| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186) and index. |
| Contents |
A conflict of cultures : ancestral times to 1850s (Ancestral native life - The spirit world - Native voice : Black Elk - European penetration - First European contacts - Indian removals - Native voice: Tecumseh - Nature's harvest - Indian homelands disrupted - Opening up the West - Arrival of the missionaries - A traditional Indian childhood) - Dispossession and loss: 1780s to 1860s (Time for talking - Native voice: Harold Cardinal - Indians in the Civil War - the Santee Dakota revolt - Native voice: Little Crow - Massacre at Sand Creek - The Navajo Long Walk - Native voice: Manuelito) |
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War against native peoples: 1860s to 1890s (Southern plains conflict - The staff of life - War for the northern plains - Battles for the west - Battle of the Little Bighorn - Wild west myths - Canada past and present - The Riel Rebellions - Native voice: Louis Riel - Wars for the West - Native voice: Sarah Winnemucca - The Nez Perce War - Apaches hold out - Native voice: Eskiminzin - Carving up reservations - Native voice: Carl Sweezy - Boarding schools - The end of armed resistance - Native voice: American Horse) - Resurgence and renewal: 1900 to present day (Life on the reservations - Native voice: Pretty-Shield - struggle for a New Deal - On military service - Termination and relocation - Trading an image - the march of Red Power - Native voice: Adam Fortunate Eagle - The fight continues - Homelands in the US today - Contemporary Indian life - Native voice: Wilma Mankiller - Revitalized cultures - Native voice: Ella Deloria) |
| Summary |
Features major events and figures in Native American history, from the first contact with Europeans to Native Americans' role in contemporary society, and explains their religious beliefs and customs. |
| Source |
Pritchett 5/2000 PPL |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- History -- Chronology.
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| ISBN |
0789463598 |
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9780789463593 |
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078945162X (alk. paper) |
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9780789451620 (alk. paper) |
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