Bluffton History

Ohio's First Peoples depicts the Native Americans of the Buckeye State from the time of the well-known Hopewell peoples to the forced removal of the Wyandots in the 1840s. These stories of the early Ohioans are based on the archaeological record and provide a detailed overview of the movements of Fort Ancient peoples driven out by economic and political forces in the seventeenth century.

The book chronicles the history of Ohio's Indians and their interactions with settlers and U.S. agents in the years leading up to their official removal, and sheds light on the complexities of the process, with both individual tribes and the United States taking advantage of opportunities at different times. It is also the story of how the native tribes tried to come to terms with the fast pace of change on America's western frontier and the inevitable loss of their traditional homelands. While the tribes often disagreed with one another, they attempted to move toward the best possible future for all their people against the relentless press of settlers and limited time.

Associates each letter of the alphabet with information concerning the various Indian tribes of Ohio. Includes reproducible pages of activities.

One of the small group of tribes comprising the Illinois division of the Algonquian linguistic family, the Miamis emerged as a pivotal tribe only during the French and British imperial wars, the Miami Confederacy wars of the 18th century and the treaty-making period of the 19th century.

Newly published from Ohio University press! This collection of essays is an outgrowth of a conference entitled "Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond" held in February 2020 at Ohio University.