Title:
An infinity of nations : how the Native New World shaped early North America / Michael Witgen.
ISBN:
9780812205176
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Publication Information:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
©2012
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
General Note:
Based on the author's 2004 thesis (Ph. D.) from the University of Washington.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Prologue : the long invisibility of the native new world -- Place and belonging in Native North America -- The rituals of possession and the problems of nation -- The rebirth of native power and identity -- European interlopers and the politics of the native new world -- An Anishinaabe warrior's world -- The great peace adn unraveling alliances -- The counterfactual history of Indian assimilation -- Epilogue : Louis Riel, native founding father.
Summary:
Chronicles the formation and development of a Native New World in North America during the seventeenth, eighteen, and nineteenth centuries, and examines how the Indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America interacted with one another and European colonists. Includes illustrations, maps, and a glossary.
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Interest grade level:
11-Adult.
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