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Covers the range of Native history and culture in the U.S. and Canada. Includes a chronology, demographic and distribution descriptions and histories and discussions.
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Vol.1: Brief overview of Native North American History: Early immigration to European contact: Archaeology and history
11,000 B.C. to 8000 B.C.: Paleo-Indian age
8000 B.C.: Archaic age begins
2500 B.C. to European contact
Cultural centers built between 1000 and 1500
European contact
U.S. Native American populations and their lands: Demographic study: Population changes in the sixteenth century
Seventeenth century
Eighteenth century
Nineteenth century
Twentieth century
Native groups of the Northeast: With an introduction to the study of major culture areas: Introduction to the study of major culture areas
Culture groups of the northeastern United States: overview
Iroquoian peoples
Native groups of the Southwest: Major culture areas: Southeast culture before European contact
European contact
Cherokee
Native groups of the Southwest: Major culture areas: Early Southwest culture
Navajo nation
Hopi
Pueblo villages of New Mexico
Native groups of the Northern Plains: Major culture areas: Migration to the plains
Plains culture
Destruction of the Plains culture.
Native groups of the Northwest coast: Major culture areas: Diverse populations of the Northwest coast
Similarities and differences among the cultures
Alaska
British Columbia
Western Washington and Oregon
Native groups in Alaska: Major culture areas: Traditional Alaska life
Russian Colonialism
American Colonialism
Land claims
Social and economic profile of Alaska natives
Native groups of Oklahoma: Major culture areas: Indian territory
New state of Oklahoma
Native groups of the Plateau, Great Basin and the Rocky mountains: Major culture areas
Lewis and Clark expedition
European settlement
Ghost dance
Relocation
Native groups of California: Major culture areas: Early culture
European contact
Spanish colonization
Gold Rush and white settlers
Twentieth century
Canada's native people and their lands: Major culture areas: Culture groups in Canada
Indians
Algonkian of eastern Canada
Iroquoian of the eastern Great Lakes
Indians of the Plains
Plateau
Athapaskan of the western subarctic
Inuit
Metis
Urbanization: Native Americans move to the cities: Non-reservation Indians in the United States
Canadian urbanization
Law, treaties, and land claims: Native law
Treaties
Treaties between the United States and Native Indians
Legal status of Native people in the United States - Canadian treaties, land claims , and the legal status of First Nations
Land claims (Canada)
Legal status of aboriginal peoples.
Vol.2: Religion: What is religion for Native Americans?
Native American religious beliefs
Native American mythology
Art as sacred expression
American Indian clowns
Religious beliefs since European occupation
Native American church
Revitalization movements
Native economics: Native economic systems before Columbus
Era of profitable trade with Europeans
Reservation economics
U.S. Indian Labor
U.S. government assistance to American Indians
Native North American languages: Language families
Geographic and language areas
Language and culture
Writing systems
Preserving Native American languages
Native American education: Formal education: religious, federal, and Indian
U.S. Indian higher education
Education among the First Nations in Canada
Native American heritage: Healers and healing
Modern and traditional ways
European contact and Native American health
Contemporary native health in the United States
Contemporary native health in Canada
Native Americans and the environment: Environmental issues in Canada
Art: What is Native American art?
Native North American art history
Contemporary native North American art
Ceremonies, rituals, festivals, music, and dance
Native American literature: Creation myths
Trickster stories and myths
Legends and coup stories
Rituals, songs, and chants
Speeches
Life histories and autobiographies
Fiction and poetry
Media: Indians in film and theater
Activism: Native peoples protest loss of lands and right: Activism in the United States
Canadian activism.
Edition Notes
Includes indexes.
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