A book, tentatively titled, Assault on a Culture: The Anishinaabeg Of The Great Lakes And The Dynamics of Change, is in preparation.

The book focuses on 18th and 19th century treaties between Native American peoples known as the Anishinaabeg and the US government that resulted in vast land cessions by the former to the latter, cessions that would result directly in the creation of the State of Michigan in 1837.

The treaties of interest are those that led to the extinguishment of all significant Indian land holdings and rights in the Great Lakes region. The long-lasting disastrous consequences, both intended and unintended, of the treaties on the culture and well being of the Anishiinabeg peoples are detailed.

The motivations and actions of treaty signatories and the roles of non-native treaty advisors including representatives of the US government as determined by a review of the records of the ancillary councils that established treaty framework and preceded actual treaty signing are detailed in the book as are details of the treaties themselves.

The use of modern genetics and the human genome as well as other scientific evidence are elucidated to provide insights into space-time aspects of the journey of proto-Anishinaabeg from Beringia to their eventual homeland in the Great Lakes region.

Book publication is anticipated in mid 2011.

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