Peoples of the River Valleys : The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians /

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Offers a fresh interpretation of the history of the Delaware, or Lenape, Indians in the context of events in the mid-Atlantic region and the Ohio Valley.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schutt, Amy C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Manners and customs.
Delaware Indians > Social life and customs.
Delaware Indians.
HISTORY > Native American.
Delaware (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Delaware (Indiens) > Histoire.
Delaware Indians > History.
Middle Atlantic States.
États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) > Moeurs et coutumes.
États du Moyen-Atlantique > Histoire.
Middle Atlantic States > Social life and customs.
Middle Atlantic States > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue "Sachems from nine different places"
  • Chapter 1. Communities and Kin
  • Chapter 2. Reorganizations and Relationships in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys, 1609-82
  • 'He knew the best how to order them'
  • Chapter 3. Sharing Lands and Asserting Rights in the Face of Pennsylvania's Expansion, 1682-1742
  • Chapter 4. Networks, Alliances, and Power, 1742-65
  • "All the people which inhabit this Continent"
  • Chapter 5. Defining Delawares, 1765-74
  • Chapter 6. Striving for Unity with Diversity, 1768-83
  • Epilogue. "Sit down by us as a nation"
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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