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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive, region-wide, long-term, and accessible study of Native Americans in New England.This work is a comprehensive and region-wide synthesis of the history of the indigenous peoples of the northeastern corner of what is now the United StatesNew Englandwhich includes the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Native Americans of New England takes view of the history of indigenous peoples of the region, reconstructing this past from the earliest available archeological evidence to the present. It examines how historic processes shaped and reshaped the lives of Native peoples and uses case studies, historic sketches, and biographies to tell these stories. While this volume is aware of the impact that colonization, ethnic cleansing, dispossession, and racism had on the lives of indigenous peoples in New England, it also focuses on Native American resistance, adaptation, and survival under of
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond the Mayflower—
Indigenous Peoples in New England Chapter 1 A Time before New England: A History of Early Dawnland
Chapter 2 Dawnland on the Eve of Colonization
Chapter 3 Indigenous Peoples, European Colonization, and the Making of New England
Chapter 4 Native American Communities, War, European Empires, and the New English Struggle for Dominance
Chapter 5 Resisting Policies of Disappearance and Staying Visible
Chapter 6 Native Americans in Modern New England
Epilogue: The Story Continues Chronology Bibliography Index
