Dispossession by Degrees

O'Brien examines the centrality of land in both the transformation and persistence of Indian identity in New England.

Jean M. O’Brien is an associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota, where she is also affiliated with American studies, American Indian studies, and the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies.

List of illustrations

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Prologue: ``My land'': Natick and the narrative of Indian extinction

1

(12)

Peoples, land, and social order

13

(18)

The sinews and the flesh: Natick comes together, 1650-75

31

(34)

``Friend Indians'': Negotiating colonial rules, 1676-1700

65

(26)

Divided in their desires, 1700-40

91

(35)

Interlude: the proprietary families

126

(42)

``They are so frequently shifting their place of residence'': Natick Indians, 1741-90

168

(42)

Conclusion

210

(6)

Index

216

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Dispossession by Degrees

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