TY - BOOK AU - Witgen,Michael TI - An Infinity of Nations: How the Native New World Shaped Early North America T2 - Early American Studies SN - 9780812205176 AV - E91 .W58 2012 U1 - 970.004/97 PY - 2013/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789 KW - Indians of North America--Colonization--History KW - Indians of North America--Social life and customs KW - North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: The Long Invisibility of the Native New World -- Part I. Discovery -- Chapter 1. Place and Belonging in Native North America -- Chapter 2. The Rituals of Possession and the Problems of Nation -- Part II. The New World -- Chapter 3. The Rebirth of Native Power and Identity -- Chapter 4. European Interlopers and the Politics of the Native New World -- Part III. The Illusion of Empire -- Chapter 5. An Anishinaabe Warrior's World -- Chapter 6. The Great Peace and Unraveling Alliances -- Part IV. Sovereignty: The Making of North America's New Nations -- Chapter 7. The Counterfactual History of Indian Assimilation -- Epilogue: Louis Riel, Native Founding Father -- Glossary of Native Terms -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments N2 - An Infinity of Nations tells the story of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America, focusing in particular on the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441987 ER -