Indian Work

Language and Livelihood in Native American History

Daniel H. Usner, Jr.

    • List of Illustrations
    • Introduction: The Pursuit of Livelihood and the Production of Language
    1. Inventing the Hunter State: Iroquois Livelihood in Jeffersonian America
    2. Narratives of Decline and Disappearance: The Changing Presence of American Indians in Early Natchez
    3. The Discourse over Poverty: Indian Treaty Rights and Welfare Policy
    4. Perceptions of Authenticity and Passivity: Indian Basket Making in Post–Civil War Louisiana
    5. Primitivism and Tourism: Indian Livelihood in D.H. Lawrence's New Mexico
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
    • Acknowledgments
  • Cover: Indian Work
  • A photo of the author

Daniel H. Usner, Jr., is Holland M. McTyeire Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.