Tribe, Race, History examines American Indian communities in southern New England between the Revolution and Reconstruction, when Indians lived in the region's socioeconomic margins, moved between semiautonomous communities and towns, and intermarried extensively with blacks and whites. Drawing from a wealth of primary documentation, Daniel R. Mandell centers his study on ethnic boundaries, particularly how those boundaries were constructed, perceived, and crossed. He analyzes connections and distinctions between Indians and their non-Indian neighbors with regard to labor, landholding, government, and religion; examines how emerging romantic depictions of Indians (living and dead) helped shape a unique New England identity; and looks closely at the causes and results of tribal termination in the region after the Civil War. Shedding new light on regional developments in class, race, and culture, this groundbreaking study is the first to consider all Native Americans throughout southern New England.
List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Land and LaborTribal ReservesSmall CommunitiesWork off the ReservationIndian Reserves as Refuges2. Community and FamilyIndian Networks in the Early RepublicMarriages with ""Foreigners & Strangers""Anglo-American Views of Indian IntermarriageIndian Views of Race and IntermarriageIntermarriage and Assimilation3. Authority and AutonomyGuardians ReappointedMashpee and Gideon HawleyThe Standing Order, Class, and IndiansGuardians and Tribal ChallengesThe Mashpee Revolt4. Reform and RenascenceMaintaining InstitutionsIndians, the Society for Propagating the Gospel, and ReformsIndians, State Governments, and Economic EnterpriseRenascence and Resistance5. Reality and ImageryIndians at MidcenturyEmployment and WorkwaysTribal Identity and PoliticsImages of IndiansLocal Histories6. Citizenship and TerminationRace and Civil RightsProposing TerminationRejecting TerminationCompelling TerminationEpilogueList of AbbreviationsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
""The work will become the starting point for any serious research on New England Native Americans in the nineteenth century. Well-grounded in current historiography, it will probe equally helpful in undergraduate and graduate courses by providing necessary counterpoint to the experiences of the Native Americans in other regions during the era while supplying a useful and readable commentary on American society and culture from a minority perspective.""
