tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post9101674449679360622..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Booknotes: The Civil War and the Subversion of American Indian SovereigntyDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-38204598258231311332018-08-10T14:49:47.360-07:002018-08-10T14:49:47.360-07:00In April 1832, a 23 year old clerk in a failing gr...In April 1832, a 23 year old clerk in a failing grocery store, who as an aspiring politician had one month earlier announced his candidacy for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly, answered Illinois Gov. John Reynolds call for volunteers to fill out the militia to pursue Chief Blackhawk and his band of predominately Sauk and Fox Indians, meeting a duty expected of all able-bodied adult males. Jeff Javidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940916202760456516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-31073306048204403792017-11-21T06:58:03.473-08:002017-11-21T06:58:03.473-08:00Good points. I do think that there was a great dea...Good points. I do think that there was a great deal of erosion of treaty rights between 1812 and 1860, albeit not necessarily explicit or formal. There also is real question as to how much true "negotiation" took place in arriving at those treaties. Removal/establishment of reservations was occurring before Lincoln took office. I think it's fair to say that NA rights were well down John Foskettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-90485923288706480782017-11-20T12:12:03.145-08:002017-11-20T12:12:03.145-08:00"the United States government alone is respon..."the United States government alone is responsible for the fate of the American Indian. Anything the American Indians did was in response to the government's own actions. As such, I wanted to develop this perspective without the confusion of adding in the American Indian perspective."<br /><br />You're right, these are strange assumptions and open to question. U.S. Indian policyWill Hickoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119463723965153883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-18743046661595064102017-11-20T10:44:00.846-08:002017-11-20T10:44:00.846-08:00Overall on the loss of sovereignty issue, it would...Overall on the loss of sovereignty issue, it would seem to me that more "blame" should rest on the Lincoln successors, who used the Civil War as a means to wipe away prior treaties and replace them with much more draconian ones (with little or no consideration of which side the tribe aligned with during the war). There was a fascinating chapter in "The Civil War and Reconstruction DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-70845126686892075972017-11-20T10:05:31.732-08:002017-11-20T10:05:31.732-08:00Drew: This looks interesting. Regarding Lincoln, t...Drew: This looks interesting. Regarding Lincoln, the sad fact is that, in contrast to policies regarding enslaved blacks, he and his administration were no more enlightened than any others in the 19th century on these issues - I will cut Grant a slight (emphasis on "slight") break. For example, other than sparing many (but not all) of the accused in the 1862 Dakota uprising, I'm John Foskettnoreply@blogger.com