Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Wasi'chu Wasi'chu Bruce E. Johansen,Bruce Johansen,Roberto Maestas A complete and devastating look at the genocide of the remaining native American peoples. "Within the modern American Indian movement, Wasi'chu (literally, "greedy one") has come to stand for those … OL14855053W
Devil sickness and devil songs Devil sickness and devil songs David L. Kozak "For the Tohono O'odham (formerly known as the Papago) of southern Arizona, devils are the spirits of deceased O'odham cattlemen and cowboys. The arbiters of wealth and the protectors of horses and c… OL14868382W
Indian voices Indian voices Alison Owings A contemporary oral history documenting what Native Americans from 16 different tribal nations say about themselves and the world around them. OL15975618W
Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe Jerald T. Milanich "Based on the best modern historical research on the Timucua and other Florida indigenous groups, work relates their decline and extinction"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. OL1971252W
The northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 The northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 Robert S. McPherson "Focusing on an important part of the Navajo borderlands - the northern frontier - this book shows how Navajos were able to defend and expand their territory, reservation, and population during a per… OL2992454W
America's second tongue America's second tongue Ruth Spack "Drawing on archival documents, autobiography, fiction, and English as a Second Language theory and practice, America's Second Tongue traces the shifting ownership of English as the language was tran… OL3545299W
Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish colonization Indians, Franciscans, and Spanish colonization Robert H. Jackson "Well-documented study demonstrates that conditions within the California missions caused high mortality rates among the Indians"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. OL551374W
CULTURES IN CONTACT CULTURES IN CONTACT William W. Fitzhugh Collection of papers under the headings: The arctic sector - Inuit responses to explorers, whalers, traders and missionaries; New England - the move inland: land, politics, and disease; The Chesapeak… OL5899444W