American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American MosaicBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M08 30 - 184 páginas 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. |
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... Despite this tragic encounter between two worlds , the rich cultures of Indian tribes persist today . REFERENCES Del Testa , David W. , Florence Lemoine , and John Strickland , eds . Global History : Cultural Encounters from Antiquity ...
... Despite the opposition of Alaska Native organizations , in a national television address on November 7 , President Nixon urges Congress to speed passage of legislation to authorize a trans- Alaska oil pipeline . This is the result of a ...
... despite Indian objections . Serra was the Franciscan priest who led the develop- ment of the mission system in California . The Catholic Church will declare Serra beatified in 1988. Indians object to these honors , charging that Serra ...
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17th Century | 21 |
18th Century | 37 |
19th Century | 55 |
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American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic Phillip M. White Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |