Great Lakes Creoles : a French-Indian community on the northern borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750-1860 /
Lucy Eldersveld Murphy
- India Cambridge University Press 2014
- 313 p.
- Studies in North American Indian history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The rightful owners of the soil": colonization and land -- "To intermeddle in political affairs": new institutions, elections, and lawmaking -- "Damned yankee court and jury": more new institutions, keeping order and peace -- Public mothers: women, networks, and changing gender roles -- "A humble ... people": economic adaptations -- Blanket claims and family clusters: autonomy, land, migration, and persistence.