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Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 6
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Author
Series
Executive document. House) volume no. 6
Publisher
[Gales & Seaton]
Pub. Date
1828.
Physical Desc
13 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
U.S. 28th Congress. 1st sess. House Document volume no. 234
Publisher
Blair & Rives, printers
Pub. Date
[1844]
Physical Desc
32 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 22
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
1984.
Edition
First edition, fourth printing.
Physical Desc
xiii, 399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pekka Hämäläinen overturns the traditional, Eurocentric narrative, demonstrating that, far from being weak and helpless "victims" of European colonialism, Indigenous peoples controlled North America well into the 19th century. Native empires frequently decimated white newcomers in battle, forcing them to accept and even adopt Native ways. Indigenous peoples flourished due to sophisticated diplomacy and flexible leadership structures.
Author
Series
Annual report volume 5
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1887.
Physical Desc
pages 121-378 : plates, maps ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
[U.S.] 25th Congress 2d session House. Doc volume no. 824
Publisher
[Thomas Allen?]
Pub. Date
[1838]
Physical Desc
32 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
The received idea of Native American history has been that it essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a Minnesota reservation and training as an anthropologist David Treuer has uncovered a different narrative. Because they did not disappear -- and not despite but rather because of their...
Author
Series
U.S. 25th Congress. 3d sess. House Document volume no. 61
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1838]
Physical Desc
2 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Series
U.S. 42d Congress. sess. House Document volume no. 279
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1872]
Physical Desc
1 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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