Allotment Plot

Nicole Tonkovich is professor emerita of literature and American Studies at the University of California–San Diego. She is the coauthor of Trading Gazes: Euro-American Women Photographers and Native North Americans, 1880–1940 and the author of Dividing the Reservation: Alice C. Fletcher’s Nez Perce Allotment Diaries and Letters, 1889–1892.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Allotment and Nimiipuu SurvivancePart 1. BeginningsIntroduction: After the End of Nez Perce History1. A False Beginning2. Another BeginningPart 2. LandIntroduction: Map and Territory, Space and Place3. "The Square Idea"4. Ethnographic Knowledge and Native CartographyPart 3. CitizensIntroduction: E Pluribus Unum5. Technologies of Citizenship6. Fictions of CoherencePart 4. EndingsIntroduction: "If the Work Is Ever to Be Finished"7. Irresolutions and Incompletions8. The Ends of Nez Perce AllotmentPart 5. AfterwardIntroduction: "Double Pictures Have Met Us All along the Way"9. After-Words10. After-ImagesNotesBibliographyIndex

"The Allotment Plot is a refreshing, nuanced, and insightful reinterpretation of a moment in Nez Perce history that illuminates both the blind nature of federal policy and the tribal resilience reflected in post-reservation Indian resistance and selfdetermination."—David R. M. Beck, American Historical Review "An extremely readable and informative book that will benefit scholars from various disciplines."—Jennifer Macias, Pacific Northwest Quarterly "A meticulously researched and carefully developed analysis of events before, during, and after allotment on the Nez Perce reservation."—Elizabeth James, Oregon Historical Quarterly "The Allotment Plot is a good addition to the field and offers readers much to consider."—C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, H-Net