Michael John Witgen

A tremendously researched and needed history of the systematic takeover of Native lands in the Northwest Territories during the late 1700's and early 1800's. The book focuses on Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin showing a variety of forces including bad treaties and how tribes were strong armed into signing them. There is much in the book about mixed race "half breeds" and the key role they played in these lands. To a lesser extent Witgen shows the differences in how Natives were treated in the South and the role slavery played in all this. A great study.… (más)