Native American Power in the United States, 1783-1795

by Celia Barnes

Overview

This book is a study of the role of Native Americans in the physical and political development of the United States during the first fewyears of its existence. An evaluation of the function and operation of power both within Native American groups and their relation with outsiders, which informed their diverse and complex strategies of resistance to white westward expansion, forms a central component of the study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611472431
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	9
	Introduction	11
1.	A Collision of Cultures	19
2.	In Pursuit of Land and Liberty	43
3.	The British Connection	64
4.	The Spanish Connection	87
5.	Indian Victory in the Northwest	120
6.	The Southwest Frontier	152
7.	The Collapse of Indian Resistance in the Northwest	177
	Conclusion	209
	Notes	216
	Bibliography	237
	Index	246