Peoples of the Inland Sea - 9780821423202

Peoples of the Inland SeaNative Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 16001870\nAuthor(s): David Andrew Nichols\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821423202, 978-0821423202\nSynopsis\nDiverse in their languages and customs, the Native American peoples of the Great Lakes regionthe Miamis, Ho-Chunks, Potawatomis, Ojibwas, and many othersshared a tumultuous history. In the colonial era their rich homeland became a target of imperial ambition and an invasion zone for European diseases, technologies, beliefs, and colonists. Yet in the face of these challenges, their nations' strong bonds of trade, intermarriage, and association grew and extended throughout their watery domain, and strategic relationships and choices allowed them to survive in an era of war, epidemic, and invasion. \n In Peoples of the Inland Sea, David Andrew Nichols offers a fresh and boundary-crossing history of the Lakes peoples.