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Side by side with the westward drift of white Americans in the 1830's was the forced migration of the Five Civilized Tribes from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Both groups were deployed……続きを見る

Crazy Horse, the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose personal power and social nonconformity contributed to his reputation as being “strange,” fought in many famous battles, includin……続きを見る

A groundbreaking exploration of the remarkable women in Native American communities. Too often ignored or underemphasized in favor of their male warrior counterparts, Native American women have play……続きを見る

Grounded in the maintenance of balance and the pursuit of peace, the Cherokee Nation has always had a difficult task. In The Cherokee accompany these Principle People on their quest – from the first……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS I. THE TIMES AND THE MEN II. PONTIAC AND THE TRIBES OF THE HINTERLAND III. THE GATHERING STORM IV. THE SIEGE OF DETROIT V. THE FALL OF THE ……続きを見る

BANCROFF PRIZE WINNER • King Philip's War, the excruciating racial warーcolonists against Indigenous peoplesーthat erupted in New England in 1675, was, in proportion to population, the bloodiest in ……続きを見る

Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of sixty Aboriginal men who left their occupations in the Ottawa River timber industry to participate in a military expedition on the Nile River in……続きを見る

Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the li……続きを見る

In the United States of North America there have been several great battle-fields, each much larger than the battle-field of France. The first was that of the Ohio River countryーthe Valley of the B……続きを見る

The contemporary Monacan Nation had approximately 1,400 registered members in 2006, mostly living in and around Lynchburg, Virginia, in Amherst County, but some are scattered like any other large fa……続きを見る

Excerpt CHAPTER I. HOW THE TERRITORY WAS ACQUIRED In San Francisco in the early fifties, there was a house on the northeast corner of Stockton and Washington, of considerable architectural pretensio……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

Today, a fraction of the Cherokee people remains in their traditional homeland in the southern Appalachians. Most Cherokees were forcibly relocated to eastern Oklahoma in the early nineteenth centur……続きを見る

For 350 years the Chickasaws-one of the Five Civilized Tribes-made a sustained effort to preserve their tribal institutions and independence in the face of increasing encroachments by white men. Thi……続きを見る

Retrospect: A Future Recalled Experience is an unusual blending of Southwestern Pueblo Indian ritual and mythological stories as told in a fictional style. The novel contains actual tales told by th……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS PART ONE. THE WARRIOR I. THE LOVE OF ANTELOPE II. THE MADNESS OF BALD EAGLE III. THE SINGING SPIRIT IV. THE FAMINE V. THE CHIEF SOLDIER VI.……続きを見る

Als junger Knabe empfing der Oglala Lakota Sioux Black Elk eine mächtige Vision, die ihn auf eine persönliche Reise führen sollte. Eine Reise, die sein ganzes Leben hindurch andauerte. Obwohl Black ……続きを見る

A historical document advertised as 'A survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back ……続きを見る

In a series of thematically linked essays Ronald Niezen discusses the ways new rights standards and networks of activist collaboration facilitate indigenous claims about culture adding coherence to ……続きを見る

The First Great Awakening was a time of heightened religious activity in the colonial New England. Among those whom the English settlers tried to convert to Christianity were the region's native peo……続きを見る

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492ーfrom “a remarkably en……続きを見る

Herbert E. Bolton (1870-1953) was a distinguished historian who received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1899. He was a Harrison……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS THE STORY OF KING PHILIP THE STORY OF PONTIAC THE STORY OF TECUMSEH THE STORY OF OSCEOLA 続きを見る

Amid the armed conflict and broken treaty signings of nineteenth-century America, the highly successful horse culture of the plains, the Sioux Indians clutched to their way of life. Composed of thre……続きを見る

A comprehensive guide to the history, culture, and religious beliefs and practices of America’s native people, The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans tells the varied and colourful stories of ……続きを見る

Xwelíqwiya is the life story of Rena Point Bolton, a Stó:lō matriarch, artist, and craftswoman. Proceeding by way of conversational vignettes, the beginning chapters recount Point Bolton's early yea……続きを見る

"We believe by blood only," said a Cherokee resident of Oklahoma, speaking to reporters in 2007 after voting in favor of the Cherokee Nation constitutional amendment limiting its membership. In an e……続きを見る

The history of relations between the Spanish and the Indians of colonial Central America, often oversimplified as a story of unending Spanish abuse, forms a complicated tapestry of economics and pol……続きを見る

With the advent of European colonization, the North American landscape and the indigenous cultures that inhabited it changed irrevocably. While a large part of Native Americans’ past has been marked……続きを見る

Even as contact with European cultures eroded indigenous lifestyles across North America, many Native American groups found ways to preserve the integrity of their communities through the arts, cust……続きを見る