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David A. Nichols is a history professor at Indiana State University, and a specialist in Native American and frontier American history. He is currently completing his third book, Peoples of the Inland Sea: Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 1600-1870, and working on a study of the economic history of the Chickasaws. In his spare time he likes to read, play designer boardgames, and walk his dogs, Molly and Cosi.

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	Red Gentlemen and White Savages: Indians, Federalists, and the Search for Order on the American Frontier 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peoples of the Inland Sea: Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 1600–1870 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engines of Diplomacy: Indian Trading Factories and the Negotiation of American Empire 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Be Men of Business: The Origins of Chickasaw Capitalism, 1700–1840 (New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth

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