North American Indians : a very short introduction
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Chisago Lakes Area Library - Nonfiction
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McGregor Public Library - Nonfiction
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Chisago Lakes Area Library - Nonfiction | 970.004 P | Available |
McGregor Public Library - Nonfiction | 970.004 P | Available |
Pine City Public Library - Nonfiction | 970.004 P | Available |
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xvi, 144 pages : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.
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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"--,Provided by publisher.
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"This book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twentieth-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Perdue, T., & Green, M. D. (2010). North American Indians: a very short introduction . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perdue, Theda, 1949- and Michael D. Green. 2010. North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perdue, Theda, 1949- and Michael D. Green. North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Perdue, Theda, and Michael D. Green. North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2010.
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