Rose Stremlau

Stremlau has produced a well-researched and documented study on the Cherokee and their family relationships. She explains how the government tried to make the Cherokee conform to the American notion of a family rather than the Cherokee model. She explained how the allotments given in Indian Territory were awarded to males when it would have made more sense to award them to the female based on Cherokee culture. She showed inconsistencies in the Dawes Rolls and explained how there was not a uniform method of determining blood percentage. It's a fascinating read, and I'll be writing a longer review for an upcoming issue of Tennessee Libraries since the copy was provided by the journal for review.… (meer)