Indian Nations of Wisconsin · Chapter 2
European Arrivals
The fur trade era: Nicolet 1634, French and British rivalries, Three Fires alliance, intermarriage, disease, and how Native nations played European powers against each other.
What's changed since publication
Curated developments to fold into a future revision. Each item is tagged so a third-edition rewrite can pull related brief coverage automatically.
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Recent scholarship (Michael McDonnell's 'Masters of Empire,' Brett Rushforth's 'Bonds of Alliance') has reframed the fur trade era as Anishinabe-led rather than French-led. A third edition could lean further into Native agency in shaping the continent's economic system.
No brief coverage yet for this chapter's themes. As future issues tag stories with related slugs, they'll appear here automatically.