American Indians [Paperback]

This collection brings together the best recent essays covering over five hundred years of American Indian history. Attached to each essay are primary historical documents that deal with issues of survival, resistance, accommodation, and adaptation, all of which illuminate the complexity and diversity of American Indian experiences.Series Editor's Preface.

Introduction.

Part I: Ancient America: .

Article: The Indians' Old World: Native Americans and the Coming of Europeans: Neal Salisbury.

Documents:.

Nanih Waiya, The Sacred Mound of the Choctaws: H. S. Halbert.

Legend of Nanih Wayah: Muriel Hazel Wright.

Further Reading.

Part II: First Encounters:.

Introduction.

Article: The Anglo-Algonquian Gender Frontier: Kathleen M. Brown.

Documents:.

Excerpts from Castañeda's History of the Expedition: Pedro de Castañeda of Náxera.

Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1604-1618: W. L. Grant.

Further Reading.

Part III: International Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange:.

Introduction.

Article: Dressing for Success on the Mohawk Frontier: Hendrick, William Johnson, and the Indian Fashion: Timothy J. Shannon.

Documents:.

Excerpts from the Treaty of Lancaster.

Witham Marshe's Journal of the Treaty Held with the Six Nations by the Commissioners of Maryland, and Other Provinces, at Lancaster: Witham Marshe.

Further Reading.

Part IV: Cherokee Removal:.

Introduction.

Article: Evidence of Surplus Production in the Cherokee Nation Prior to Removal: David M. lÃ'