History of American Indians : exploring diverse roots

McCoy, Robert R. (Robert Ross) 1962- (Author). Fountain, Steven M., (author.).

Summary: A comprehensive look at the entirety of Native American history, focusing particularly on native peoples within the geographic boundaries of the United States.--AMAZON.

Record details

ISBN: 9780313386824
ISBN: 031338682X
ISBN: 9780313386831
Physical Description: print
xxx, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : Greenwood an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A native America -- New peoples and shatter zones -- Increasing colonial contacts -- Colonial alliances and the new nation -- The equestrian plains, 1600s to 1851 -- California and tierra despoblada, 1760s-1840s -- Pacific northwest trade and treaties, 1770s-1860s -- Removal and reservations, 1820s-1860s -- American Indians and the Civil War -- Resisting outsiders -- Assimilation(s) and reservation life, 1880-1900 -- Last men, wild west shows, and survival, 1890-1924 -- The Indian New Deal and World War II, 1924-1945 -- Relocation, termination, and self-determination -- Red power, resistance, and self-determination, 1960-1980 -- Looking to the future.