The journey of pook -- Native histories and the interior world -- Europeans and the interior world -- The view from Huwaaly Kwasakjav -- Trading and raiding networks -- The expansion of interregional raiding -- Pascual's warning -- The end of Native autonomy -- Shifting strategies within new national borders -- The view from the Colorado River, 2013
Summary
The Colorado River region looms large in modern history, but has, in fact, played a pivotal role in the colonial designs of Euro-Americans since the first Spanish journey up the Colorado River in the sixteenth century. This book examines more than three centuries of indigenous life in the West, revealing how native peoples of present-day southern California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico maintained their autonomy amidst the unprecedented political, economic, and cultural changes occurring throughout the region
