Native American History

Fixico conveys the richness and importance of oral culture in Native communities and demonstrates the power of the spoken word to bring past and present together, creating a shared reality both immediate and historical for Native peoples.

The history of American Indian education from colonial times to the present is a story of how Euro-Americans disrupted and suppressed these common cultural practices, and how Indians actively pursued and preserved them.

Traces the experiences of indigenous peoples from early colonial times to the present day, demonstrating how Indian existence has varied and changed throughout our nation's history.

According to the author, American Indian history did not end with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Because of their intense struggles to preserve their language, their traditions, their families, and their very existence—the story of American Indians since the end of the nineteenth century to the present is one of unprecedented resourcefulness and reinvention.

This book examines the treaties that promised self-government, financial assistance, cultural protections, and land to hundreds of North American tribes. Includes primary source documents and essays on treaty-making and the Native American perspective.

Describes the current failure of the government to provide Native Americans with educational and economic opportunities, land ownership, and legal protection, which has resulted in their cycle of poverty, violent behavior, and high rates of suicide

The old, unquestioned confidence with which individuals can be classified (as embodied, for instance, in previous U.S. census categories) has been eroded. In its place are shifting paradigms and new norms for racial identity. Eva Marie Garroutte examines the changing processes of racial identification and their implications by looking specifically at the case of American Indians.

In this readable and engaging overview, Jentz provides an important corrective, one that not only catalogs key stories and stereotypes but also lays a foundation for challenging them.

.Author David La Vere offers a complete chronological and cultural history of Texas Indians from 12,000 years ago to the present day.

In the fourteenth century, a culture arose in and around the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas that represents the last prehistoric peoples before the cultural upheaval introduced by European explorers. This culture has been labeled the Toyah phase, characterized by a distinctive tool kit and a bone-tempered pottery tradition.Spanish documents, some translated decades ago, offer glimpses of these mobile people.

Storytelling and singing continue to be a vital part of community life for Native peoples today. Voices from Four Directions gathers stories and songs from thirty-one Native groups in North America.