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Author O'Brien, Jean M.

Title Dispossession by degrees : Indian land and identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790 / Jean M. O'Brien.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  974.44 O13D    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in North American Indian history
Cambridge studies in North American Indian history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: "my land": Natick and the narrative of Indian extinction -- Peoples, land, and social order -- The sinews and the flesh: Natick comes together, 1650-75 -- "Friend Indians": negotiating colonial rules, 1676-1700 -- Divided in their desires, 1700-40 -- Interlude: the proprietary families -- "They are so frequently shifting their place of residence": Natick Indians, 1741-90 -- Conclusion.
Subject Indians of North America -- Kinship -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Kinship -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Indigenous peoples -- Cultural assimilation -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Subject Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Massachusetts -- Natick.
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
ISBN 0521561728 hardback
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