Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed-Descent Peoples and the Making of the American West

by Anne F. Hyde

Book Overview

Often overlooked, there is mixed blood at the heart of America. And at the heart of Native life for centuries there were complex households using intermarriage to link disparate communities and create protective circles of kin. Beginning in the seventeenth century, Native peoples--Ojibwes, Otoes, Cheyennes, Chinooks, and others--formed new families with young French, English, Canadian, and American fur traders who spent months in smoky winter lodges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393634094
• ISBN13: 9780393634099
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"