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  • An Infinity of Nations

    How the Native New World Shaped Early North America

    by Michael Witgen ...
    Series series Early American Studies
    An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard. To be sure, Native North America experienced far-reaching and radical change following contact ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • An Infinity of Nations

    How the Native New World Shaped Early North America

    by Michael Witgen ...
    Series series Early American Studies
    An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard. To be sure, Native North America experienced far-reaching and radical change following contact ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Seeing Red

    Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

    by Michael John Witgen ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and U.S. development in the Old Northwest. But, as ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Seeing Red

    Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

    by Michael John Witgen ...
    Narrated by Kaipo Schwab ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 37 min

    Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the Old Northwest. But, as ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Epic Contest for North America

    by Pekka Hämäläinen ...
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  • The Clay We Are Made Of

    Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River

    by Susan M. Hill ...
    Series Book 20 - Critical Studies in Native History
    If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and territory informed Haudenosaunee thought and philosophy, and was a primary determinant of Haudenosaunee identity.In The Clay We Are Made Of, Susan M. Hill presents a revolutionary retelling of the history of the Grand ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction

    by Theda Perdue;Michael D. Green ...
    When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter ... Read more

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  • North American Indians

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Masters of Empire

    Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America

    by Michael A. McDonnell ...
    "[A] magisterial tale of how the Anishinaabe Odawa lived through and shaped the history of North America and the early modern world." —Kathleen DuVal, professor of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillIn Masters of Empire, the historian Michael McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Negotiators of Change

    Historical Perspectives on Native American Women

    Edited by Nancy Shoemaker ...
    Negotiators of Change covers the history of ten tribal groups including the Cherokee, Iroquois and Navajo -- as well as tribes with less known histories such as the Yakima, Ute, and Pima-Maricopa. The book contests the idea that European colonialization led to a loss of Native American women's power, and instead presents a more complex picture of the adaption to, and subversion of, the economic ... Read more

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  • Red Cliff, Wisconsin

    A History of an Ojibwe Community–Vol. 1, The Earliest Years: The Origin to 1854

    by Howard D. Paap ...
    Red Cliff, Wisconsin: A History of an Ojibwe Community, (Volume 1), is the story of the first three hundred and more years of the Ojibwe people in the Chequamegon Bay region of western Lake Superior. This volume covers the Ojibwes' arrival, the coming of the French, English, and Americans, and concludes with 1854 and the advent of the reservation era. Telling the history of the first people in the ... Read more

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  • The Inconvenient Indian

    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    by Thomas King ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the RBC Taylor PrizeFinalist for Canada ReadsFinalist for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction**Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King’s critical examination of the history and experience of Native peoples in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship ... Read more

    $11.99 USD