This readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800, recovers a deeper understanding of how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on the multicultural frontiers of North America-an understanding that may enlighten our own task of protecting Native American rights and imagining racial justice.
This readable, yet sophisticated, survey of treaty-making, details how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on the frontier. The author argues that Native Americans were active participants in shaping the US's legal culture.