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From Columbus's voyage in 1492 to the publication of the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a former slave, in 1789, Jill Lepore, winner of the distinguished Bancroft Prize for history, brings to life in exciting, first-person detail some of the earliest events in American history in Encounters in the New World. Providing fascinating commentary along the way, Lepore seamlessly links together primary sources that illustrate the powerful clash of cultures in the Americas. Through emotional eyewitness accounts - memoirs, petitions, diaries, captivity narratives, private correspondence - formal documents, official reports, and journalistic reportage, dramatic stories of the New World are revealed, including: * A Jesuit priest's chronicle of life among his Iroquois captors * Aztec records of forbidding omens * John Smith's account of cannibalism among the British residents of Jamestown * Memoirs by members of Cortes's expedition * Reminiscences of an escaped slave A special 16-page color cartographic section, including maps from both Europe and North America, provides a fascinating look at how the maps' creators saw themselves and the world around them.
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Since its original publication by the University of Nebraska Press in 1967, History of the Santee Sioux has become known as the definitive work on its subject. Now, in a revised edition, Roy W. Meyer brings the story of the Santees up to date.
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• The Prehistoric period
• The preclassic and classic Cultures of Mesoamerica. The area. The Olmecs. The Olmec periphery. Teotihuacán. Teotihuacán's neighbors. Oaxaca. The late Classic. Eastern Mesoamerica
• The early postclassic in Mesoamerica. Tula. The Toltecs of the reports. Neighbors and heirs of the Toltecs. Yucatán
• The late Postclassic. Yucatán and Guatemala. Central Mexico. Sociopolitical organization in central Mexico. Early history of the Aztec Triple Alliance. The structure of the Aztec Empire
• The Andes: landscape and climate
• Early and middle horizons in the Andes. Chavín.

The Ancient Americas outlines the enormously long and complex cultural history of Mesoamerica, as well as the Andean continuum. It combines an overview of pre-Columbian historical events and situations with a consideration of important research problems and efforts and places their last flowering of indigenous complex civilizations within their respective geographic and sociocultural frameworks. The heart of this volume is an exhaustive digest and analysis of available data on each epoch from English-, Spanish-, French-, and German-language sources. In addition, there is also a topically arranged bibliography of over a thousand entries.
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• From whence we came
• Social and ceremonial organization
• Religion and ceremonial
• Women and children in plains society
• Decorative arts
• The way to status: life of the plains warrior
• Men's ceremonial regalia
• The winds of change.

Examines the history and culture of the Plains Indians during the pre-reservation period, between 1780 and 1880, considering the origins, society, religion, and art of the various tribes, as well as the roles of men, women, and children. Includes photographs, paintings, and artifacts.

• Illustrations ; Maps ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Songs from the Powwow ;
• 1. The Land That Winter Made ;
• 2. How They Lived in the Old Time ;
• 3. The Years of the French ;
• 4. The Years of the British ;
• 5. The Arrival of the Long Knives ;
• 6. The Shrinking Land ;
• 7. Wandering Like Shadows on a Disappearing Land ;
• 8. Epilogue: Reading the Past ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

A history of native American tribes in Wisconsin, this account follows Wisconsin's Indian communities from the 1600s through 1960. It covers the ways that native communities have striven to shape and maintain their traditions in the face of enormous external pressures.
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Originally published in 1996, this book traces the demographic growth in the American Indian population over the past forty years and the rise in native American activities during this century. Nagel focuses on the Red Power movement whose climax marked a shift in native American identification, from tribal association to a pan-Indian consciousness.
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This text traces the demographic growth in the American Indian population during the past 40 years, as well as the rise in native American activities during this century. It focuses special attention on the Red Power movement, which reached its climax during the Battle at Wounded Knee in 1973, and which marked a shift in native American identification from tribal association to a pan-Indian consciousness. The book is intended for scholars in sociology and Native American studies, and undergraduates in sociology, history and cultural anthropology courses.
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