Traders and raiders : the indigenous world of the Colorado Basin, 1540-1859 / Natale A. Zappia.

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Zappia, Natale A

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781469615851
1469615851
9781469619842
1469619849

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Traders and raidersDDC classification:

979.004/97 23

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E78.C62 Z37 2014eb

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Contents:

The journey of pook -- Native histories and the interior world -- Europeans and the interior world -- The view from Huwaaly Kwasakjav -- Trading and raiding networks -- The expansion of interregional raiding -- Pascual's warning -- The end of Native autonomy -- Shifting strategies within new national borders -- The view from the Colorado River, 2013.

Summary: The Colorado River region looms large in modern history, but has, in fact, played a pivotal role in the colonial designs of Euro-Americans since the first Spanish journey up the Colorado River in the sixteenth century. This book examines more than three centuries of indigenous life in the West, revealing how native peoples of present-day southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico maintained their autonomy amidst the unprecedented political, economic, and cultural changes occurring throughout the region.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The Colorado River region looms large in modern history, but has, in fact, played a pivotal role in the colonial designs of Euro-Americans since the first Spanish journey up the Colorado River in the sixteenth century. This book examines more than three centuries of indigenous life in the West, revealing how native peoples of present-day southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico maintained their autonomy amidst the unprecedented political, economic, and cultural changes occurring throughout the region.

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