History of American Indians: Exploring Diverse Roots

by Robert R. McCoy, Steven M. Fountain

Overview

A comprehensive look at the entirety of Native American history, focusing particularly on native peoples within the geographic boundaries of the United States.

The history of American Indians is an integral part of American history overall—a part that is often overlooked. History of American Indians: Exploring Diverse Roots provides a broad chronological overview of Native American history that challenges readers to grapple with the elemental themes of adaptation, continuity, and persistence. The book enables a deeper understanding of the origins and early history of American Indians and presents new scholarship based on the latest research.

Readers will learn a wealth of American Indian history as well as appreciate the key role American Indians played in certain significant stages of American history as a whole. The direct connections between the events in the past and many current hot-button topics—such as race, climate change, water use, and other issues—are clearly identified. The book's straightforward, chronological presentation makes it a helpful and easy-to-read scholarly work appropriate for advanced high school and undergraduate college students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313386824
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/24/2017
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Robert R. McCoy is associate professor of history at Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Steven M. Fountain is clinical assistant professor of history and coordinator of Native American Programs at Washington State University Vancouver.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Chronology of Key Dates in American Indian History xiii

1 A Native America 1

2 New Peoples and Shatter Zones 13

3 Increasing Colonial Contacts 27

4 Colonial Alliances and the New Nation 41

5 The Equestrian Plains, 1600s to 1851 57

6 California and Tierra Despoblada, 1760s-1840s 73

7 Pacific Northwest Trade and Treaties, 1770s-1860s 87

8 Removal and Reservations, 1820s-1860s 101

9 American Indians and the Civil War 115

10 Resisting Outsiders 129

11 Assimilation(s) and Reservation Life, 1880-1900 147

12 Last Men, Wild West Shows, and Survival, 1890-1924 163

13 The Indian New Deal and World War II, 1924-1945 179

14 Relocation, Termination, and Self-Determination 193

15 Red Power, Resistance, and Self-Determination, 1960-1980 205

16 Looking to the Future 219

Bibliography 231

Index 245

Editorial Reviews

[This work] serves well the adult readers and college audiences for whom it was intended. . . . [A] solid overview for general readers and college use. . . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All public and academic levels/libraries.” —Choice

“[These ideas] had not been really explored effectively in reference books designed for the high school and undergraduate patrons until the publication of this title. This volume is highly recommended for high school, public, and undergraduate libraries.” —ARBA

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