{"product_id":"american-indian-history-9781405159081","title":"American Indian History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e from the\u003ci\u003eUncovering the Past\u003c\/i\u003e series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indian history.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOver 60 primary documents allow the voices of natives to illuminate the American past\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes samples of native languages just above the full translations of particular texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides comprehensive introductions and headnotes, as well as images, an extensive bibliography, and suggestions for further research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes such texts as a decoded Maya inscription, letters written during the French and Indian War on the distribution of small pox blankets, and a diatribe by General George Armstrong Custer shortly before he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Indian Ways 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Maya Glyphs at Piedras Negras 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ancient Nahuatl Prayers from the Florentine Codex 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Pueblo Bonito of Chaco Canyon 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Images of Secotan 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Two Versions of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Creation Story 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 First Contact 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Arrival of the Spaniards in the Annals of Tlatelolco 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Response to the Spanish by Native Priests 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Don Luis Travels the World 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Arrival of the Dutch at Manhattan in Native Memory 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Expectations of the Strangers 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Christopher Columbus’s Journal 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Cabeza de Vaca’s Experiences in North America 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Thomas Harriot’s Observations at Roanoke 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 John Smith’s Visit to Werowocomoco 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Edward Waterhouse’s Report on the Events of 1622 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The Long Struggle for American Lands 50\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Jesuit’s Story of the 1639 Smallpox Epidemic 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Gandeaktena’s Decision to Become a Christian 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Metacom’s Grievances 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Declaration of a Rebellious Christian Indian in the Pueblo Revolt 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Eighteenth-Century Power Shifts 64\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Refusal of Some English Prisoners to Return to English Life 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Abenakis’ Forceful Statement to the English 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Chickasaws’ Political Vision in 1723 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Sir Jeffery Amherst Suggests the Smallpox 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Chickasaws after the Revolution 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 George Washington’s Indian Policy 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 What the New Nation Portended for Indians 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Lewis and Clark in the Pacific Northwest 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Russian Settlements in Alaska 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Tecumseh’s Demands 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Cherokee Syllabary and Newspaper 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Cherokee Debate in Washington 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Black Hawk’s Autobiography 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 William Apess’s Condemnation of White America 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 The Losing of the West 122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Charles Ohiyesa Eastman’s Childhood Memories 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Lone Dog’s Winter Count, 1800–1870 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Sarah Winnemucca’s Choices 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Views of George Armstrong Custer 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Black Elk’s Memories of the Battle of the Little Big Horn 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Elaine Goodale’s Observations of the Ghost Dance 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Charles Ohiyesa Eastman’s Visit to Wounded Knee 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Geronimo’s Story of His Life 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Surviving Assimilation and the National Imagination 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The 1887 Statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Francis La Flesche’s Memories of Boarding School 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Navajo Girl’s Letters Home from Boarding School 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 William Stoddard’s The Talking Leaves 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Arguments of The Quarterly Journal 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Mid-Twentieth-Century Changes 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Arts and Crafts Act of 1935 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Navajo Contribution to the War Effort 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Musings of an Iroquois High Steel Man 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Menominee Struggle against Termination 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 The Upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s 184\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Alcatraz Proclamation 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Vine Deloria’s Custer Died for Your Sins 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Thoughts of Mary Crow Dog 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Reporter’s Comments on the Deaths at Pine Ridge 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 The End of the Twentieth Century: A New Era? 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Origins of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Growing Pan-Indian Activism and the Native Press 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Louise Erdrich’s ‘‘Dear John Wayne’’ 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 President Clinton’s 1994 Conference with Native Leaders 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Struggles over the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 An Elder’s Stories for Future Generations 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 List of Federally Recognized Tribes Today 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 240\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407892881751,"sku":"9781405159081","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405159081.jpg?v=1730500874","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-indian-history-9781405159081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}