Gray H Whaley
Biographic Data
| ID | 457039 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gray H Whaley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gray H |
| FAMILY NAME | Whaley |
| SIGNATURE | WHALEY G H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unworthy Republic
Journal Article Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Get access Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory. By Claudio Saunt. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2020. xx, 396 pp. Paper, $26.95.) Gray H Whaley Gray H Whaley Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J…
Leveraging an Empire
In Leveraging an Empire, Jacki Hedlund Tyler uses the analytical framework of settler colonialism to explore the history of Oregon from the era of disputed imperial claims over the Pacific Northwest, particularly the joint Anglo-American claims to Oregon through the mid-1840s, to U.S. territorial recognition in 1848 and statehood in 1859. She uses settler colonialism to guide her narrative of the political power dynamics among the diverse Oregon …
Life of Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, or Black Hawk, An Autobiography
From its initial publication in 1833, Black Hawk's autobiography has challenged readers to confront dominant narratives of race and progress, justice and inequality, and US territorial acquisition and Native sovereignty. A Sauk war chief, Black Hawk related the annual cycles of his peoples’ lives from the 1780s in the modern border area of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, including their several relocations, aspects of their spirituality,…
Coos Bay Indians in the “Courts of the Conqueror”
This article is based on two American Indian cases that arose from aboriginal title claims to coastal Oregon in the U.S. Court of Claims, Coos Bay (1938) and Alcea (1946), both subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The cases set important precedents in judicial Indian law on the eve of the Indian Claims Commission. Coos Bay and Alcea also caused the creation of two distinct tribes of Coos Bay Indians: the Coos tribe included in the Confe…
The Sea Is My Country
Remembering the Modoc War
Journal Article Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence Get access Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence . First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series. By Cothran Boyd . ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2014 . xii + 247 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95 .) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Southern Ill…
The People Are Dancing Again
Book Review| April 01 2012 The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon. By Wilkinson, Charles. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010. $35.00 cloth.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 424–426. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1536993 Cite Icon…
The Power of Promises
Book Review| April 01 2010 The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest By Alexandra Harmon, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Contributor John Burrows (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 384 pp., maps, notes, index. $28.95 paper.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2010) 57 (2): 333–334. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2009…
Oregon and the Collapse of Illahee
Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. This book examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples—focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land—from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. It emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous worl…
Citizen Indians
American Indians and State Law
Book Review| October 01 2008 American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 By Deborah A. Rosen. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. $55.00 cloth.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2008) 55 (4): 675–676. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2008-019 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citat…
"Complete Liberty"? Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Social Change on the Lower Columbia River, 1805-1838
This article analyzes social change in the emerging colonial world of the lower Columbia River from 1805 to 1838, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. It teases out distinctions among formal marriages, informal "custom of the country" arrangements, the exercise of sexual "liberties" by young Chinookan women, and prostitution, revealing much of the complex sexual interactions between natives and newcomers. Such a focus illuminates critical…
Oregon, Illahee, and the Empire Republic
This article builds on recent efforts to employ imperialism in the study of western history by reinterpreting westward expansion as colonialism. It examines the ideological and practical aspects of American colonialism, particularly in relation to the politics of national expansion and Native sovereignty
Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness
Journal Article Coquette Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography Get access Coquette Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography. By Youst Lionel Seaburg William R.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xxvii + 322 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Western Michigan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wester…
Oregon and the Collapse of Illahee
Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. This book examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples—focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land—from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. It emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous worl…
Remembering the Modoc War
Journal Article Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence Get access Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence . First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series. By Cothran Boyd . ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2014 . xii + 247 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95 .) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Southern Ill…
"Complete Liberty"? Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Social Change on the Lower Columbia River, 1805-1838
This article analyzes social change in the emerging colonial world of the lower Columbia River from 1805 to 1838, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. It teases out distinctions among formal marriages, informal "custom of the country" arrangements, the exercise of sexual "liberties" by young Chinookan women, and prostitution, revealing much of the complex sexual interactions between natives and newcomers. Such a focus illuminates critical…
Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness
Journal Article Coquette Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography Get access Coquette Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography. By Youst Lionel Seaburg William R.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xxvii + 322 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Western Michigan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wester…
Oregon, Illahee, and the Empire Republic
This article builds on recent efforts to employ imperialism in the study of western history by reinterpreting westward expansion as colonialism. It examines the ideological and practical aspects of American colonialism, particularly in relation to the politics of national expansion and Native sovereignty
"Complete Liberty"? Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Social Change on the Lower Columbia River, 1805-1838
This article analyzes social change in the emerging colonial world of the lower Columbia River from 1805 to 1838, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. It teases out distinctions among formal marriages, informal "custom of the country" arrangements, the exercise of sexual "liberties" by young Chinookan women, and prostitution, revealing much of the complex sexual interactions between natives and newcomers. Such a focus illuminates critical…
Citizen Indians
American Indians and State Law
Book Review| October 01 2008 American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 By Deborah A. Rosen. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. $55.00 cloth.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2008) 55 (4): 675–676. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2008-019 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citat…
The Power of Promises
Book Review| April 01 2010 The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest By Alexandra Harmon, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, Contributor John Burrows (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. 384 pp., maps, notes, index. $28.95 paper.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2010) 57 (2): 333–334. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2009…
Oregon and the Collapse of Illahee
Modern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. This book examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples—focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land—from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. It emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word Illahee (homeland) to refer to the indigenous worl…
The People Are Dancing Again
Book Review| April 01 2012 The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon. By Wilkinson, Charles. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010. $35.00 cloth.) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 424–426. https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-1536993 Cite Icon…
Remembering the Modoc War
Journal Article Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence Get access Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence . First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series. By Cothran Boyd . ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2014 . xii + 247 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95 .) Gray H. Whaley Gray H. Whaley Southern Ill…
The Sea Is My Country
Life of Mà-ka-tai-me-she-kià-kiàk, or Black Hawk, An Autobiography
From its initial publication in 1833, Black Hawk's autobiography has challenged readers to confront dominant narratives of race and progress, justice and inequality, and US territorial acquisition and Native sovereignty. A Sauk war chief, Black Hawk related the annual cycles of his peoples’ lives from the 1780s in the modern border area of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, including their several relocations, aspects of their spirituality,…
Coos Bay Indians in the “Courts of the Conqueror”
This article is based on two American Indian cases that arose from aboriginal title claims to coastal Oregon in the U.S. Court of Claims, Coos Bay (1938) and Alcea (1946), both subsequently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The cases set important precedents in judicial Indian law on the eve of the Indian Claims Commission. Coos Bay and Alcea also caused the creation of two distinct tribes of Coos Bay Indians: the Coos tribe included in the Confe…
Unworthy Republic
Journal Article Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Get access Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory. By Claudio Saunt. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2020. xx, 396 pp. Paper, $26.95.) Gray H Whaley Gray H Whaley Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J…
Leveraging an Empire
In Leveraging an Empire, Jacki Hedlund Tyler uses the analytical framework of settler colonialism to explore the history of Oregon from the era of disputed imperial claims over the Pacific Northwest, particularly the joint Anglo-American claims to Oregon through the mid-1840s, to U.S. territorial recognition in 1848 and statehood in 1859. She uses settler colonialism to guide her narrative of the political power dynamics among the diverse Oregon …
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