Native American History For Dummies®

Introduction

Part I: America Before It Was "America"

Chapter 1: The Rich, Troubled Past of the American Indian

Chapter 2: The Great Migrations

Chapter 3: The Development of the Ancient Cultures

Chapter 4: Hardly a Vast Wasteland: America before 1492

Chapter 5: Settling Down: Tribal Settlements after the Great Migrations

Chapter 6: The Five Civilized Tribes

Chapter 7: A Tally of Important Tribes

Part II: Interacting with Others

Chapter 8: "Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue"

Chapter 9: The Spanish and French Stake Their Claims

Chapter 10: Native American Chiefs and Notable Women

Chapter 11: Battle Cries and Peace Pipes

Chapter 12: Delving into the Details of U.S.-Indian Relations

Part III: Working for a Living

Chapter 13: Mother Love

Chapter 14: Dressing for Purpose and Pride

Chapter 15: Home, Native Home

Chapter 16: Tools and Transportation

Part IV: All in the (Native American) Family

Chapter 17: Tribes, Clans, and Bands

Chapter 18: Native Languages

Chapter 19: The Faith of Their Fathers . . . And How Native Americans Worship Today

Part V: In a Modern World Not of Their Making

Chapter 20: The Slow Dwindling of Native Americans

Chapter 21: What's a Tribe, Who's an Indian, and What's the BIA Got to Do With It

Chapter 22: Native Americans: Today and Tomorrow

Part VI: The Part of Tens

Chapter 23: Ten Native American Museums and Cultural Centers

Chapter 24: Ten (Plus) Worthy Movies and Documentaries about Native Americans and Their History

Index

Dorothy Lippert, PhD: Dorothy is Choctaw and an archaeologist. She received her BA from Rice University and her MA and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. She works in the Repatriation Office of the National Museum of Natural History. Dorothy serves on the Executive of the World Archaeological Congress and on the Board of Directors for the Society for American Archaeology. Her research interests include the development of Indigenous archaeology, repatriation, ethics, and the archaeology and bioarchaeology of the Southeastern United States.
 
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