Defending Sovereignty: Native American Diplomats and the Early American Republic, 1750 – 1820

Abstract

An analysis of political relations between the North American Indian Nations and the United States from 1750 to 1820, through discussion of Native American, intercultural diplomats--Alexander McGillivray, Joseph Brant, and Hendrick Aupaumut--and their campaigns to protect Native American political sovereignty and territorial integrity from the consequences of American expansion.