Title: The American revolution in Indian country
First published: 1995
Description: National mythology accords Indians a minimal and negative role in the story of the American Revolution:  they chose the wrong side and they lost. Yet  Indian  people  in Revolutionary America,  whether they  sided with rebels or redcoats, or neither, or both, were doing much the same as the American colonists: fighting for their freedom in tumultuous times. The American Revolution was an anticolonial war of liberation for Indian peoples too, but the threat to their freedom often came from colonial  neighbors rather than distant capitals. 

This study presents the first broad coverage of Indian experiences in the Revolution rather than of Indian participation as allies or enemies of contending parties. Colin Calloway focuses on eight Indian communities from Quebec to Florida, and from the Atlantic to  the Mississippi, as he explores how the Revolution often translated  into war among Indians and their own struggles for  independence. Drawing on British, American, Canadian and Spanish records, Calloway shows how Native Americans pursued different strategies and endured a variety of experiences, but were bequeathed a common legacy as a result of the Revolution. 
From the dust jacket.
Subjects: Sources, Government relations, Indians of North America, History, Indians of north america, history, Indians of north america, government relations, Indiens d'Amérique, Histoire, Relations avec l'État, Indianer, Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg, Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog, Indianen, Indiens, Unabhängigkeitskrieg, 18th century
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783, 18th century, To 1789, To 1879
LC classification: E83.775 .C35 1995