Title The allotment plot : Alice C. Fletcher, E. Jane Gay, and Nez Perce survivance / Nicole Tonkovich

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Part 1: Beginnings. Introduction: after the end of Nez Perce History ; A false beginning ; Another beginning. -- Part 2: Land. Introduction: map and territory, space and place ; "The square idea" ; Ethnographic knowledge and native cartography. -- Part 3: Citizens. Introduction: E Pluribus Unum ; Technologies of citizenship ; Fictions of coherence. -- Part 4: Endings. Introduction: "If the work is ever to be finished" ; Irresolutions and incompletions ; The ends of Nez Perce Allotment. -- Part 5: Afterward. Introduction: "Double pictures have met us all along the way" ; After-words ; After-images Summary "The Allotment Plot reexamines the history of allotment on the Nez Perce Reservation from 1889 to 1892 to account for and emphasize the Nez Perce side of the story. By including Nez Perce responses to allotment, Nicole Tonkovich argues that the assimilationist aims of allotment ultimately failed due in large part to the agency of the Nez Perce people themselves throughout the allotment process. The Nez Perce were actively involved in negotiating the terms under which allotment would proceed and simultaneously engaged in ongoing efforts to protect their stories and other cultural properties from institutional appropriation by the allotment agent, Alice C. Fletcher, who was a respected anthropologist, and her photographer and assistant, E. Jane Gay. The Nez Perce engagement in this process laid a foundation for the long-term survival of the tribe and its culture. Making use of previously unknown archival sources, Fletcher's letters, Gay's photographs and journalistic accounts, oral tribal histories, and analyses of performances such as parades and verbal negotiations, Tonkovich assembles a masterful portrait of Nez Perce efforts to control their own future and provides a vital counternarrative of the allotment period, which is often portrayed as disastrous to Native polities"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA. It contains structural navigation, MathML, alternative text and long descriptions. There are no flashing, sound, or motion simulation hazards Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 -- Correspondence Gay, E. Jane, 1830-1919 -- Photograph collections Gay, E. Jane, 1830-1919 -- Photograph collections Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 -- Correspondence Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 Gay, E. Jane, 1830-1919 Nez Percé Indians -- Land tenure Nez Percé Indians -- History -- 19th century Nez Percé Indians -- Government relations Indian allotments -- Idaho -- Nez Percé Indian Reservation -- History -- 19th century Allotment of land -- Idaho -- Nez Percé Indian Reservation -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.) HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Allotment of land Indian allotments Nez Percé Indians Nez Percé Indians -- Government relations Nez Percé Indians -- Land tenure Photograph collections Grundeigentum Nez Percé Indian Reservation (Idaho) Idaho -- Nez Percé Indian Reservation Nez Percé Reservation Genre/Form History Personal correspondence personal correspondence. Personal correspondence. Correspondance privée. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012011621 ISBN 9780803271524 0803271522

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