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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... attack only the enemy . But , with the prospect of thousands of Indians fighting on their side , Indian tribes are ... attack , Daniel Boone is captured and taken to the Shawnee village of Chillicothe . After three months , he escapes ...
... attack and burn . Chillicothe , one of the Shawnee's most signifi- cant villages . In the following year , another attack by American troops destroys what is left of the village . Captain James Cook ( British ) is killed by Hawaiian ...
... attack in the middle of the night , killing around 80 people , primarily women and children . On April 30 , a group of Navajo attack Fort Defiance , in New Mexico Territory . This attack prompts the U.S. Secretary of War to launch a ...
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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 |