The rich history of the Native American brims with agriculture,
hunting, crafts, music, culinary arts, storytelling, religious
culture, battle prowess, medicine, and mythology. It is also a
history marked by bloodshed and battle, conquest, violence,
religious conflict, disease, and starvation. American Indian
Chronology guides the reader through the most significant events in
Native North American history, from prehistory to the present. From
early Spanish and Portuguese exploration to the surrender of
Geronimo, from the decline of the fur trade to the Wounded Knee
massacre, from smallpox epidemics and broken treaties to the
invention of the Cherokee alphabet, from Tecumseh's rebellion to
the Native American Church, from the first journey across the
Bering land bridge to the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the
Chronology presents a fascinating look into the sweeping changes of
history, wars and conflicts, government policies, social progress,
and cultural changes affecting peoples on all sides in the New
World. American Indian Chronology guides the reader through the
most significant events in Native North American history, from
prehistory to the present. Entries are organized by dates and
subdivided into over 35 categories, including: agriculture and
farming; death and burial; exploration; legislation; arts, crafts,
and musi; treaties; wars and conflicts; legends and storytelling;
education; and civil rights and protests This concise format makes
a clear and accessible student research tool, supplemented with
primary source sidebars, useful illustrations, a glossary,
bibliography-including print and electronic sources-and index. With
updates through 2005, this chronology is the most current in its
field, bringing the modern struggles of American Indians into the
21st century.
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