Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 4 History of Indian-White Relations

The Handbook of North American Indians is a 20-volume encyclopedia summarizing knowledge about all Native peoples north of Mesoamerica, including cultures, languages, history, prehistory, and human biology, intended to serve as a standard reference work for anthropologists, historians, students, and the general reader. Each volume contains heavily illustrated chapters by the main authorities on each topic and concludes with an extensive bibliography and index. Volume 4 covers the history of Indian-White relations in the U.S. and Canada following 1492.

Wilcomb E. Washburn was Director of American Studies at the Smithsonian and the author of more than sixty books and articles.