Native America from Prehistory to First

This work is a fascinating history of precontact North America, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternative history-what if key facts were different?-to help develop critical thinking skills.

Contributors

xi

Introduction

xiii

Peopling North America

1

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

1

(3)

Turning Point

4

(1)

Actual History

5

(7)

Alternate History

12

(9)

Discussion Questions

18

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

19

(2)

Pacific Northwest Culture

21

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

21

(6)

Turning Point

27

(2)

Actual History

29

(5)

Alternate History

34

(7)

Discussion Questions

38

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

39

(2)

California and Intermountain Culture

41

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

41

(2)

Turning Point

43

(3)

Actual History

46

(8)

Alternate History

54

(7)

Discussion Questions

59

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

59

(2)

The Plains Culture

61

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

61

(6)

Turning Point

67

(1)

Actual History

68

(7)

Alternate History

75

(6)

Discussion Questions

79

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

79

(2)

The Southwest Culture

81

(22)

Turning Point

Introduction

81

(4)

Turning Point

85

(2)

Actual History

87

(9)

Alternate History

96

(7)

Discussion Questions

100

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

101

(2)

The Woodlands Culture

103

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

103

(5)

Turning Point

108

(4)

Actual History

112

(5)

Alternate History

117

(6)

Discussion Questions

121

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

122

(1)

First Contacts

123

(20)

Turning Point

Introduction

123

(5)

Turning Point

128

(1)

Actual History

129

(5)

Alternate History

134

(9)

Discussion Questions

139

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

140

(3)

First Settlements

143

(18)

Turning Point

Introduction

143

(2)

Turning Point

145

(4)

Actual History

149

(7)

Alternate History

156

(5)

Discussion Questions

158

(1)

Bibliography and Further Reading

159

(2)

Appendix Native American Myths, Narratives, and Songs

161

(42)

Introduction

161

(9)

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Seneca)

170

(1)

The Jicarilla Genesis (Jicarilla Apache)

171

(2)

The Age of the Gods, or The Story of the Twins (A. The People of the Stone Houses; B. When the Coyote Married the Maiden; C. The Maiden Who Became a Bear; D. The Story of the Last Great Grief, the Swallow People of Mesa Verde; E. The Story of the Four Last Ills) (Navajo)

173

(3)

Story of the Deluge (Tsimshian)

176

(2)

The Giants (Chippewa)

178

(1)

Story of the Ka'ckle Qoan (Tlingit)

178

(2)

The Trickster Becomes a Dish (Lillooet)

180

(1)

Myth of the White Buffalo Woman (Sioux)

181

(2)

The Hunter and Selu (Cherokee)

183

(1)

Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo)

183

(1)

Origin of Disease and Medicine (Cherokee)

184

(1)

A Prayer of the Fourth Day of the Night Chant (Navajo)

185

(1)

The Story of San'hode'di's Medicine (Navajo)

186

(1)

Tsegu'ksku [or the First Visitation of Smallpox] (Tsimshian)

187

(1)

Story of the Shaman, G.A'ndox's-Father (Haida)

188

(1)

First Ship Seen by the Clatsop (Chinook)

189

(1)

How the Spaniards Came to Shung-opovi, How They Built a Mission, and How the Hopi Destroyed the Mission (Hopi)

190

(2)

[Legend of the Peacemakers] (Iroquois)

192

(4)

Cornplanter and Washington (Iroquois)

196

(1)

How the White Race Came to America and Why the Gai'wiio' became a Necessity (Iroquois)

197

(1)

First Impressions of Civilization (Sioux)

198

(3)

Songs of the Ghost Dance (Arapaho, Sioux, Paiute, Kiowa)

201

(2)

Chronology of Native America

203

(20)

Resources

223

(4)

Index

227

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