoner tells the story of Bennett County, using snapshots of community events and crises, past and present, to reveal the complexity of race relations and identities there. [back cover]. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 155 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0803248008 9780803248007 0803298307 9780803298309 |