Indians in the United States and Canada : a comparative history, second edition

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Indians in the United States and Canada : a comparative history, second edition / Roger L. Nichols.

Summary:

Drawing on a vast array of primary and secondary sources, Roger L. Nichols traces the changing relationships between Native peoples and whites in the United States and Canada from colonial times to the present. Dividing this history into five stages, beginning with Native supremacy over European settlers and concluding with Native peoples’ political, economic, and cultural resurgence, Nichols carefully compares and contrasts the effects of each stage on Native populations in the United States and Canada.

This second edition includes new chapters on major transformations from 1945 to the present, focusing on social issues such as transracial adoption of Native children, the uses of national and international media to gain public awareness, and demands for increasing respect for tribal religious practices, burial sites, and historic and funerary remains.

Record details

ISBN: 1496204832
ISBN: 9781496204837
Physical Description: xix, 490 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-476) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Indians meet the Spanish, French, and Dutch, 1513-1701 -- Indians and English near the Chesapeake, 1570s-1670s -- Indians and English in New England, 1600-1670s -- Trade, diplomacy, warfare, and acculturation, 1670s-1750s -- Striving for independence, 1750-1790s -- Old threats, new resolve, 1795-1820s -- Cultural persistence, physical retreat, 1820s-1860s -- Societies under siege, 1860s-1890 -- Surviving marginalization, 1890s-1920 -- Change, Depression, and war, 1920-1945 -- Attacking Native cultures and communities, 1940-1970s -- Indigenous resources, rights, and self-determination, 1940s-1990s -- Indians and the modern state, 1980s-present.