Colin G. Calloway es un distinguido historiador y académico de Estudios Nativos Americanos, cuyo trabajo profundiza en la historia y la cultura de los pueblos indígenas de América. Su escritura se caracteriza por una investigación meticulosa y un compromiso por retratar auténticamente estas narrativas a menudo pasadas por alto. Calloway se enfoca en dar voz a aquellos silenciados en los relatos históricos, ofreciendo a los lectores una perspectiva fresca sobre la historia estadounidense. Su enfoque se basa en el examen cuidadoso de las fuentes, con el objetivo de comprender y transmitir las complejidades de la vida y la resiliencia indígena.
Traces the histories of the Native people of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conflict and change, this work offers a look at the early history of the region by blending ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history.
America's founding involved and required the melding of cultures and communities, a redefinition of "frontier" and boundaries in every possible sense. Using the accounts of Native leaders who visited cities in the Early Republic, Calloway's book reorients the story of that founding. Violent resistance was just one of many Native responses to colonialism. Peaceful interaction was far more the norm, and while less dramatic and therefore less covered, far more important in its effects.