Contested Territories

The Lower Great Lakes has long been recognized as a zone of international conflict and interethnic confluence, and has generated some of the best ethnohistory of the past generation. But this collection of essays by a younger generation of scholars demonstrates that the region is far from overworked; it still has many stories to yield when new questions are asked and new approaches pursued.

—Colin G. Calloway, Professor of History and Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College

This fine collection of well-researched essays highlights the diversity and unpredictability of human experience in the lower Great Lakes during a long period of enormous instability and change. It is particularly notable for its emphasis on issues of gender, religion, and memory and its attention to local variations on larger themes.

—Andrew R. L. Cayton, author of Frontier Indiana

This series of perceptive essays by younger scholars analyzes cultural change among tribal communities in the Old Northwest and offers interesting insights into the evolution of Native American identity, land use, religion, and political agency. There is lots of “food for thought” here. It should prove attractive as a text or reader for courses focusing on tribal people in this region.

—R. David Edmunds, Watson Professor of American History, University of Texas at Dallas