"American Indians in an Age of Empire and Revolution," Topic

…1750-1783

"All North America was Indian country prior to European settlement in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The conventional narrative holds that indigenous peoples were overwhelmed by a wave of European conquest over the subsequent centuries. While the history of American Indians in North America was marked by tragedy, the full story is much more complicated. In his book Facing East from Indian Country, historian Daniel Richter encourages us to take on the perspective of American Indians and insists that, from their vantage point, early American history is better understood. He asks that we consider the "stories of North America during the period of European colonization rather than of the European colonization of North America." Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries indigenous groups encountered Europeans and the diseases, environmental changes, and economic disruptions that followed their arrival. Nevertheless, American Indians creatively adapted to such circumstances and continued to influence the course of history in the process. This digital collection seeks to view events from their perspective and considers the ways in which American Indians experienced and shaped history in the late 1700s…"
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