In The Memory of All Ancient Customs, Tom Arne Midtrod examines the complex patterns of diplomatic, political, and social communication among the American Indian peoples of the Hudson Valley including the Mahicans, Wappingers, and Esopus Indians from the early seventeenth century through the American Revolutionary era. By focusing on how members of different Native groups interacted with one another, this book places Indians rather than Europeans on center stage.
Midtrod uncovers a vast and multifaceted Native American world that was largely hidden from the eyes of the Dutch...
In The Memory of All Ancient Customs, Tom Arne Midtrod examines the complex patterns of diplomatic, political, and social communication am...
