Description
Book SynopsisA first reference that provides insights into both sides of Indian-white relations. Volume I covers events in the Southeastern Woodlands. Subsequent volumes will cover the Northeastern Woodlands, the Great Plains, and the Far West.
Trade ReviewPromises to be a useful reference tool.... Recommended. * Library Journal *
Heard handles the problems of bias, conflicting information, and nomenclature well.... Provides an astonishing amount of elusive information, including some on women, blacks, and captives. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
Heard approaches his subject with reportorial objectivity, weighing evidence carefully...Heard has given special attention to the role of blacks and white women, especially those assimilated into Indian society...Provides brief, objective information on many persons, tribes, and events that the Dictionary of American History...does not cover. * Booklist *
Heard has assembled an impressive number of brief articles in dictionary arrangement...Students, amateur historians, and librarians probably will find the andbook useful, as will the professional not directly involved with frontier history. * Louisiana History *
...his superior encyclopedic handbook deserves its position as the first volume of a projected Native American Resources Series. * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *
Scholars always welcome well-designed and comprehensive reference sources.... * The Annals Of Iowa *
