Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: A Study of Tradition and Change
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Book Description
The first comprehensive history of Native American tribes in Wisconsin, this thorough and thoroughly readable account follows Wisconsins Indian communitiesOjibwa, Potawatomie, Menominee, Winnebago, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, and Ottawafrom the 1600s through 1960. Written for students and general readers, it covers in detail the ways that native communities have striven to shape and maintain their traditions in the face of enormous external pressures. The author, Robert E. Bieder, begins by describing the Wisconsin region in the 1600sboth the natural environment, with its profound significance for Native American peoples, and the territories of the many tribal cultures throughout the regionand then surveys experiences with French, British, and, finally, American contact. Using native legends and historical and ethnological sources, Bieder describes how the Wisconsin communities adapted first to the influx of Indian groups fleeing the expanding Iroquois Confederacy in eastern America and then to the arrival of fur traders, lumber men, and farmers. Economic shifts and general social forces, he shows, brought about massive adjustments in diet, settlement patterns, politics, and religion, leading to a redefinition of native tradition. Historical photographs and maps illustrate the text, and an extensive bibliography has many suggestions for further reading.
About the Author
Robert E. Bieder is professor of American history at Indiana University and former associate director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He is the author of Science Encounters the Indian, Contemplating Others: Cultural Contacts in Red and White America , and A Brief Historical Survey of the Expropriation of American Indian Remains.
Native American Communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: A Study of Tradition and Change,Robert E. Bieder,University of Wisconsin Press,0299145247,Government relations,History,History - U.S.,History: American,Indians of North America,Native American,Social life and customs,United States - State & Local - General,Wisconsin
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