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Includes a collection of documents, each prefaced by a brief historical introduction, mirroring the American Indian's struggle for survival from 1622 to 1978.

". . . [Examines] the push by European settlers and the federal government . . . westward, and its effects on indigenous peoples. Through primary source historical images and the . . . narrative of broken treaties, relocations, and armed conflict, it brings the inspiring resistance and fight for self-determination of Native Americans into the hands of your readers. . . . Also contextualizes these struggles with modern ones, including the American Indian Movement and ongoing tribal anti-pipeline protests"--Amazon.

The United States of America was born of cooperation and conflict. On one side were the Native Americans, represented by dozens of different tribes from coast to coast. On the other were the European settlers, who flocked to the New World seeking freedom or fortune. What began as a sometimes friendly and cooperative relationship soon led to bitter and bloody conflicts as the young and fragile nation sought its identity. This book explores the complex history and the turbulent relations between native people and the new settlers in North America.

Explores the history of the relations between native people and the new settlers in North America.

" ... a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, [revealing] how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire"--Jacket flap.

A history of the United States for young people told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, revealing how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the U.S. empire.

A history of the long struggle for land between the homesteaders and American Indians which resulted in bloody battles, broken treaties, and confinement of the Indians on reservations.

This fresh perspective on the American Indian rights movement that young readers have been hearing about in the news includes engaging historic coverage that will hook the reader from start to finish.

"European destiny in the Americas came at the expense of the Native peoples. On this point, most knowledgeable people would agree. Where there is disagreement is in determining the intent of the white Europeans who sought to make the Americas their new home. The question of intent, still contentious today, is the focus of [this book]"--Provided by publisher.

"Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andr?s Res?ndez illuminates in ... The Other Slavery, it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of natives who were kidnapped and enslaved by the conquistadors, then forced to descend into ... eighteenth-century silver mines or, later, made to serve as domestics for Mormon settlers and rich Anglos. Res?ndez builds the incisive case that it was mass slavery, more than epidemics, that decimated Indian populations across North America"--Amazon.com.