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Native People Of North America: A History, John Bowes
Native People Of North America: A History, John Bowes
John P. Bowes
For those who teach survey courses, a textbook often serves as a foundation for classroom discussions and lectures. The book provides the basic material and overview so that classroom presentations have the opportunity to be more wide-ranging or specific depending on the teacher’s preference. A well constructed textbook is an extremely valuable tool. At present, instructors of American history have a plethora of options from which to choose. This is not the case with those of us who teach Native American history or Native studies. Consequently, it is always heartening to see someone attempt to create an overview of historical …
Demanding The Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy And American Culture, 1830-1900, John Bowes
Demanding The Cherokee Nation: Indian Autonomy And American Culture, 1830-1900, John Bowes
John P. Bowes
In Demanding the Cherokee Nation, Andrew Denson takes on two very important tasks. First, he addresses the history of the Cherokee Nation in the years after their forced removal west of the Mississippi River. Second, he examines in great detail the ways the Cherokee leadership defined, protected, and promoted the political autonomy of the Cherokee Nation in relation to the U.S. government in the mid- to late nineteenth century. Other historians, most notably William McLoughlin, have written about the postremoval experience of the Cherokee and have illustrated the necessity of discussing the years after the Trail of Tears. But no …
The Boundaries Between Us: Natives And Newcomers Along The Frontiers Of The Old Northwest Territory, 1750-1850, John Bowes
John P. Bowes
Of the eleven essays included in The Boundaries between Us, only the final two fail to reference Richard White’s The Middle Ground in their endnotes. This does not come as a surprise, because this collection revolves around the Old Northwest Territory and because White’s interpretive framework has loomed so large over American Indian historiography in the fifteen years since its publication. Yet the strength and popularity of the middle ground as a concept might be viewed as both a blessing and a curse.