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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... POLI . President Grant's " Peace Policy " is inaugu- rated and lasts until 1874. In 1870 , Grant will transfer control of Indian agencies from army officers to Christian missionary groups . Civil War general Philip H. Sheridan states ...
... POLI . The Custer Battlefield National Monu- ment is renamed Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument . A $ 2 million memorial will be dedicated in 2003 . Larry Echohawk ( Pawnee ) is the first American Indian to be elected as a ...
... POLI . The Bureau of Indian Affairs is sued by the Native American Rights Fund for mismanag- ing funds held in trust for Indians in Individual Indian Money ( IIM ) accounts . This is the largest class action lawsuit ever initiated ...
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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 |