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Author Ishii, Izumi, 1970-

Title Bad fruits of the civilized tree : alcohol & the sovereignty of the Cherokee nation / Izumi Ishii
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages)
Series Indians of the Southeast
Indians of the Southeast.
Contents Alcohol arrives -- A struggle for sovereignty -- The moral high ground -- Alcohol and dislocation -- A nation under siege -- Cherokee temperance, American reform, and Oklahoma statehood
Summary Bad Fruits of the Civilized Treeexamines the role of alcohol among the Cherokees through more than two hundred years, from contact with white traders until Oklahoma reached statehood in 1907. While acknowledging the addictive and socially destructive effects of alcohol, Izumi Ishii also examines the ways in which alcohol was culturally integrated into Native society and how it served the overarching economic and political goals of the Cherokee Nation. Europeans introduced alcohol into Cherokee society during the colonial era, trading it for deerskins and using it to cement alliances with chiefs. In turn Cherokee leaders often redistributed alcohol among their people in order to buttress their power and regulate the substance's consumption. Alcohol was also seen as containing spiritual power and was accordingly consumed in highly ritualized ceremonies. During the early-nineteenth century, Cherokee entrepreneurs learned enough about the business of the alcohol trade to throw off their American partners and begin operating alone within the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokees intensified their internal efforts to regulate alcohol consumption during the 1820s to demonstrate that they were "civilized" and deserved to coexist with American citizens rather than be forcibly relocated westward. After removal from their land, however, the erosion of Cherokee sovereignty undermined the nation's ongoing attempts to regulate alcohol. Bad Fruits of the Civilized Treeprovides a new historical framework within which to study the meeting between Natives and Europeans in the New World and the impact of alcohol on Native communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-244) and index
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Subject Cherokee Indians -- Alcohol use -- History
Cherokee Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Oklahoma -- History
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Southern States -- History
SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- Alcoholism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Cherokee Indians -- Alcohol use
Cherokee Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alkoholkonsum
Oklahoma
Southern States
USA -- Südstaaten
Cherokee.
Genre/Form History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007036540
ISBN 9780803216303
0803216300
9786611733988
6611733981