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This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. THE APPROACHES TO AMERICA CHAPTER II. THE FORM OF THE CONTINENT CHAPTER III. THE GEOGRAPHIC PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA CH……続きを見る

“In this book, Professor D.N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act.... Sprague offers many examples of the methods used, such as……続きを見る

Lee Miller retrieves the voices of Indian people over five centuries and weaves them into an alternate history of the continent, while introducing us to the grandeur and diversity of the 500 nations……続きを見る

Commerce by a Frozen Sea is a cross-cultural study of a century of contact between North American native peoples and Europeans. During the eighteenth century, the natives of the Hudson Bay lowlands ……続きを見る

This edition features linked Footnotes. Excerpt The exact origin and first history of the race whose energy so stunted the growth of early Canada and made the cause of France in America impossible, ……続きを見る

Burnt-Out Fires deals with a very dark period of American history, a period that, until recently, had been purposefully forgotten ... a period that hopefully will cause a re-evaluation of the Americ……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Mayan buildings, art, hieroglyphics, numbers, and more. *Includes a Table of ContentsMany ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century. The Gre……続きを見る

The seven Cherokee clans are found in no other American Indian tribe. They are Wolf (Ani-Wahiya), Bird (Ani-Tsiskwa), Deer (Ani-Kawi), Twister (Ani-Gilohi), Wild Potato (Ani-Gotegewi), Panther (Ani-……続きを見る

In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French headquarters in the Ohio valley. As his……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS II LANE'S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF ……続きを見る

Arguably the last Indians living in Central Florida in 1883 were all massacred because the chief's favorite squaw loved White Man Cow. John asked the President of the United States to send soldiers ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS The Creation Osage How the World was Made Cherokee The Flood and the Rainbow Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware) The First Fire Cherok……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I. Introduction General Statement The Challenge The Myth, Its Meaning and Function in Primitive Life II. The……続きを見る

Guns. Women. Coal. Gold. Nick and Sal have their hands full. When gold was discovered in trees, Nick and Sal found themselves in the midst of a thousand year old question of who first settled the No……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked List of Illustrations • a linked Index and linked Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) DIVISIONS OF GESTURE SPEECH THE ORIGIN OF SIGN LANGUAGE MODERN U……続きを見る

A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. ……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • linked contents lists CONTENTS Mollusca: Fasciolaria gigantea, Oliva. Insecta: Honey bee (Melipona). Insecta and Myriapoda. Arachnoidea, Arachnida, Crustacea……続きを見る

As a young child of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, Black Elk had been given a mighty vision which would lead him on a personal journey that lasted his entire life. Although Black Elk's vision was a prophe……続きを見る

When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this boo……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Tableau des Bacab Plate 43 of the Borgian Codex Plate 44 of the Fejervary Codex Symbols of the cardinal poin……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. 1837.ーOur Parentage.CHAPTER II. 1837.ーFirst Knowledge of the Sioux.ーHennepin and Du Luth.ーF……続きを見る

The fascinating story of a lost city and an unprecedented American civilization located in modern day Illinois near St. Louis While Mayan and Aztec civilizations are widely known and documented, rel……続きを見る

In 1540, Zamumo, the chief of the Altamahas in central Georgia, exchanged gifts with the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto. With these gifts began two centuries of exchanges that bound American ……続きを見る

A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomene……続きを見る

In 1969, Tom Wesaw was an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He could no longer drive, which posed problems in making house calls. The arrival……続きを見る

One of the first authoritative accounts of the Ottawa and Chippewa peoples to be published. A fascinating look into the cultures of these native peoples, even including an introduction to Ottawa and……続きを見る

In 1919, George W. Caldwell, M.D., published his collections of Native American legend. It was published as Legends of Southern California and Legends of San Francisco, and the two collections have ……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes. CONTENTS (abridged list) The words Nagual, Nagualism, Nagualist. The Earliest Reference to Nagualism. The Naualli of the Aztecs; thei……続きを見る

John Tanner's fascinating autobiography tells the story of a man torn between white society and the Native Americans with whom he identified. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leadin……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of mounds and other artifacts created by the Mound Builders.*Explains the origins of the Mound Builders, and how their culture influenced today's Native American tribes.*Discusses……続きを見る