Civilization and the Removal Policy -- Authorship and Writing Practices -- Ideas of Law in a New Age of Letter-Writing Diplomacy -- Indian Tradition and Diplomatic Custom -- The Bonds between People, Land, and Culture
Summary
"Modernity through Letter Writing examines the discursive practices between both Native and non-Native writers during the Era of Removal. In this process of written diplomacy, protest, and petitioning, Native writers developed strategies for negotiating the policies of Indian Removal and advocating for their own Indigenous nations"-- Provided by publisher