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Dissertation
Crossed Arrows: US Indian Scouts, 1866-1947
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000003364
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/122884
Abstract
The Native people who served as US Indian Scouts from 1866 to 1947, a formally designated Indigenous US Army unit, provide insights into a complex relationship with the American Empire and its settlement of the West. Both the scouts and the army changed over time through acculturation, but scouts also demonstrated agency and resistance. Across the world, Indigenous troops—endowed with a martial spirit—patrolled the boundaries of empires. Over time, martial races became loyal ones as vanguards of military might. Indian Scouts represented a moment when two cultures converged and forever changed their cultural trajectory.
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- Title
- Crossed Arrows: US Indian Scouts, 1866-1947
- Creators
- Ryan W. Booth
- Contributors
- Peter G. Boag (Advisor)Jennifer Thigpen (Committee Member)Robert R. McCoy (Committee Member)Sherry L. Smith (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- History, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 241
- Identifiers
- 99900652205701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation