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The Mammoth Book of Native Americans
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2004-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781849015370 |
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Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones of the buffalo and the practice of berdache (men adopted as women). The book offers a chronological history of America's indigenous peoples. It covers their dramatic early entry into North America, out of the now submerged continent of Beringia, then in more recent times the 'forgotten wars' of the 16th and 17th centuries, which wiped many tribes from the face of the East Coast, and finally describes to the last struggles of the Cheyenne and the Comanche. Celebrating these peoples' way of life rather than focusing narrowly on the manner of their genocide, it does not ignore uncomfortable facts of the Amerindian past - including the cannibalism believed to have been practised by some tribes and the Native Americans' part in the decimation of North America's buffalo herds.
A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends
Author | : Lewis Spence |
Publsiher | : Robinson |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2013-01-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781780337883 |
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In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, a basic Lakota (Sioux) glossary, guides to key pronunciations and a bibliography.
The Mammoth Book of Westerns
Author | : Jon E. Lewis |
Publsiher | : Running Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-09-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0762449411 |
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This outstanding Western collection includes stories by a wide array of contemporary and legendary writers, such as Larry McMurtry, Frederic Remington, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, Mark Twain, and more, with a foreword by Rick Bass.
The Wisdom of the Native Americans
Author | : Kent Nerburn |
Publsiher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2010-10-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781577312970 |
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The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short, digestible quotes — perhaps even more timely now than when they were first written. In addition to the short passages, this edition includes the complete Soul of an Indian, as well as other writings by Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), one of the great interpreters of American Indian thought, and three great speeches by Chiefs Joseph, Seattle, and Red Jacket.
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
Author | : Carl Waldman |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : 9781438110103 |
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A comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia which provides information on over 150 native tribes of North America, including prehistoric peoples.
North American Indians A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Theda Perdue,Michael D. Green |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010-08-10 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0199746109 |
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When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, settling throughout North America. They describe hunting practices among different tribes, how some made the gradual transition to more settled, agricultural ways of life, the role of kinship and cooperation in Native societies, their varied burial rites and spiritual practices, and many other features of Native American life. Throughout the book, Perdue and Green stress the great diversity of indigenous peoples in America, who spoke more than 400 different languages before the arrival of Europeans and whose ways of life varied according to the environments they settled in and adapted to so successfully. Most importantly, the authors stress how Native Americans have struggled to maintain their sovereignty--first with European powers and then with the United States--in order to retain their lands, govern themselves, support their people, and pursue practices that have made their lives meaningful. Going beyond the stereotypes that so often distort our views of Native Americans, this Very Short Introduction offers a historically accurate, deeply engaging, and often inspiring account of the wide array of Native peoples in America. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
The Lenape Stone Or The Indian and the Mammoth
Author | : Henry C. Mercer |
Publsiher | : New York, G. P. Putnam's sons |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105010402472 |
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Native Americans in Early North America
Author | : Barbara M. Linde,Don Nardo |
Publsiher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781534560376 |
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Native peoples of the United States and Canada have rich histories and traditions that help them maintain varied cultural identities in modern society. In the past, white Americans attempted to hide or eradicate these cultures. Today we know that they should instead be celebrated. The artifacts and customs of these early civilizations are presented to readers through full-color photographs and primary sources, and a detailed timeline places historical events in chronological order. Readers will enjoy learning about the vibrant past of cultures that are still active today.