Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Prologue. The Long Invisibility of the Native New World 1
4. PART I. Discovery
5. Introduction 25
6. Chapter 1. Place and Belonging in Native North America 29
7. Chapter 2. The Rituals of Possession and the Problems of Nation 69
8. PART II. The New World
9. Introduction 111
10. Chapter 3. The Rebirth of Native Power and Identity 116
11. Chapter 4. European Interlopers and the Politics of the Native New World 168
12. PART III. The Illusion of Empire
13. Introduction 215
14. Chapter 5. An Anishinaabe Warrior’s World 223
15. Chapter 6. The Great Peace and Unraveling Alliances 267
16. PART IV. Sovereignty. The Making of North America’s New Nations
17. Introduction 317
18. Chapter 7. The Counterfactual History of Indian Assimilation 322
19. Epilogue. Louis Riel, Native Founding Father 359
20. Glossary of Native Terms 371
21. Notes 375
22. Index 427
23. Acknowledgments 447