The Native Peoples of the American West: Genocide or Ethnic Cleansing?

2016/08/08 by Gary Clayton Anderson · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

paper · doi:10.1093/whq/whw126

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Abstract

The crimes committed against American Indians have been a prominent part of the historiography of North America. More recently, the problem has been defining these crimes. This article attempts to establish a workable definition that can be applied to the period of contact and, in particular, to the American West.

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