| Title: |
Sovereignty, Nations, and Diplomacy: the French and Native American Alliances in Louisiana |
| Authors: |
Musco, Jonas; Ellis, Elizabeth; Spring, Ryan |
| Publisher Information: |
Musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
OpenEdition |
| Subject Terms: |
diplomacy; French Louisiana; Choctaw; treaties; calumet; Youanis |
| Description: |
In French Louisiana, the colonial presence was based on alliances with several Native American nations. The King recognized the sovereignty of these allied nations, but unlike in other areas, no written treaty testified to this recognition of Indigenous sovereignty. This article studies this paradox of sovereignty without treaties. It shows that Native American sovereignty is first and foremost developed in practice. On the one hand, the example of the calumet ceremony shows that the French adapted to Native American diplomatic rules, involving a regular, ritualized updating of the alliance. On the other hand, the example of the creation of the “Youanis” post, in Choctaw country, illustrates the importance of oral negotiations in the French-Native American alliance, and the ability of the Choctaw, in particular, to control the modalities of French settlement in their own territory. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1760-849X; 0764-8928 |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1760-849X; info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0764-8928; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/1562b; https://doi.org/10.4000/1562b; https://doi.org/10.4000/15621; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/15621; https://journals.openedition.org/gradhiva/9785 |
| DOI: |
10.4000/15621 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.4000/15621; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/15621; https://journals.openedition.org/gradhiva/9785 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.2E87FCFC |
| Database: |
BASE |