Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.
Contents:
Native America -- The European Invasion -- Indians in the East -- Indians in the West -- Assimilation and allotment -- Political Sovereignty and Economic Autonomy -- Cultural Sovereignty.
Summary:
"This book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twentieth-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories"--Provided by publisher.
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