Historys shadow is an intelligent and comprehensive look at the place of native americans in euro americans intellectual history during the period bracketed by the lewis and clark expedition at the beginning of the 19th century and the wounded knee massacre at its close examining literature painting photography ethnology and anthropology conn mines the written record to discover how non native americans thought about indians and what influence those ideas had upon the . Who were the native americans where did they come from and how long ago did they have a history and would they have a future questions such as these dominated intellectual life in the united states during the nineteenth century and for many americans such questions about the original inhabitants of their homeland inspired a flurry of historical investigation scientific inquiry and . Historys shadow native americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century chicago university of chicago press 2004 pp xii 276 3500. Start by marking historys shadow native americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century as want to read questions such as these dominated intellectual life in the united states during the nineteenth century and for many americans . Download citation historys shadow native americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century review journal of the early republic 253 2005 518 521 steven conns book serves