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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed historical account of the Native American peoples, James Wilson weaves a historical narrative that puts Native Americans at the center of their struggle for survival against the tide of invading European peoples and cultures, combining traditional historical sources with new insights from ethnography, archaeology, oral tradition, and years of his own research. The Earth Shall Weep charts the collision course...
Author
Publisher
Adventure Publications
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Historic conflict in North America's Heartland: present day Minnesota, western Wisconsin, eastern Dakotas, southern Manitoba, and northwestern Ontario, plus: complete treaties of 1837 and 1873 with excerpts from the treaty of 1866.
11) Legacy: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This compelling, centuries spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women, a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.
Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a...
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 110
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Prentice Hall General Reference
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"...an excellent overview of past and present Native American life."
-Library Journal
"Best research tool."
-Lingua Franca
Wide-ranging, authoritative, and timely, here is an illuminating portrait of America's Native peoples, combining information about their history and traditions with insight into the topics that most affect their lives today. From the upheaval of first contacts to the policies of removal to contemporary issues of self-determination,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe history and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed were fast disappearing under the onslaught of a corrupt frontier population. He collected firsthand descriptions and stories from...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.
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