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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... known as Beringia between Asia ( Siberia ) and North America ( Alaska ) . Covered with grasses and plant life , it attracts large animals that early humans hunt for their survival . The people who had orig- inally migrated out of Africa ...
... known as the Six Nations . 1564-1565 SETT . René de Laudonniére founds a French Huguenot colony on St. Johns River in Florida , until they are driven out by the Spanish . 1565 ARTS . French artist Jacques Le Moyne paints the first known ...
... known as the Prophet ( and brother of the great chief Tecumseh ) comes out of the Ohio area preaching a return to the Indian way of life and religion and denouncing the white man's customs , dress , and use of alcohol . The Prophet ...
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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 |