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The iron horse in Indian Country : Native Americans and railroads in the US West /

"The Iron Horse in Indian Country: Native Americans and Railroads in the U.S. West explores how Indigenous peoples across the trans-Mississippi West adapted to the "railroad revolution" of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Historians have long pondered the profound and far...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Link, Alessandra La Rocca (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Political aspects > West (U.S.)
Railroads > Social aspects > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Land tenure > West (U.S.)
Settler colonialism > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Ouest) > Relations avec l'État.
Native American.
HISTORY.
20th Century.
United States.
Americas (North.
Social History.
History of the Americas.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the needles hogan
  • Beyond the grid
  • Gridded in ink, iron, and blood
  • Railway journeys : iron roads to Washington
  • The twilight of treaty-making
  • Negotiating the rush
  • Railway journeys : heart work
  • Indians at work
  • Mobilizing for indigenous futures
  • Railway journeys : Kiowa travels
  • Conclusion : trickster tales of Indians and technology.