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- Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent
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In The Native Ground, Kathleen DuVal argues that it was Indians rather than European would-be colonizers who were more often able to determine the form and content of the relations between the two groups. Along the banks of the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, far from Paris, Madrid, and London, European colonialism met neither accommodation nor resistance but incorporation. Rather than being colonized, Indians drew European empires into local patterns of land and resource allocation, sustenance, goods exchange, gender relations, diplomacy, and warfare.
Placing Indians at the center of the story, DuVal shows both their diversity and our contemporary tendency to exaggerate the influence of Europeans in places far from their centers of power. Europeans were often more dependent on Indians than Indians were on them.
Drawing on archaeology and oral history, as well as documents in English, French, and Spanish, DuVal chronicles the successive migrations of Indians and Europeans to the area from precolonial times through the 1820s. These myriad native groups - Mississippians, Quapaws, Osages, Chickasaws, Caddos, and Cherokees - and the waves of Europeans all competed with one another for control of the region.
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"Groundbreaking.... A work of immense significance." (Journal of the Early Republic)
"All specialists in early American and Native American history should read this book because of what it has to say about the 'Native Ground' in general." (American Historical Review)
"The best history yet of the Arkansas River valley and its peoples." (Journal of American History)
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Colin Calloway uses the prism of George Washington's life to bring focus to the great Native leaders of his time and the tribes they represented: the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware; in the process, he returns them to their rightful place in the story of America's founding. The Indian World of George Washington spans decades of Native American leaders' interactions with Washington, from his early days as surveyor of Indian lands to his military career against both the French and the British to his presidency.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Washington hate book
- By EJ morris on 02-08-19
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The Iroquois and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier
- By: Timothy J. Shannon
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Distinguished history professor and author Timothy J. Shannon is a recognized expert on the Indians of colonial America. In this concise study of Iroquois diplomacy, Shannon paints a vivid picture of the American frontier's most successful Indian confederacy. This enlightening narrative explores the shrewd, sometimes treacherous, tactics the Iroquois used to withstand the juggernaut of colonization.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pleasant surprise
- By Robert B. Golson on 12-23-08
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The Comanche Empire
- By: Pekka Hamalainen
- Narrated by: Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Length: 19 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 261
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 259
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A comprehensive evaluation
- By A on 02-28-18
By: Pekka Hamalainen
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Shadows at Dawn
- A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
- By: Karl Jacoby
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In April 1871, a group of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O'odham Indians surrounded an Apache village at dawn and murdered nearly 150 men, women, and children in their sleep. In the past century, the attack, which came to be known as the Camp Grant Massacre, has largely faded from memory. Now, drawing on oral histories, contemporary newspaper reports, and the participants' own accounts, prizewinning author Karl Jacoby brings this perplexing incident and tumultuous era to life to paint a sweeping panorama of the American Southwest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent coverage of early Arizona History.
- By AHB on 08-22-21
By: Karl Jacoby
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The Trail of Tears
- The Forced Removal of the Five Civilized Tribes
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
The "Five Civilized Tribes" are among the best known Native American groups in American history, and they were even celebrated by contemporary Americans for their abilities to adapt to white culture. But tragically, they are also well known tribes due to the trials and tribulations they suffered by being forcibly moved west along the "Trail of Tears".
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not complete
- By Melissa on 06-14-15
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The Earth Shall Weep
- A History of Native America
- By: James Wilson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 21 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
This carefully researched exploration of Native American culture investigates the complex, often misunderstood histories of hundreds of indigenous peoples. Author James Wilson has drawn from ethnographic and archaeological studies, historical texts, and the rich written and oral traditions of Native Americans to complete this important work.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Please re-record this well written book
- By Violet on 03-16-13
By: James Wilson
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God, War, and Providence
- The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England
- By: James A. Warren
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 61
A devout Puritan minister in 17th-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side by side, in peace. James A. Warren tells the remarkable and little-known story of the alliance between Roger Williams's Rhode Island and the Narragansett Indians, and how they joined forces to retain their autonomy and their distinctive ways of life against Puritan encroachment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best book so far on Roger Williams
- By Andy from FL on 12-05-19
By: James A. Warren
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El Norte
- The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
- By: Carrie Gibson
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 208
Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots - ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century, and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Chicken Noodle History
- By Jose on 10-30-19
By: Carrie Gibson
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A Colony Sprung from Hell
- Pittsburgh and the Struggle for Authority on the Western Pennsylvania Frontier, 1744-1794
- By: Daniel P. Barr
- Narrated by: Michael Kazalski
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
The early settlement of the region around Pittsburgh was characterized by a messy collision of personal, provincial, national, and imperial interests. Driven by the efforts of Europeans, Pennsylvanians, Virginians, and Indians, almost everyone attempted to manipulate the clouded political jurisdiction of the region. A Colony Sprung from Hell traces this complex struggle. The events and episodes that make up the story highlight the difficulties of creating and consolidating authority along the frontier.
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4 out of 5 stars
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These places have names.
- By Scott A. Yerecic on 01-13-17
By: Daniel P. Barr
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The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears
- By: Theda Perdue, Michael Green
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Acclaimed historians Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green paint a moving portrait of the infamous Trail of Tears. Despite protests from statesmen like Davy Crockett, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, a dubious 1838 treaty drove 17,000 mostly Christian Cherokee from their lush Appalachian homeland to barren plains beyond the Mississippi. For 4,000, this brutal forced march lead only to their deaths.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great audio book
- By Steve on 03-23-08
By: Theda Perdue, and others
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The Other Slavery
- The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
- By: Andrés Reséndez
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 234
Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering The Other Slavery, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors, then forced to descend into the "mouth of hell" of 18th-century silver mines or, later, made to serve as domestics for Mormon settlers and rich Anglos.
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4 out of 5 stars
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overall a good book
- By Paola V. Hidalgo on 01-23-17
By: Andrés Reséndez
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States
- By: Paul Ortiz
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 442
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 387
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Story5 out of 5 stars 382
Spanning more than 200 years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress, and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms American history into the story of the working class organizing against imperialism.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I had to return
- By Andrew Alvarez on 05-19-20
By: Paul Ortiz
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American Colonies: The Settling of North America
- Penguin History of the United States, Book 1
- By: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 450
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 391
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 389
In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States series, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from millennia past through the decades of Western colonization and conquest and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent ..
- By aintbuyinit on 09-03-18
By: Alan Taylor
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Lakotas and the Black Hills
- The Struggle for Sacred Ground (Penguin Library of American Indian History)
- By: Jeff Ostler
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
In this enthralling narrative, professor and award-winning author Jeffrey Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux’s loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it. Moving easily from battlefields to reservations to Supreme Court chambers, Ostler captures the strength that bore the Lakotas through the worst times and kept alive the dream of reclaiming their cherished lands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent. Exactly what I was looking for.
- By Gregory E Benoit on 08-24-23
By: Jeff Ostler
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Native Americans: A Captivating Guide to Native American History and the Trail of Tears, Including Tribes Such as the Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Duke Holm, Andrew Buzzeo
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 27
In this new bundle audiobook from Captivating History, you will discover the shocking and controversial history of the Native Americans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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not a historical text
- By Blake on 12-13-18
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The Tuscarora War
- Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies
- By: David La Vere
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 166
At dawn on September 22, 1711, more than five hundred Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear River Indian warriors swept down on the unsuspecting European settlers living along the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers of North Carolina. During the following days, they destroyed hundreds of farms, killed at least 140 men, women, and children, and took about 40 captives. So began the Tuscarora War, North Carolina's bloodiest colonial war and surely one of its most brutal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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neither a racist author nor a tale of genocide
- By wylie smith on 03-02-22
By: David La Vere
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Buretto
- 12-05-18
Muddled message
Judging by the summary and my own outside research of the author, I believe the intention of the book was to confer respect upon native peoples by detailing agency and control of their own destinies, and subsequently how European dependence belies the long-held perception of the newcomers civilizing natives. However, by repeated reference to natives tribes as *deceptive* and *manipulative* in dealing with Europeans, the book left a distinctly uncomfortable feeling of absolving European aggression. It does make concessions to transgressions (more to English and Americans, than to French and Spanish), but it feels like forced criticism. For the overall history, pretty good, 3 stars, seems fair..
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