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Author Mathews, Sandra K., 1963-

Title American Indians in the early West / Sandra K. Mathews
Published Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cultures in the American West
Cultures in the American West series.
Contents 1. Origins and Migrations -- 2. The Rio Grande Valley and Beyond -- 3. From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico -- 4. From the Saint Lawrence and Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains -- 5. From the Aleutian Chain to Northern California -- 6. Historiography and Major Issues in the Study of American Indian History
Summary American Indians in the Early West offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through the arrival of the Spanish, French, and Russians, to the appearance of Anglo-American traders in the easternmost portions of the West around 1800. With coverage divided into periods and regions, American Indians in the Early West looks at how Indian communities evolved from hunter-gatherers to culturally recognized tribes, and examines the critical encounters of those tribes with non-Natives over the next two-and-a-half centuries. Readers will see that the issues at stake in those encounters--political control, preserving traditions, land and water rights, resistance to economic and military pressures--are very relevant to the Native American experience today
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index
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Subject Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Indians of North America
West United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781851098248
1851098240
1281376477
9781281376473
9786611376475
661137647X