American Indians in the Early West (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851098231)

Thousands of years of American Indian history are covered in this work, from the first migrations into North America, through the development of specific tribal identities, to the turbulent first centuries of encounters with European settlers up until 1800.

American Indians in the Early West offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through the arrival of the Spanish, French, and Russians, to the appearance of Anglo-American traders in the easternmost portions of the West around 1800.

With coverage divided into periods and regions, American Indians in the Early West looks at how Indian communities evolved from hunter-gatherers to culturally recognized tribes, and examines the critical encounters of those tribes with non-Natives over the next two-and-a-half centuries. Readers will see that the issues at stake in those encounters--political control, preserving traditions, land and water rights, resistance to economic and military pressures--are very relevant to the Native American experience today.

Author: Sandra Mathews-Benham
ISBN-10: 1851098232
ISBN-13: 9781851098231
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.32w x 1.03d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 67