Presented By: William L. Clements Library
The Clements Bookworm: Author Conversation with Michael Witgen
Seeing Red Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America
Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and U.S. development in the Old Northwest. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates, the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishannabeg themselves. Outnumbering white settlers well into the nineteenth century, they leveraged their political savvy to advance a dual citizenship that enabled mixed-race tribal members to lay claim to a place in U.S. civil society.
Part of Native American Heritage Month at U-M: https://mesa.umich.edu/native-american-heritage
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Part of Native American Heritage Month at U-M: https://mesa.umich.edu/native-american-heritage
Free, registration required at http://myumi.ch/gjgzR.
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