American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 131-154
Description
Discusses the impact of various legislation including the Jay Treaty of 1794, which assured border crossing rights, the 1891 Immigration Act deeming them neither USA nor Canadian citizens, and the Alien Registration Act of 1940 that classified First Nations as aliens.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 155-192
Description
Describes how three historical processes impacted Cherokee women after the revolutionary war and how they resisted the cultural, economic, and political changes.