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Author
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
48 pages : ill., color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book covers the entire story of US government and Native American relations, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the difficulties tribes still face today as they struggle to manage their own affairs.
Series
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the trajectory of Native American cultures over the centuries, detailing how they have retained their long standing values and traditions in the face of war, disease, resettlement and assimilation.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Language
English
Description
Because of their intense struggles to preserve their language, their traditions, their families, and their very existence--the story of American Indians since the end of the nineteenth century to the present is one of unprecedented resourcefulness and reinvention. In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir. Tracing the tribes' distinctive cultures from first contact, he explores how the depredations of each era...