Abstract:This essay examines particular episodes of violence between Native peoples and white settlers in the American West and the competing narratives created by the two groups. The contested memory of the US-Dakota War, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Modoc War, the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, the Wounded Knee Massacre, and the legacy at Fort Smith, Arkansas, all provide a lens through which to view the formation of white victimhood and the idea of American innocence. Key works about the historical memory of these episodes of violence are explored for the issues surrounding the politics of memory and how Native peoples face the contestation head-on.

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善意的谎言，本土修订：美国西部暴力的遗产

摘要：本文考察了美国西部土著人和白人定居者之间的特定暴力事件，以及这两个群体创造的相互竞争的叙事。对美国-达科他战争、沙溪大屠杀、莫多克战争、北夏安出埃及记、伤膝大屠杀以及阿肯色州史密斯堡的遗产的有争议的记忆，都提供了一个视角，通过它来观察白色的形成受害者和美国无辜的想法。围绕记忆政治以及土著人民如何正面面对争论的问题，探讨了关于这些暴力事件的历史记忆的关键作品。