American Indians in the lower Mississippi Valley
Subtitle: social and economic histories
By: Daniel H. Usner, Jr.
Series: Indians of the Southeast
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Social conditions; Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Economic conditions; Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Government relations; Natchez Indians -- Social conditions; Natchez Indians -- Economic conditions; Natchez Indians -- Government relations
Description: During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Native peoples inhabiting the Lower Mississippi Valley confronted increasing domination by colonial powers, disastrous reductions in population, and threatened marginalization by a new cotton economy. Their strategies of resistance and adaptation to these changes are brought to light in this perceptive study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-183) and index.