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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... French from estab- lishing trade with the tribes there . They are attacked by a force of Pawnee and Kaw ( Kansas ) Indians with French guns , who kill 45 of Villasur's forces and drive the others back to the Spanish capital of Santa Fe .
... French gain the support of the Ojibwe ( Chippewa ) , Potawatomi , and Menominee . Between 1728 and 1730 , the French group kills almost 1,200 Fox , destroying many of their vil- lages . The Fox who survive the wars eventually leave the ...
... French are building forts in the Ohio River Valley , and George Washington , a 21 - year - old Virginia surveyor at the time , is sent to negotiate with the French and demand that they abandon their forts . When the French refuse ...
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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 |