Handbook of the American Frontier: The southeastern woodlands

Handbook of the American Frontier: The southeastern woodlands

Author: Joseph Norman Heard

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780810819313

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A first reference that provides insights into both sides of Indian-white relations. Volume I covers events in the Southeastern Woodlands. Subsequent volumes will cover the Northeastern Woodlands, the Great Plains, and the Far West. Heard approaches h


Handbook of the American Frontier: The northeastern woodlands

Handbook of the American Frontier: The northeastern woodlands

Author: Joseph Norman Heard

Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Incorporated/Bloomsbury

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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From the Ababco Indians to the Zwaanendael Colony Massacre, alphabetical entries offer information on events, individuals, groups, and geographical places relevant to relations between colonial settlers and Native Indians in what is now the Northeastern United States. The material is gathered primarily from published sources that are referenced at the end of entries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast

Author: Kathleen J. Bragdon

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2005-07-06

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0231504357

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Descriptions of Indian peoples of the Northeast date to the Norse sagas, centuries before permanent European settlement, and the region has been the setting for a long history of contact, conflict, and accommodation between natives and newcomers. The focus of an extraordinarily vital field of scholarship, the Northeast is important both historically and theoretically: patterns of Indian-white relations that developed there would be replicated time and again over the course of American history. Today the Northeast remains the locus of cultural negotiation and controversy, with such subjects as federal recognition, gaming, land claims, and repatriation programs giving rise to debates directly informed by archeological and historical research of the region. The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast is a concise and authoritative reference resource to the history and culture of the varied indigenous peoples of the region. Encompassing the very latest scholarship, this multifaceted volume is divided into four parts. Part I presents an overview of the cultures and histories of Northeastern Indian people and surveys the key scholarly questions and debates that shape this field. Part II serves as an encyclopedia, alphabetically listing important individuals and places of significant cultural or historic meaning. Part III is a chronology of the major events in the history of American Indians in the Northeast. The expertly selected resources in Part IV include annotated lists of tribes, bibliographies, museums and sites, published sources, Internet sites, and films that can be easily accessed by those wishing to learn more.


Handbook of the American Frontier: Chronology, bibliography, index

Handbook of the American Frontier: Chronology, bibliography, index

Author: Joseph Norman Heard

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780810835528

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Contains hundreds of sources, both primary and secondary, and seeks to foreground the perspective of heretofore largely ignored groups such as women and blacks, and frequently misrepresented cultures of native North Americans.


Native Americans of New England

Native Americans of New England

Author: Christoph Strobel

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1440866112

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This book provides the first comprehensive, region-wide, long-term, and accessible study of Native Americans in New England. This work is a comprehensive and region-wide synthesis of the history of the indigenous peoples of the northeastern corner of what is now the United States-New England-which includes the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Native Americans of New England takes view of the history of indigenous peoples of the region, reconstructing this past from the earliest available archeological evidence to the present. It examines how historic processes shaped and reshaped the lives of Native peoples and uses case studies, historic sketches, and biographies to tell these stories. While this volume is aware of the impact that colonization, ethnic cleansing, dispossession, and racism had on the lives of indigenous peoples in New England, it also focuses on Native American resistance, adaptation, and survival under often harsh and unfavorable circumstances. Native Americans of New England is structured into six chapters that examine the continuous presence of indigenous peoples in the region. The book emphasizes Native Americans' efforts to preserve the integrity and viability of their dynamic and self-directed societies and cultures in New England.


New English Canaan

New English Canaan

Author: Thomas Morton

Publisher: Digital Scanning Inc

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 1582181500

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Until recent facsimile printings without notes, "New English Canaan" (originally published in 1637) has been reprinted only twice, one in Peter Force's "Tracts" (1836) and in 1883 by the Massachusetts Historical Society. This book represents the first edition created from and textually-collated with all known original copies in the world; it also constitutes the first full-length biography of Thomas Morton of "Merrymount" (1576-1647?).


Hero of Fort Schuyler

Hero of Fort Schuyler

Author: Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-10-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1476616809

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In August 1777, Peter Gansevoort, Jr., defended Fort Schuyler (also known as Fort Stanwix) during a three-week siege by 1,700 British soldiers, Tories and Indians commanded by Colonel Barry St. Leger. Gansevoort won the distinction of successfully resisting a British siege in a period when every other continental post in New York was either evacuated or surrendered. His valiant effort led to the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga, a crucial point of the war. Born to an affluent Dutch family in Albany County, New York, Gansevoort was active in several theaters of Revolutionary War operations, including General Montgomery's Canadian campaign (1775), the Champlain-Hudson-Mohawk Valley defense against Burgoyne's northern invasion (1776-1777), the Sullivan-Clinton campaign (1779) and the New York-Vermont insurrection (1781). After the war, he was active in both military and civic arenas, rising to the position of brigadier general of the U.S. Army in 1809. Before his death, he presided over General James Wilkinson's court-martial in 1811. This documentary edition provides 279 pieces of correspondence to and from Gansevoort (and a few others) from 1775 to 1812.


Forgotten Voices

Forgotten Voices

Author: Clifford E. Trafzer

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-03-20

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 081086648X

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Despite a recent resurgence in studies of death and disease in native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, little work has been done on death and disease in Native Americans during the reservation period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964 begins a discussion of the health of the people on the Yakama Reservation in Washington using statistical data. This is the first detailed work that focuses on the causes of death on American Indian reservations. It contains an extensive introduction to Yakama history and lifestyle, and tables that present statistical information on the major causes of death. Each chapter highlights a different cause of death on the Yakama Reservation, including • Tuberculosis • Pneumonia • Heart Disease • Gastrointestinal Problems • Influenza • Cancer • Birth Complications • Old Age • Stroke Forgotten Voices is an invaluable resource for students and scholars that encourages further research in the field of Native American history.


The Navajo as Seen by the Franciscans, 1898-1921

The Navajo as Seen by the Franciscans, 1898-1921

Author: Howard M. Bahr

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780810849624

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In their efforts to convert the Navajo to Catholicism, the Franciscans at the St. Michael mission in Arizona, lived among the Navajo to study their language and culture. This sourcebook collects the friars' observations from the early period of the mission, 1898 to 1921, as recorded in their correspondence, journal entries and administrative reports.