Between Villages and Nations: The Emergence of Shawnee Nationalism, 1800-1870
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen Warren
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2000.
Discusses the controversy over whether the British general deliberately distributed blankets infected with smallpox as a method of decimating the population of Delaware, Shawnee, and Mingo Indians surrounding Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War.
Using selected correspondence to explore the experiences of Indigenous students at Forest Grove Indian School in Oregon. The primary sources discussed are provided at the end of the article.