American Indians

This collection brings together the best recent works covering over five hundred years of American Indian history. Organized chronologically, from pre–Columbian America to recent reflections on the legacy of Indian political activism in the 1960s and 1970s, the readings provide useful tools for understanding the dynamic changes within American Indian societies. Each chapter contains one key essay plus primary historical documents that deal with issues of survival, resistance, accommodation, and adaptation, all of which illuminate the complexity and diversity of American Indian experiences. In addition, Nancy Shoemaker′s main historiographical introduction to the volume discusses some of the basic terminology and gives a brief overview of American Indian history. Concise introductions to each article and document, as well as further reading lists, make this an excellent resource for students, scholars, and instructors of American Indian history.

Spis treści:
Series Editor′s Preface.
Introduction.
Part I: Ancient America: .
Article: The Indians′ Old World: Native Americans and the Coming of Europeans: Neal Salisbury.
Documents:.
Nanih Waiya, The Sacred Mound of the Choctaws: H. S. Halbert.
Legend of Nanih Wayah: Muriel Hazel Wright.
Further Reading.
Part II: First Encounters:.
Introduction.
Article: The Anglo–Algonquian Gender Frontier: Kathleen M. Brown.
Documents:.
Excerpts from Castañeda′s History of the Expedition: Pedro de Castañeda of Náxera.
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1604–1618: W. L. Grant.
Further Reading.
Part III: International Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange:.
Introduction.
Article: Dressing for Success on the Mohawk Frontier: Hendrick, William Johnson, and the Indian Fashion: Timothy J. Shannon.
Documents:.
Excerpts from the Treaty of Lancaster.
Witham Marshe′s Journal of the Treaty Hel d with the Six Nations by the Commissioners of Maryland, and Other Provinces, at Lancaster: Witham Marshe.
Further Reading.
Part IV: Cherokee Removal:.
Introduction.
Article: Evidence of Surplus Production in the Cherokee Nation Prior to Removal: David M. Wishart.
Documents:.
Excerpts from Census Roll, 1835, of the Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi.
Three excerpts from The Cherokee Phoenix.
Further Reading.
Part V: Sacred Places:.
Introduction.
Article: The Sacred Black Hills: An Ethnohistorical Review: Linea Sundstrom.
Documents:.
Land of the Spotted Eagle: Luther Standing Bear.
The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk′s Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt: Raymond J. DeMallie.
Further Reading.
Part VI: Boarding Schools.
Introduction.
Article: "Hm! White Boy! You Got No Business Here": K. Tsianina Lomawaima.
Documents:.
Supplemental Report on Indian Education: Thomas J. Morgan.
Education of the American Indian: Henry Roe Cloud.
Further Reading.
Part VII: Red Power: .
Introduction.
Article: Remembering Alcatraz: Twenty–five Years After: Troy Johnson and Joane Nagel.
Documents:.
Alcatraz, Activism, and Accommodation: Vine Deloria, Jr.
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People: Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis.
Further Reading.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Nancy Shoemaker is Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century (1999), and editor of Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native American Women (1995). She has also published articles on American Indian history in The American Historical Review, The Western Historical Quarterly, and The Journal of Women′s History.

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This collection brings together the best recent works covering over five hund red years of American Indian history. Organized chronologically, from pre–Columbian America to recent reflections on the legacy of Indian political activism in the 1960s and 1970s, the readings provide useful tools for understanding the dynamic changes within American Indian societies. Each chapter contains one key essay plus primary historical documents that deal with issues of survival, resistance, accommodation, and adaptation, all of which illuminate the complexity and diversity of American Indian experiences. In addition, Nancy Shoemaker′s main historiographical introduction to the volume discusses some of the basic terminology and gives a brief overview of American Indian history. Concise introductions to each article and document, as well as further reading lists, make this an excellent resource for students, scholars, and instructors of American Indian history.