The Native Peoples of North America, Volume 2: A History (Native America: Yesterday and Today)

Covers the history of the North American Indians from their arrival on this continent to the present. Contents Preface Introduction 1 Early Indigenous North America: An Overview 2 Mexico and Mesoamerica: Beginnings to European Contact 3 Native America Meets Europe: The Colonial Era 4 The Transfer of Ideas: Native Confederacies and the Evolution of Democracy 5 The Explosion Westward: The Accelerating Speed of Frontier Movement Introduction 6 The Northwest Coast and California 7 The Frontier Closes on the Southwest and Great Plains 8 The Rise of the "Vanishing Race": Native American Adaptions to Assimilation 9 A People's Revival—1961 to 1990: Native Self-Determination 10 Majority Culture Borrowings from Native American Peoples and Cultures 11 Contemporary Issues in Native America Selected Bibliography Cumulative Index Provides an uncommonly rich description of the material and intellectual ways in which Native American cultures have influenced the life and institutions of people across the globe, from medicine such as aspirin, to foods like corn and squash, to democratic ideas. Bruce E. Johansen. Includes Bibliographical References (v. 2, P. [447]-472) And Index.