American Indians and the Market Economy, 1775-1850

Contents

Contents List of Figures and Tables vii Foreword Timothy K. Pertulla ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Lance Greene and Mark R. Plane 1 1. “These Indians Appear to Be Wealthy”: Economy and Identity during the Late Fur-Trade Period in the Lower Great Lakes Michael Strezewski 19 2. “Remarkable Elasticity of Character”: Colonial Discourse, the Market Economy, and Catawba Itinerancy, 1770–1820 Mark R. Plane 33 3. Identity in a Post-Removal Cherokee Household, 1838–50 Lance Greene 53 4. Business in the Hinterlands: The Impact of the Market Economy on the West-Central Great Plains at the Turn of the 19th Century Cody Newton 67 5. Negotiating Borders: The Southern Caddo and Their Relationships with Colonial Governments in East Texas P. Shawn Marceaux and Timothy K. Perttula 80 References 99 Contributors 127 Index 129 ...