Im sorry this book, has to be one of the most boring books ever required to be read by any professor. I found it to be full of information, but nothing tieing all this information together. If you like alot of information about WI Indian Tribes, this would be a book for you, but if you are interested in casual reading about Indian Tribes in WI, Pass on this one.

I found Bieder's book to be a very good survey of Wisconsin Indian cultures and the extraordinary pressures they have been under during the last 400 years. Wisconsin Indian history is unique and the author presented the story in a well-written, interesting manner. My only complaint would be the exclusion of the events of the last 30-40 years, leaving the reader with a gap to fill from other sources.