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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... parents , and the pieces thrown into the fire and in the water , and other sucklings were bound to small boards , and then cut , stuck , and pierced , and miser- ably massacred in a manner to move a heart to stone . ” Dutchman Willem ...
... parents and four children . Their son , Lorenzo , is left for dead but survives . Two girls , Olive and Mary Ann , are taken captive . The Yavapai sell the girls to the Mojave Indians as slaves , and Mary Ann soon dies . Olive Oatman ...
... parents and reservations to be indoctrinated in non - Indian customs while learning English and other academic subjects . Indian Claims Commission ( ICC ) . The commission formed by Congress in 1946 to review and resolve all outstanding ...
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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 |