native americans

Presents a collection of fifty-two oral histories from members of the Dakota, Lakota, Winnebago, Crow and other native communities who share their personal experiences of tribal and reservation life, the Great Depression, and Native American traditions.

Collection of autobiographical writings by Native Americans from 1768 to 1986.

Contains 140 recipes based on ingredients that were available to the original inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, and includes essays that provide information about Native American food traditions.

The Northwest Coast Indian art collection of the American Museum of Natural History.--Title page.

Chronicles the history of the Jamestown settlement in the New World and describes the hardships, hunger, and disease they endured as well as their association with the natives, leadership of Captain John Smith, and disagreements among the settlers.

Explores how Native Americans have contributed to the political development of the United States and addresses a variety of political and cultural issues faced by Native Americans at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Examines the battles and treaties between native peoples and early European settlers of what was to become the United States, from the early 1600s to the late 1800s.

Provides an in-depth timeline that describes thousands of years of events that helped shape the live and cultures of Native Americans from their ancestors' arrival in North America to the present.