The History of Large Federal Dams
The History of Large Federal Dams

Author: David P. Billington

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780160728235

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Explores the story of Federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction.

The History of Large Federal Dams
The History of Large Federal Dams

Author: David Billington

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 9781483966137

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This history explores the story of federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction by carefully selecting those dams and river systems that seem particularly critical to the story. The history also addresses some of the negative environmental consequences of dam-building, a series of problems that today both Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seek to resolve.

The White Earth Tragedy
The White Earth Tragedy

Author: Melissa L. Meyer

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1999-05-01

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780803282568

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This compelling interdisciplinary history of an Anishinaabe community at the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota offers a subtle and sophisticated look at changing social, economic, and political relations among the Anishinaabeg and reveals how cultural forces outside of the reservation profoundly affected their lives.

Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains
Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains

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Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780803276185

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A beautifully rendered reference guide to the Great Plains portion of the famous expedition through the American West highlights the explorer's remarkable encounters with previously undocumented flora and fauna as they moved through the Plains region. Original. (Biology & Natural History)

Hoosiers and the American Story
Hoosiers and the American Story

Author: Madison, James H.

Publisher: Indiana Historical Society

Published: 2014-10

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0871953633

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A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.