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Native America

A History
1. Aufl.

von: Michael Leroy Oberg
42,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	23.06.2015
ISBN/EAN:	9781118714331
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	408

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This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contact to the present day, offers an important variation to existing studies by placing the lives and experiences of Native American communities at the center of the narrative. <ul> <li>Presents an innovative approach to Native American history by placing individual native communities and their experiences at the center of the study</li> <li>Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, the remainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, covering over 600 years from the point of first contact to the present day</li> <li>Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture and emphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history of North America</li> <li>Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native American history</li> <li>Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions for discussion, and “A Closer Focus” textboxes that provide biographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender</li> </ul>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures viii List of Maps x Introduction 1 1 Myths and Legends 7 The Beginning of the World 7 Rules for Living 13 Bears 24 2 Worlds New and Worlds Old 26 The Fundamental Violence of Discovery 26 Paths of Destruction 28 Tsenacommacah 36 The Mohegans 46 New Worlds 51 3 Living in the New World 53 Mourning Wars 53 Colonizing the Mohegans 58 The Word of God 61 Colonizing the Powhatans 65 Forging the Covenant Chain 69 Native Peoples and the French in a World of War 70 The Pueblos' Revolt 75 Horses 79 The Grand Settlement 84 The Cherokees 86 Native Peoples and the Nature of Empires 90 4 Native Peoples and the Fall of European Empires 92 Penn's Woods 92 The Potawatomis in a World of Confl icting Empires 93 Settlement and Unsettledness 97 Life at the Western Door 101 Behind the Frontier 103 The Great Wars for Empire 111 The Proclamation and the Indian Boundary Line 123 Indians and Empires 126 5 Native Peoples and the Rise of a New American Empire 128 Change in the Far Western World 128 Declarations of Independence 138 The Revolution and the Longhouse 141 Cherokees and Chickamaugas 146 England's Allies and the Confederation 149 The Six Nations and the Empire State 152 Confederations 154 A New Order for the Ages 156 A Year of Consequence: 1794 160 The White Man's Republic 162 6 Relocations and Removes 165 The Mohegans' Struggle for Independence 165 The Rise of the Prophet 170 Handsome Lake 176 Dispossessing the Senecas 181 Pioneers and Exiles 185 Removing from the Missions 198 The Optimism of the Imperialist 199 7 The Invasion of the Great West 201 Pledges and Promises 201 Settling in and Settling down 211 Homesteaders 214 Concentration 219 The Indians' Civil War 228 Peace and War 232 8 The Age of Dispossession 248 "Conform To It or Be Crushed By It" 248 Ghost Dancers 250 The Assault on Indian Identity 253 Living under the New Regime 258 The New Life in the Indian Territory 262 The Crows and Life on the Northern Plains 272 Native Peoples in the Eastern United States 277 A Movement for Reform 285 The Origins of the Indian New Deal 288 9 New Deals and Old Deals 291 Reforming Indian Policy 291 Native Peoples and World War II 298 Termination and the Coalminer's Canary 304 Cleaning the Slate 312 New Frontiers 315 Red Power 318 10 Sovereign Nations and Colonized Nations 324 Self-Determination 324 The State of the Nations 326 Exercising Sovereignty 336 Toward the Future 345 Appendix I A Reference Timeline 349 Appendix II Discussion Points for Native America: A Brief History 360 Select Bibliography 363 Index 378

Autorenportrait

Michael Leroy Oberg is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is author of Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585–1686 (1999; 2003), Uncas: First of the Mohegans (2003; 2007), and The Head in Edward Nugent’s Hand: Lost Tribes and Lost Colonies at Roanoke Island (2007; 2010), and editor of Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676–1677 (2005; 2009). In addition to teaching, Oberg received a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003.

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Offering an important variation to existing studies, Native America: A Brief History places the lives and experiences of native communities at the center of the narrative. Chronologically organized and covering the period of first contact to the present day, Oberg focuses on 11 native communities in all parts of the United States, including the Mohegans, the Cherokee, the Powhatans, the Dakota Sioux, and the Pueblos, whose experiences encapsulate the principal themes and developments in Native American history. He describes the complex relationships they maintained with the colonial powers and, later, the United States and provides readers with an insight into the enormous diversity and varied experiences of Native Americans. Written in a highly accessible style, Oberg provides an engaging and concise text that remains focused on Indian peoples and emphasizes their importance in the history of the United States.

Unpublished endorsement

Few areas of scholarship have changed as rapidly as the field of Native American history. Michael Oberg's eloquent new textbook, drawn from his sure command of a vast literature, distills the most important developments in the field and should find a place in every course focused on the history of America's indigenous peoples.” —Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California “Oberg's work presents a readable narrative history of American Indian nations and their history in what became and is the United States. Written around issues that faced American Indians and following the individual chronologies of specific groups in different regions, it provides a text that communicates the breadth and complexity of American Indian history to students in a way that no other text achieves." —Carol Higham, University of North Carolina at Charlotte