"They Found and Left Her an Indian": Gender, Race, and the Whitening of Young Bear.

Slocum, Frances; Captivity narratives; Native American women; Native Americans; Miami (North American people); Intermarriage

The article discusses a Miami woman named Maconaquah (Young Bear), otherwise known as Frances Slocum, a white woman who lived among Native Americans in the 19th century. The article mentions captivity narratives, the relationship between whites and Indians in the U.S., colonization, race mixing, intersections of cultures, intermarriages, and the fixed nature of racial categories. The article also discusses indigenous lands, the subjugation of American Indians, narratives of "Anti-Conquest," and the cross-cultural world of the Great Lakes region of the U.S.