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Indian Wars Indian Wars Bill Yenne The Indian wars remain the most misunderstood campaign ever waged by the U.S. Army. From the first sustained skirmishes west of the Mississippi River in the 1850s to the sweeping clashes of hundreds … OL14912387W
The people are dancing again The people are dancing again Charles F. Wilkinson The history of the Siletz is in many ways the history of all Indian tribes in America: a story of heartache, perseverance, survival, and revival. It began in a resource-rich homeland thousands of yea… OL15455306W
An infinity of nations An infinity of nations Michael J. Witgen An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of th… OL16529072W
Encyclopedia of United States Indian policy and law Encyclopedia of United States Indian policy and law Tim Alan Garrison,Paul Finkelman Examines the thought-provoking and fascinating history of relations between the United States and Native Americans. Extensive introductory essays trace the development of federal Indian policies from… OL16924915W
Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Stephen J. Rockwell "The framers of the Constitution and the generations that followed built a powerful and intrusive national administrative state in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romantic myth of a… OL16964655W
Dene Nation, the colony within Dene Nation, the colony within Mel Watkins A revision and abridgement of material presented at the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry by the Dene themselves and by others on their behalf. OL16991070W
Pathways to self-determination Pathways to self-determination Leroy Little Bear,Menno Boldt Presents the native viewpoints on issues related to the government of status Indians such as aboriginal rights, treaty rights and Indian-provincial relationships. OL17029744W
The tribal moment in American politics The tribal moment in American politics Christine K. Gray "In the 'tribal moment in American politics,' which occurred from the 1950s to the mid- to late-1970s, American Indians waged civil disobedience for tribal self-determination and fought from within t… OL20030688W
Clay We Are Made Of Clay We Are Made Of Susan M. Hill From the publisher: "If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and… OL21024768W
The Wild Frontier The Wild Frontier William M. Osborn The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California, has been almost completely eliminated… OL221461W
Esther Ross, Stillaguamish champion Esther Ross, Stillaguamish champion Robert H. Ruby ""Oh God, here comes Esther Ross." Such was the greeting Ross received from members of the U.S. Congress during her repeated trips to the Capitol on behalf of the Stillaguamish Indians. Tenacious and… OL2986673W
Our Land Before We Die Our Land Before We Die Jeff Guinn In Our Land Before We Die, Jeff Guinn traces the little-known history of the runaway slaves who fled to the Florida Everglades to live alongside the Seminole Indians. Deeply rooted in tribal oral his… OL3253813W
Red Cloud and the Sioux problem Red Cloud and the Sioux problem James C. Olson From the mid-1860s until the end of organized resistance on the Great Plains, Red Cloud, the noted Oglala Sioux, epitomized for many the Indian problem. Centered on Red Cloud's career, this is an adm… OL3282789W
Relocating Eden Relocating Eden Alan R. Marcus In the early 1950s, a number of Inuit men, women, and children were loaded on ships and sent to live in the cold and barren lands of the Canadian High Arctic. Spurred by government agents' promises o… OL3742813W
Anti-Indianism in Modern America Anti-Indianism in Modern America Elizabeth Cook-Lynn "In this work, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn confronts the politics and policies of genocide that continue to destroy the land, livelihood, and culture of Native Americans. Anti-Indianism in Modern America tel… OL485371W
The white man's gonna getcha The white man's gonna getcha Toby Elaine Morantz "In The White Man's Gonna Getcha Toby Morantz examines threats to the cultural and economic independence of the Crees in eastern James Bay. She argues that while their eighteenth- and nineteenth-cent… OL5326075W
Promised land Promised land Steven Craig Harper 164 pages : 24 cm OL5829570W
Native Americans and the United States Native Americans and the United States Alison Kelley Describes the years of conflict between Native Americans and European settlers, and briefly mentions some attempts by the United States government to make amends for some of the injustices the Indian… OL6028286W
Army regulars on the western frontier, 1848-1861 Army regulars on the western frontier, 1848-1861 Durwood Ball "Deployed to posts from the Missouri River to the Pacific in 1848, the United States Army undertook an old mission on the frontiers new to the United States: occupying the western territories; suppre… OL7797517W
The Indian Removal Act The Indian Removal Act Mark Stewart When the United States won its freedom from Great Britain, colonies became states, subjects became citizens, and the nation's leaders faced a complex question: How did the native people of the United… OL8200107W
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