1. Describe the middle ground in the pays d’en haut (as
Native Power in Colonial AmericaAlthough European empires sought to control Native
people’s lands and lives in colonial North America, historians including Richard White and
Pekka Hamalainen have demonstrated that Native societies were able to exercise
considerable power in certain circumstances.For this essay, describe the middle ground in
the pays d’en haut (as depicted by Richard White) and the Comanche Empire in the
Southwest plains (as depicted by Pekka Hamalainen), making sure to discuss) The
conditions that allowed each system to emerge) How Native people exercised power in each
system) How European empires (New France and New Spain) attempted to exercise power
in each system.Based on your analysis, what political, environmental, cultural, or other
factors helped Native people to exercise power in the colonial era?Note: for this question,
you may use only two readings—White and Hamalainen.
