Native America

This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contact to the present day, offers an important variation to existing studies by placing the lives and experiences of Native American communities at the center of the narrative. Presents an innovative approach to Native American history by placing individual native communities and their experiences at the center of the study Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, the remainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, covering over 600 years from the point of first contact to the present day Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture and emphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history of North America Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native American history Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions for discussion, and A Closer Focus textboxes that provide biographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender

This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contactto the present day, offers an important variation to existingstudies by placing the lives and experiences of Native Americancommunities at the center of the narrative.* Presents an innovative approach to Native American history byplacing individual native communities and their experiences at thecenter of the study* Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, theremainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, coveringover 600 years from the point of first contact to the presentday* Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture andemphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history ofNorth America* Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native Americanhistory* Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions fordiscussion, and "A Closer Focus" textboxes that providebiographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender

List of Figures viiiList of Maps xIntroduction 11 Myths and Legends 7The Beginning of the World 7Rules for Living 13Bears 242 Worlds New and Worlds Old 26The Fundamental Violence of Discovery 26Paths of Destruction 28Tsenacommacah 36The Mohegans 46New Worlds 513 Living in the New World 53Mourning Wars 53Colonizing the Mohegans 58The Word of God 61Colonizing the Powhatans 65Forging the Covenant Chain 69Native Peoples and the French in a World of War 70The Pueblos' Revolt 75Horses 79The Grand Settlement 84The Cherokees 86Native Peoples and the Nature of Empires 904 Native Peoples and the Fall of European Empires 92Penn's Woods 92The Potawatomis in a World of Confl icting Empires 93Settlement and Unsettledness 97Life at the Western Door 101Behind the Frontier 103The Great Wars for Empire 111The Proclamation and the Indian Boundary Line 123Indians and Empires 1265 Native Peoples and the Rise of a New American Empire 128Change in the Far Western World 128Declarations of Independence 138The Revolution and the Longhouse 141Cherokees and Chickamaugas 146England's Allies and the Confederation 149The Six Nations and the Empire State 152Confederations 154A New Order for the Ages 156A Year of Consequence: 1794 160The White Man's Republic 1626 Relocations and Removes 165The Mohegans' Struggle for Independence 165The Rise of the Prophet 170Handsome Lake 176Dispossessing the Senecas 181Pioneers and Exiles 185Removing from the Missions 198The Optimism of the Imperialist 1997 The Invasion of the Great West 201Pledges and Promises 201Settling in and Settling down 211Homesteaders 214Concentration 219The Indians' Civil War 228Peace and War 2328 The Age of Dispossession 248"Conform To It or Be Crushed By It" 248Ghost Dancers 250The Assault on Indian Identity 253Living under the New Regime 258The New Life in the Indian Territory 262The Crows and Life on the Northern Plains 272Native Peoples in the Eastern United States 277A Movement for Reform 285The Origins of the Indian New Deal 2889 New Deals and Old Deals 291Reforming Indian Policy 291Native Peoples and World War II 298Termination and the Coalminer's Canary 304Cleaning the Slate 312New Frontiers 315Red Power 31810 Sovereign Nations and Colonized Nations 324Self-Determination 324The State of the Nations 326Exercising Sovereignty 336Toward the Future 345Appendix I A Reference Timeline 349Appendix II Discussion Points for Native America: A Brief History 360Select Bibliography 363Index 378