Myth and Memory Stories of Indigenous-european Contact

The moment of contact between two peoples, two alien societies, marks the opening of an epoch and the joining of histories. What if it had happened differently? The stories that indigenous peoples and Europeans tell about their first encounters with one another are enormously valuable historical records, but their relevance extends beyond the past. Settler populations and indigenous peoples the world over are engaged in negotiations over legitimacy, power, and rights. These struggles cannot be dissociated from written and oral accounts of "contact" moments, which not only shape our collective sense of history but also guide our understanding of current events.Lutz, John Sutton is the author of 'Myth and Memory Stories of Indigenous-european Contact', published 2007 under ISBN 9780774812627 and ISBN 0774812621.