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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... explores the Atlantic coast from present- day North Carolina to Newfoundland seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean . He encounters Wam- panoag , Narragansett , and Lenni Lenape ( Dela- ware ) Indians in the present - day Delaware and ...
... explores territory that will later become Ari- zona and New Mexico . He and his guide , the black slave Esteban ( from the Cabeza de Vaca expedition of 1528-1536 ) , lead an expedition to find Cibola and reach the Zuni village of ...
... explores the Pacific coast , anchoring off the coast of present - day northern California where he and his crew encounter the Miwok Indians . The Eng- lish spend five weeks with the tribe , exchanging gifts , and being friendly together ...
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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 |