Serving the Nation
Cherokee Sovereignty and Social Welfare, 1800-1907
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4155682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clarissa W Confer (California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 767-767 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jax348 |
| OpenAlex | W2769322835 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Julie L. Reed continues the work of her adviser Theda Perdue by examining the evolution of the Cherokee nation through the nineteenth century. Her research confirms that, despite their many differences over policy and approach, Cherokee leaders remained committed to Cherokee self-determination and the welfare of their people. She analyzes the transformation of social welfare from a traditional matrilineal clan-based structure into a national service system. In the early 1800s the Cherokee nation remained organized around its matrilineal clan structure, which empowered local communities. Reed refers to traditional social policy, which drew on communal and matrilineal traditions to preserve the well-being of the community, as Osdv iyunvnehi. The traditional kin-based identity system ensuring that all Cherokees had a place in their society faced continual attack from white reformers and officials. By the turn of the twentieth century, the combined forces of federal power, corporate interests, and social reform pressed the Cherokee nation into a much different but not unrecognizable configuration. The author argues that nineteenth-century Cherokees energetically and successfully protected their traditional concepts of community obligation to individuals within the growing national framework of federally administered programs
Archaeology · Cherokee · Clan · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social Welfare · Sociology · Sovereignty · Tribe · Welfare · Canadian Identity and History · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |