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Zusammenfassung First Americans provides a history of Native Americans, from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, that covers the complexity and diversity of their past. The text demonstrates Native Americans’ participation in determining their own future and helps students place Native American history in context with national and international developments. Present throughout the text is the "native voice," giving American Indians’ perspectives on historical developments. The text also enforces the reality that native people retain a presence in the U.S. today as a growing population with a rich diversity of roles, ideas, and contributions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 9 The Civil War Years, 1861—1865 Chapter 10 Conflicting Postwar Directions, 1865—1877 Chapter 11 The Struggle for Cultural Identity, 1877—1910 Chapter 12 Progressivism and World War I: Charting Their Own Course in the Twentieth Century, 1900—1920 Chapter 13 Post-War Directions for Native Americans, 1918—1929 Chapter 14 The Great Depression, 1929—1940 Chapter 15 American Indians Join the War Effort, 1940—1945 Chapter 16 Redefining the Status of Native Americans in Post–World War II America, 1943—1962 Chapter 17 Indian Activism in the Age of Liberalism, 1961—1980 Chapter 18 Self-Determination to Decolonization: Native Americans into the Twenty-First Century
