Book Description
The stories of three former Colorado ranch owners and their unconventional living arrangement opens a window on life in the West throughout the last century.
Author : Jon Thiem
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 43,43 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0826345379
The stories of three former Colorado ranch owners and their unconventional living arrangement opens a window on life in the West throughout the last century.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Choctaw Indians
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Author : Gladwell Richardson
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 1955
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Author : George Strother Gaines
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Choctaw Indians
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Author : Calico Jones
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Calico JONES (pseud.)
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 21,93 MB
Release : 1955
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Author : Colin Crawford
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 1996-08-18
Category : Nature
ISBN :
"In late 1990, Ed Netherland - a renegade Tennessee entrepreneur driven both by financial gain and his own battle with cancer - actively sought the endorsement of Noxubee County, Mississippi, for his company's toxic-waste disposal facility. He was armed with cash and promises of new jobs, but he met unexpected opposition: Martha Blackwell, a white housewife and descendant of the planter class, helped to organize a movement to stop the dump. However, Netherland also made unlikely allies: poor blacks and poor whites, who united to push for new jobs and the opportunity to wrest political and economic power from the landed families. Their effort was led and personified by the self-styled savior of Noxubee's black majority, Ike Brown. The ensuing battle tore the county apart, pitting families, friends, and even entire church congregations against one another, unleashing century-old hatreds and blood feuds." "At the heart of the story lies control over the land, an issue William Faulkner saw as the "curse" of Southern history (Dancing Rabbit Creek was the site of an 1830 federal treaty with the Choctaw Indians, leading to their forced exodus). Only the characters are new: with Blackwell, Brown, and Netherland, there is Prentiss "Printz" Bolin, the former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Trent Lott, who returned home to Noxubee County as local salesman of a waste dump proposed by Netherland's competitors; Ralph Higginbotham, the white president of the county Board of Supervisors, who was supported by blacks but derided by prosperous whites as a "hillbilly"; Essie Spencer, a retired school teacher and leading black opponent of the toxic dump; and a host of other vividly drawn characters."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Law
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Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780803287624
The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the topics dealt with are tribal self-governance, government-to-government relations, religious rights, repatriation of human remains, trust management, health and education, federal recognition of tribes, presidential policies, and Alaska Natives.
Author : Samuel Dickson
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804720977
Seventy-two colorful stories about the men and women, the places and events that have contributed to San Francisco's flamboyant history are included in this one-volume edition of Samuel Dickson's three popular books, San Francisco Is Your Home, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, and The Streets of San Francisco.