Great Basin Indians
Great Basin Indians

Author: Michael Hittman

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2013-06-15

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 0874179106

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The Native American inhabitants of North America’s Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America’s most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.

Nevada Guide to Genealogical Records
Nevada Guide to Genealogical Records

Author: Diane E. Greene

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780806348162

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"This book pulls together records from a variety of sources, including information from county court houses, Nevada internet sites, and various lists..."--Page iv.

Odyssey of the Pueblo Indians
Odyssey of the Pueblo Indians

Author: William M. Eaton

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1618584987

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William Eaton’s detailed guide to finding and interpreting Pueblo Indian petroglyphs, pictographs, and Kiva Art murals found in the states of Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado is a treasure for Pueblo Indians as well as anyone interested in Native American history and art. Includes many illustrations.

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

Author: J. W. Powell

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-12-27

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 0486120511

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Full text of Powell's 1,000-mile expedition down the fabled Colorado in 1869. Superb account of terrain, geology, vegetation, Indians, famine, mutiny, treacherous rapids, mighty canyons. 240 illustrations.

Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion

Author: Ray Allen Billington

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780826319814

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Sets out the remarkable story of the American frontier, which became, almost from the beginning, an archetypal narrative of the new American nation's successful expansion.