An Unspeakable Sadness: The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians

by David J. Wishart

Book Overview

Of all the interactions between American Indians and Euro-Americans, none was as fundamental as the acquisition of the indigenous peoples' lands. To Euro-Americans this takeover of lands was seen as a natural right, an evolution to a higher use; to American Indians the loss of homelands was a tragedy involving also a loss of subsistence, a loss of history, and a loss of identity. Historical geographer David J. Wishart tells the story of the dispossession...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803297955
• ISBN13: 9780803297951
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"