During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Native peoples
inhabiting the Lower Mississippi Valley confronted increasing
domination by colonial powers, disastrous reductions in population,
and the threat of being marginalized by a new cotton economy. Their
strategies of resistance and adaptation to these changes are
brought to light in this perceptive study.
An introductory overview of the historiography of Native peoples
in the early Southeast examines how the study of Native-colonial
relations has changed over the last century. Daniel H. Usner Jr.
reevaluates the Natchez Indians' ill-fated relations with the
French and the cultural effects of Native population losses from
disease and warfare during the eighteenth century. Usner next
examines in detail the social and economic relations the Native
peoples forged in the face of colonial domination and demographic
decline, and he reveals how Natives adapted to the cotton economy,
which displaced their familiar social and economic networks of
interaction with outsiders. Finally, Usner offers an intriguing
excursion into cultural criticism, assessing the effects of popular
images of Natives from this region.
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