"Hikikylpymiehet" ja "luonnonlapset" : suomalaisten ja intiaanien kanssakäyminen, sosiaalinen asema ja näkemykset toisistaan Pohjois-Amerikassa n. 18…

2017

This Master’s thesis of general history focuses on the social interaction between ethnic Finns and Native Americans in North America c. 1850—1950. The research aims to cover the nature of the interaction phenomenon in question as well as the social statuses of both groups and the attitudes expressed by them concerning the other. The analysis is based on biographical source material supported by documents, interviews and academic literature emphasizing both the Finns and the Native Americans who were in contact with each other during the aforementioned era. The analysis conducted in this thesis highlights that the majority of the interaction between Finns and Native Americans took place in t…