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Swader, David. |
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Youngstown State University. Rayen College of Engineering. |
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2011-01-31T14:17:50Z |
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2019-09-08T02:28:08Z |
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2011-01-31T14:17:50Z |
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2019-09-08T02:28:08Z |
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1999 |
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dc.date.issued |
1999 |
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dc.identifier.other |
b18317303 |
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http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ysu997988207 |
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http://jupiter.ysu.edu/record=b1831730 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1989/6176 |
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v, 47 leaves : ill ; 28 cm. |
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Thesis (M.S.E.)--Youngstown State University, 1999. |
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves ). |
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dc.description.abstract |
Following the close ofthe American Revolution, the Federal Government, reeling from
the strain ofa massive war debt, looked toward the lands ofthe Old Northwest as a possible
source of compensation for its war veterans. In response to the ensuing encroachments on to their
native lands, which Great Britain had unjustifiably surrendered under the terms ofthe peace treaty
of 1783, Indian nations ofthe Great Lakes Region and the upper Ohio Valley sought to
reestablish what had proven to be a tenuous alliance.
This alliance will be traced from its roots in the mid 1750s, through its collapse following
General Anthony Wayne's crushing victory at the battle ofFallen Timbers, 1794. Particular
attention will be paid to the late 1780s and early 1790s, when the struggle for the Ohio Country
brought the region's Indian nations a degree ofunity which had long alluded them. United by the
principles ofcommon land ownership and a united diplomatic voice, the confederation
nevertheless remained shrouded in local and regional concerns. It is the manner with which the
tribes struggled to overcome these concerns while searching for the unity that they so desperately
needed in the face ofa rapidly expanding enemy that will be explored in depth.
Historians have long ignored the Ohio Indians' efforts. Portrayed as mere pawns of
British diplomacy, the tribes remain shrouded under a veil of misperception. While more and
more scholars are slowly beginning to reexamine the Indians' role, they have done so at the
expense oflimiting the tribes' motivations to those shared by their European counterparts. An
"Indian perspective" of these events will serve to highlight the distinctions between Indian and
European agendas, while demonstrating the extent to which the Ohio Indian Confederacy
remained subject to its own divisive strains amid a struggle that would define a region. |
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dc.description.statementofresponsibility |
by David Swader. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Master's Theses no. 0636 |
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dc.subject.classification |
Master's Theses no. 0636 |
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"A Common Dish" The Ohio Indian confederacy and the struggle for the Upper Ohio Valley, 1783-1795 / |
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Thesis |
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