Fur Trade in the Rockies, 1800 to 1805
The fur trade was an important part of the economic history of North America and incorporated American Indian economies into a larger world economy. Furs […]
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Cherokee Treaty Claims
By 1830, the American government had decided that American Indians had no place in the United States and passed legislation calling for their removal to […]
Virginia and the Indians, 1606 to 1608
Because England is a Christian nation, the Discovery Doctrine supposedly gave it the right to govern all non-Christian nations. In 1606, therefore, England was able […]
Carolina Indians in 1700
Part of our knowledge of the Indian nations of the Carolinas during the early colonial period comes from the reports of European explorers. One of […]