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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... poor housing , the health crisis in Indian country , lack of job opportunities , high rates of alcoholism and drug abuse , and dismal conditions on reservations . Activists and mainstream Indian organiza- tions fought to reclaim land ...
... poor sanitary facilities and unsafe drinking water on reservations . LAND . In August , the Indian Claims Commission rules that the federal government must pay Califor- nia tribes for the 64 million acres taken from them since 1853. The ...
... poor record keeping over the years . In 1999 , a federal judge will order an overhaul of the Indian trust fund system . Winona LaDuke becomes the vice - presidential candidate on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nader . The 37 - year ...
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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 |