Presents a chronological and ethnographic narrative that surveys American Indian history, from the arrival of humans on the American continent. This text describes how the European invasion influenced American Indian communities, but also how Native actions have affected the American environment.[...]

The Potawatomi Indians were the dominant tribe in the region of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and southern Michigan during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Active participants in the fur trade, and close friends with many French fur traders and government leaders, the Potawatomis rema[...]