{"product_id":"indigenous-missourians-ancient-societies-to-the-present-paperback","title":"Indigenous Missourians: Ancient Societies to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 Missouri Conference on History Book Award and Honoree for the 2024 Society of Midland Authors Award for History\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The history of Indigenous people in present-day Missouri is far more nuanced, complex, and vibrant than the often-told tragic stories of conflict with white settlers and forced Indian removal would lead us to believe. In this path-breaking narrative, Greg Olson presents the Show Me State's Indigenous past as one span­ning twelve millennia of Native presence, resilience, and evolu­tion. While previous Missouri histories have tended to include Indigenous people only during periods when they constituted a threat to the state's white settlement, Olson shows us the con­tinuous presence of Native people that includes the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning thousands of years before the state of Missouri exist­ed, Olson recounts how centuries of inventiveness and adapt­ability enabled Native people to create innovations in pottery, agriculture, architecture, weaponry, and intertribal diplomacy. Olson also shows how the resilience of Indigenous people like the Osages allowed them to thrive as fur traders, even as settler colonialists waged an all-out policy of cultural genocide against them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though the state of Missouri claimed to have forced Indigenous people from its borders after the 1830s, Olson uses U.S. Census records and government rolls from the allotment period to show that thousands remained. In the end, he argues that, with a cur­rent population of 27,000 Indigenous people, Missouri remains very much a part of Indian Country, and that Indigenous history is Missouri history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Olson \u003c\/b\u003eserved as the Curator of Exhibits and Special Projects at the Missouri State Archives from 2000-2018 and is the author of six books, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Ioway in Missouri\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIoway Life: Reservation and Reform, 1837\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e1860\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 8.98 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763388809504,"sku":"9780826223203","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2328f946b4617918607b274d3f77a375.webp?v=1780234116","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/indigenous-missourians-ancient-societies-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}