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Informationen zum Autor PHILLIP M. WHITE is Reference Librarian and Bibliographer for American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and also serves as Adjunct Professor in the American Indian Studies Department. He is the author of American Indian Studies: A Bibliographic Guide (1995), Bibliography of the Indians of San Diego County: The Kumeyaay, Diegueno, Luiseno, and Cupeno (1998), and The Native American Sun Dance Religion and Ceremony: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1998). Klappentext 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 protestsThis 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. Zusammenfassung Guides the reader through the significant events in Native North American history. From the first journey of humans across the Bering land bridge to the Native civil rights movements! this work looks into the sweeping changes of history! wars and conflicts! social progress and cultural changes affecting the indigenous people of North America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Abbreviations Used to Represent Subject Categories Prehistory 1st Century through 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century Glossary Bibliography Index ...
