| Acknowledgments |
page ix |
| Abbreviations |
xiii |
| Introduction |
1 |
| PART ONE: FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE PRAIRIE PLAINS |
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| 1 |
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Border and Corridor: Shawnees, Delawares, and the Mississippi River |
19 |
| 2 |
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Potawatomis, Delawares, and Indian Removal in the Great Lakes |
53 |
| PART TWO: BECOMING BORDER INDIANS |
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| 3 |
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Borderline Subsistence and Western Adaptations |
89 |
| 4 |
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Eastern Council Fires in the West |
122 |
| 5 |
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Joseph Parks, William Walker, and the Politics of Change |
152 |
| PART THREE: FROM KANSAS TO EXILE |
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| 6 |
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Subtraction through Division: Delawares, Wyandots, and the Struggle for Kansas Territory |
187 |
| 7 |
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Power on the Western Front: Shawnee and Potawatomi Indians in Kansas |
219 |
| Epilogue: Life after Exile |
255 |
| Index |
261 |