Appeals to Civilization and Customary "Forest Diplomacy": Arguments against Removal in Letters Written by the Iroquois, 1830-1857
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia B. Haake
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 100-128
Description
Letter writers argued that, contrary to the reasoning being used to justify displacing them from their homelands, they had made significant progress in the areas of education, culture, and morality, and could only continue to develop if located in close proximity to settler society. At the same time, they used conventions and language which referenced their relations with Europeans in the colonial era.