xv, 439 pages : 25 cm

Looks at the Cherokee nation after the Trail of Tears, discussing the political and social institutions that existed within the tribe

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-434) and index

Removal and the politics of reunion, 1838-1839 -- Stalemate and terrorism, 1841-1846 -- Economics and traditionalism, 1846-1855 -- Public education and the struggle for independence, 1846-1860 -- Cherokee slaveholding and missionary antislavery efforts, 1846-1855 -- The start of the Keetoowah revolt, 1858-1861 -- The Cherokees abandon neutrality for unity, 1861 -- The Civil War in the Cherokee Nation, 1862-1865 -- Reconstruction and national revitalization, 1866-1870 -- Free enterprise and 'the Indian question," 1867-1872 -- The loss of social coherence, 1872-1875 -- The full-blood rebellion of 1875 -- The twilight of Cherokee sovereignty, 1875-1879 -- Epilogue: The end of sovereignty, 1880-1907

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