The Indigenous Critique

This omnibus volume combines the two previous entries in The Indigenous Critique series, which explore the concept of the indigenous critique - the observations of Native Americans, emerging in their early encounters with European explorers and colonists. These observations, recorded and pondered deeply by their Western counterparts and thinkers in Europe, challenged a broad array of assumptions and notions embraced by Western society and culture - and proved so enlightening as to trigger the Enlightenment... upon which the new United States would be based. The second volume probed beyond what the Framers took from the thinking and practices of the Native Americans they encountered, exploring Native American governance and lifestyle more deeply, asking the follow-up questions the Framers never asked - questions about the deep nature of human community, social equality, meaningful governance, and the impact of wealth and property on human relationships. Both volumes are contained herein.