03576nam 2200577 a 450 991081397890332120170523091615.0979-84-00-61111-71-281-37647-797866113764751-85109-824-010.5040/9798400611117(OCoLC)496994076(MiFhGG)GVRL3MHL(MiAaPQ)EBC306941(OCoLC)1301368687(CaStbABC)BP9798400611117BC(CKB)1000000000478282(EXLCZ)99100000000047828220071023d2008 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrAmerican Indians in the early West /Sandra K. MathewsSanta Barbara, Calif. :ABC-CLIO,c2008.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (xxx, 327 pages) illustrations, mapsCultures in the American WestImages, diagrams, drawings, and photographs illustrate and photographs show the diversity of regional and cultural attributes of numerous American Indian tribes and their homelands.Includes coverage of major American Indian tribes of the early West as well as some that are less well known.Provides the general reader and scholar with a guide to the precontact period of the American West in one concise volume, complete with images and primary evidence to illuminate varied experiences.Regional maps illuminate the diversity of topography of the Southwest, Plains, Plateau, Northwest, and Alaskan regions.Sidebars provide short detailed analyses of major events in the development of American Indian history.1-85109-823-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; Preface; Maps; 1 Origins and Migrations; 2 The Rio Grande Valley and Beyond; 3 From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico; 4 From the Saint Lawrence and Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains; 5 From the Aleutian Chain to Northern California; 6 Historiography and Major Issues in the Study of American Indian History; Chronology; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorAmerican Indians in the Early West offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through the arrival of the Spanish, French, and Russians, to the appearance of Anglo-American traders in the easternmost portions of the West around 1800. With coverage divided into periods and regions, American Indians in the Early West looks at how Indian communities evolved from hunter-gatherers to culturally recognized tribes, and examines the critical encounters of those tribes with non-Natives over the next two-and-a-half centuries. Readers will see that the issues at stake in those encounters--political control, preserving traditions, land and water rights, resistance to economic and military pressures--are very relevant to the Native American experience today.Cultures in the American West series.Indians of North AmericaWest (U.S.)HistoryIndians of North AmericaHistory.978.004/97Mathews Sandra K.1963-1689805DLCDLCUtOrBLWBOOK9910813978903321American Indians in the early West4065129UNINA