Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State

by Jacki Thompson Rand

Book Overview

Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State illuminates the ways in which Kiowas on the southern plains dealt with the U.S. government's efforts to control them after they were forced onto a reservation by an 1867 treaty. The overarching effects of colonial domination resembled those suffered by other Native groups at the time--a considerable loss of land and population decline, as well as a continual erosion of the Kiowas' political, cultural,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803239661
• ISBN13: 9780803239661
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"