Title: The many hands of my relations
First published: 1996
Description: The Many Hands of My Relations is a study of kinship networks among French Creoles and Central Siouan tribes and the influence of those networks on social, political, and economic development along the lower Missouri River from the late prehistoric period to the removal era in the 1870s.

The book examines economic relations and intermarriages between French fur traders and native people of the Central Siouan tribes and the consequences for intergroup relationships as three imperial powers (France, then Spain, and then the United States) vied for political control and commercial supremacy.
Subjects: History, Fur trade, Indians of North America, French
Places: Missouri River Valley
LC classification: F598 .T48 1996