Discusses the inevitable clash between the acquisitive culture of Western civilization and the adaptive society of the Native Americans. Traces Native American history from the pre-Columbian era to the arrival of the Europeans, from the massacre at Wounded Knee to the stirring of renewed Indian nationalism.
Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1,200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.
Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.
