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Great Documents in American Indian History
Great Documents in American Indian History Author:Wayne Moquin Great Documents in American Indian History is a survey of Indian life and history in the words of Indians from many tribes all over the United States. The reader is thus provided with a "mosaic of Indian-ness" that could not be obtained by the study, however detailed, of one tribe or language group. The first section of the book describes life w... more »ithin the tribal communities and provides insight into the sweep of Indian thought and activity from the legends of origin to social and political customs and organization. The second section, which covers a period of nearly three hundred years, from the early seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth, is devoted to the long series of confrontations between red men and white that included broken treaties, land cessions, reservations, a lost way of life, and occasional massacres. The third and final section ranges from 1900 to 1970 and focuses on such twentieth-century issues as pan-Indian efforts to achieve full social and political rights, the complexities of adjusting to modern technology and urbanization, and the rise of the "Red Power" movement. Students, teachers and general readers will find this book an important introduction to the history, life-styles --past and present --and aspirations of American Indians.« less