If you had a standard American education more than a few decades ago, your view of Native American societies before the arrival of European colonists is likely inaccurate. There were many more Native Americans, in more dense settlements, than you were taught. They consciously transformed the landscapes in which they lived on a vast scale, contrary to the still popular romantic image of bands of meek people dwelling lightly upon the earth. And they did so over a very long period of time, with ...
