Review of Betraying the Omaha Nation, 1790 - 1916, by Judith A. Boughter.

Authors

Mark J. Awakuni-Swetland, University of Oklahoma

Date of this Version

March 2000

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2000, p. 160. © 2000 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

Abstract

The question of whose history is portrayed in any historical narrative remains open to debate. Judith Boughter notes in the preface to Betraying the Omaha Nation that "until now, no one has written a comprehensive history of the Omahas from their legendary origins to their near destitution by the early twentieth century." Her book is reportedly the first part of a trilogy, with subsequent volumes proposing to address Omaha history through World War II as well as contemporary legal battles to regain lost lands.