Native American category: 3329 books
We are an Indian Nation
A History of the Hualapai People
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Though not as well known as the U.S. military campaigns against the Apache, the ethnic warfare conducted against indigenous people of the Colorado River basin was equally devastating. In less than twenty-five years after first encountering Anglos, the Hualapais had lost more than half their population...
Healers on the Mountain
and Other Myths of Native American Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
A unique characteristic of Native American medicine is the belief that each patient holds a different spirit, and that the healing can only work when it affects the individual spirit. Mythology is essential to this healing process. The belief stories within these pages reflect a culture that holds...
by G.W. Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Native American history like others in history was scattered with stories of war. Whether it be the fighting of other tribes or conflicts with white settlers, their history was filled with bloodshed. In the days before the arrival of guns, battles could last days, and casualties could number in the...
Erotics of Sovereignty
Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2012
In 1970 the Nixon administration inaugurated a new era in federal Indian policy. No more would the U.S. government seek to deny and displace Native peoples or dismantle Native governments; from now on federal policy would promote “the Indian’s sense of autonomy without threatening his sense of community.”...
Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs
An Indigenous Nation's Fight against Smallpox, 1518–1824
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
How smallpox, or Variola, caused widespread devastation during the European colonization of the Americas is a well-known story. But as historian Paul Kelton informs us, that’s precisely what it is: a convenient story. In Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs Kelton challenges the “virgin soil thesis,”...
Blood and Land
The Story of Native North America
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Blood and Land is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today. It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada: Native Americans, First...
by Michael P. Morris
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The focus of this work is a reconstruction of the life and career of an Ulster-Scot fur trader, George Galphin (pronounced Golfin), who immigrated to South Carolina in the colonial period. The thesis of this work is that his life and career helped to shape the history of the backcountry of Georgia...
Rich Indians
Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Long before lucrative tribal casinos sparked controversy, Native Americans amassed other wealth that provoked intense debate about the desirability, morality, and compatibility of Indian and non-Indian economic practices. Alexandra Harmon examines seven such instances of Indian affluence and the dilemmas...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Our fathers gave us many laws, which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good. They told us to treat all people as they treated us; that we should never be the first to break a bargain; that is was a disgrace to tell a lie; that we should speak only the truth; that it was a shame for...
An Infinity of Nations
How the Native New World Shaped Early North America
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard....
Tennesseans at War, 1812–1815
Andrew Jackson, the Creek War, and the Battle of New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Tennesseans at War, 1812–1815 by Tom Kanon tells the often forgotten story of the central role citizens and soldiers from Tennessee played in the Creek War in Alabama and War of 1812.
Although frequently discussed as separate military conflicts, the War of 1812 against Great Britain and the...
Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier
The Ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Winner, 2018 Presidio La Bahia Award, sponsored by the Sons of the Republic of Texas
In 1851, an article appeared in a German journal, Geographisches Jahrbuch (Geographic Yearbook), that sought to establish definitive connections, using language observations, among the Comanches, Shoshones,...
Animal Energies
Interpreting the Messages and Warnings of Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Find life guidance from the powerful ancient knowledge of animals.
In many Native American traditions, animals are considered to be our older, wiser brothers and sisters. Their behavior can help us better understand ourselves, heal old wounds, adapt to new situations, or warn us of dangers....
First Americans: A History of Native Peoples, Combined Volume
A History of Native Peoples, PowerPoints
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting the complexity and diversity of their cultures and their experiences. Native voices permeate the text and shape its narrative, underlining the agency and...