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Author Wertz, Jay.

Title The Native American experience / Jay Wertz.

Imprint New York, NY : Metro Books, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  970.00497 W499n 2012 c.2  ---  Available
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  970.00497 W499n 2012    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 63 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), facsimile ; 29 cm + 13 inserts in folders
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Originally published: 2008.
Contains ephemera.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
Contents In the beginning: the Ice Age migration to the western hemisphere -- The aboriginal imprint -- Eastern and Woodland Native American tribes -- Conquistadors and the tribes of the Southwest -- The effects of English and French colonization -- First contact on the Northwest coast -- Spanish colonizations of New Mexico -- Cherokee and other tribes and settlement of the Southeast -- Seminoles and the discovery of Florida -- The French and Indian War -- The California mission system -- Russian influence in the Northwest -- The new nation and the original inhabitants -- Native Americans encountered by Lewis and Clark -- Indian bureaus and the first reservations -- Gold and settlers challenge California tribes -- Native Americans and the Civil War -- Farmers, ranchers, and Native Americans -- Last of the great warriors: Dakota and other plains tribes -- Last of the great warriors: Apache and Comanche tribes -- Alaskan and Arctic tribes meet the age of industrialization -- Allotment and reform: Native Americans enter the twentieth century -- The New Deal, reorganization, and termination -- Fighting on the other side: Native American soldiers -- Urban migration of Native Americans -- Outstanding Native Americans -- Native American art and literature -- Moving forward, without forgetting the past.
Summary A visual guide to Native American history examines the experiences of tribes from coast to coast and their influence on the development of North America, in a volume that features removable facsimiles of rare historical documents throughout the text.
Subject Indians of North America -- History.
Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781435144279 (hbk.)
1435144279 (hbk.)

 
    
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