The Native American experience

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coast and their influence on the development of North America, in a volume that features removable facsimiles of rare historical documents in pockets throughout text.

Record details

ISBN: 0233003126
ISBN: 9780233003122
Physical Description: 63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
print
Publisher: London : Andre Deutsch, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Contains ephemera.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 colonization of New Mexico -- Cherokee and other tribes 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.