North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account

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For Native American courses taught in anthropology, history and Native American Studies. This is a comprehensive and thought-provoking approach to the history of the native peoples of North America (including Mexico and Canada) and their civilizations.

INTRODUCTION

1 AMERICA'S EARLIEST HUMANS

(18)

Section 1: Earliest Americans,

(10)

Figure 1.1 Map: America's Earliest Humans,

(8)

Section 2: Culture Areas,

(3)

Figure 1.2 Map: Culture Areas of Native North America,

(1)

Section 3: The End of the Pleistocene and the Early Archaic,

(4)

Recommended Reading,

(1)

Sources for Discussion,

(1)

Reference,

(1)

2 THE RISE OF THE MEXICAN NATIONS

(74)

Section 1: The Early Holocene Archaic in Mexico,

(7)

Figure 2.1 Map: Mexico,

(1)

Mexico Chronology,

(5)

Section 2: The Preclassic Period,

(14)

Section 3: The Mexican Classic Period,

(23)

Section 4: The Postclassic Period,

(11)

Section 5: Mexican Peoples under Spanish and Mexican Rule,

(16)

Summary,

(1)

Recommended Reading,

(2)

3 THE GREATER SOUTHWEST

(53)

Figure 3.1 Map: The Greater Southwest,

(1)

Southwest Chronology,

(1)

Section 1: The Southern Sector;

(13)

Section 2: The Northern Sector,

109

(23)

Section 3: Apacheans,

132

(8)

Section 4: The Western Sector: Yumans,

140

(5)

Summary,

145

(2)

Recommended Reading,

147

4 THE SOUTHEAST

146

(60)

Figure 4.1 Map: The Southeast,

149

(1)

Section 1: The Archaic and "Early Woodland" Periods in the Southeast,

149

(7)

Southeast Chronology,

152

(4)

Section 2: Middle Woodland,

156

(3)

Section 3: The Mississippian and Protohistoric Period,

159

(6)

Section 4: The Early Historic Period, 1513-1670,

165

(10)

Section 5: European Colonization, 1586-1856,

175

(14)

Section 6: Postremoval History, 1856 to the Present,

189

(9)

Section 7: "Other" Indians in the Southeast,

198

(4)

Summary,

202

(3)

Recommended Reading,

205

(1)

5 THE NORTHEAST

206

(59)

Figure 5.1 Map: The Northeast,

207

(1)

Northeast Chronology,

208

(1)

Section 1: Archaic, Early Woodland, and Middle Woodland Periods,

209

(5)

Section 2: The Northeast During the Protohistoric Late Woodland Period,

214

(7)

Section 3: European Contacts with the Northeast,

221

(14)

Section 4: The Fur Trade,

235

(5)

Section 5: Iroquois Ascendancy and Defeat,

240

(4)

Section 6: The Iroquois in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,

244

(8)

Section 7: Algonkians in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,

252

(11)

Summary,

263

(1)

Recommended Reading,

264

(1)

6 THE PRAIRIE-FLAINS

265

(67)

Figure 6.1 Map: The Prairie-Plains,

266

(1)

The Prairie-Plains Chronology,

267

(2)

Section 1: The Archaic and Woodland Periods,

269

(2)

Section 2: The Late Prehistoric Period,

271

(4)

Section 3: The Era of the Horse,

275

(13)

Section 4: Plains Culture,

288

(10)

Section 5: The Nineteenth Century and Postbison Plains Life,

298

(30)

Summary,

328

(3)

Recommended Reading,

331

(1)

7 THE INTERMONTANE WEST AND CALIFORNIA

332

(65)

Section 1: The Western Archaic Cultural Pattern and Its Persistence,

333

(3)

The Intermontane West and California Chronology,

334

(1)

Figure 7.1 Map: The Intermontane West and California,

335

(1)

Section 2: The Great Basin,

336

(17)

Section 3: The Plateau,

353

(18)

Section 4: California,

371

(22)

Summary,

393

(3)

Recommended Reading,

396

(1)

8 THE NORTHWEST COAST

397

(49)

Figure 8.1 Map: The Northwest Coast,

398

(2)

The Northwest Coast Chronology,

400

(1)

Section 1: Prehistory,

401

(1)

Section 2: The Distinctive Northwest Coast Cultural Pattern,

402

(6)

Section 3: Variations on the Basic Northwest Coast Pattern,

408

(17)

Section 4: The Historic Northwest Coast,

425

(18)

Summary,

443

(2)

Recommended Reading,

445

(1)

9 THE ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC

446

(78)

Figure 9.1 Map: The Arctic and Subarctic,

447

(1)

The Arctic and Subarctic Chronology,

448

(2)

Section 1: Prehistory,

450

(5)

Section 2: The Aleuts,

455

(8)

Section 3: The Inuit,

463

(22)

Section 4: The Dene,

485

(17)

Section 5: The Northern Algonkians,

502

(18)

Summary,

520

(2)

Recommended Reading,

522

(2)

10 FIRST NATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

524

(31)

Legislative and Judicial Landmarks Chronology,

526

(27)

Recommended Reading,

553

(2)

APPENDIX: ANTHROPOLOGY AND AMERICAN INDIANS

555

(9)

Recommended Reading,

562

(2)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

564

(54)

CREDITS

618

(1)

INDEX

619

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