Native Americans (1451-2017)

Native Americans (1451-2017) / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen.

Summary:

Provides in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents, including speeches, letters, legislation, court cases, and other sources about Native Americans.

Record details

ISBN: 9781682175873
ISBN: 1682175871
Physical Description: xvi, 240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (mostly color), portraits ; 28 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; [2017]
Copyright: copyright 2017

Content descriptions

General Note:: Salem Press.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- Early Encounters and Conflicts -- Iroquois Thanksgiving Address -- Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America -- John Smith: The Generall Historie of Virginia -- Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson -- Appeal to Choctaws and Chickasaws -- Memorial to Congress -- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia -- Worcester v. Georgia -- Western Wars and Aftermaths -- Battle of Sand Creek: Editorials and Congressional Testimony -- Treaty of Fort Laramie -- Status Report on the Condition of the Navajos -- Accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn -- Address of the Lake Mohonk Conference on Indian Affairs -- Dawes Severalty Act -- Trouble on the Paiute Reservation -- Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts -- New Lives and Circumstances -- Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood -- The Surrender of Geronimo.

The Ghost Dance Religion - Wovoka's "Messiah Letter" and Z.A. Parker's "The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota" -- Edward S. Curtis: Introduction to The North American Indian -- A New Deal for American Indians -- Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment -- Indian Civil Rights Act -- Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: Proclamation -- "Trail of Broken Treaties" Twenty-Point Position Paper -- American Indian Movement-National Operational Goal -- President Gerald Ford's Statement on Signing the Indian Self-Determination -- and Education Assistance Act of 1975 -- American Indian Religious Freedom Act -- Later Developments -- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act -- Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) -- and Memorandum Opinion re. Vacatur -- Appendixes -- Chronological List -- Web Resources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Target Audience Note:: 10-A.