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2002). In other words, this books author takes a different perspective than do most historians. Rather than look at the situation through a Eurocentric point of view, this work examines
the changes that occurred between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries from a point of view aligned with the Indians. The role of the Native Americans stands out in regard to
the building of America (OBrien, 2002). While many Americans are used to looking at the situation through a western point of view, Richter (2001) makes it clear that Indians were
a vital part of American history and reinforces the notion that this point should not be ignored. The reason why the title Facing East from Indian Country is an accurate
description for how native tribes emerged and behaved between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries is in part due to the fact that the Europeans made their way across the nation
from East to West. During this period, the Indians faced east as the European settlers moved west. The Indians-unlike the settlers-did not expand west in a contrived manner. Many Indians
in fact enjoyed the Eastern landscape and still do to this day. Another point is that the Indians were clearly relevant in the history of the United States but are
all too often not the focus of American history. While other authors seem to circumvent the relevance of the Native Americans, and treat them as if they were simply in
the way of European expansion and the creation of the United States of America, Richter (2001) focuses on the Indian perspective. In this way, Richter (2001) creates an important
volume that all Americans should read. He does not take the typical position that many American historians have, and this is one reason why this book is instrumental in understanding
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