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Author : Karen Gayton Swisher,AnCita Benally
Publisher : Detroit, MI : Gale Research
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89066421116
Chronologically lists events in such areas as tribal government, language, Indian rights and activism, the military, and literature.
Author : Jennifer Raff
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781538749708
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories throughout North and South America, and a glimpse into how the tools of genetics reveal details about human history and evolution. 20,000 years ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas. Until we venture out to other worlds, this remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new place, and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Many different models have been proposed to explain how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that followed. A study of both past and present, ORIGIN explores how genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that profoundly impact Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It serves as a primer for anyone interested in how genetics has become entangled with identity in the way that society addresses the question "Who is indigenous?"
Author : Karen Gayton Swisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0787605204
Author : Theda Perdue,Michael D. Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199746109
When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, settling throughout North America. They describe hunting practices among different tribes, how some made the gradual transition to more settled, agricultural ways of life, the role of kinship and cooperation in Native societies, their varied burial rites and spiritual practices, and many other features of Native American life. Throughout the book, Perdue and Green stress the great diversity of indigenous peoples in America, who spoke more than 400 different languages before the arrival of Europeans and whose ways of life varied according to the environments they settled in and adapted to so successfully. Most importantly, the authors stress how Native Americans have struggled to maintain their sovereignty--first with European powers and then with the United States--in order to retain their lands, govern themselves, support their people, and pursue practices that have made their lives meaningful. Going beyond the stereotypes that so often distort our views of Native Americans, this Very Short Introduction offers a historically accurate, deeply engaging, and often inspiring account of the wide array of Native peoples in America. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
Author : Dennis J. Stanford,Bruce A. Bradley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520949676
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional—and often subjective—approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The authors apply rigorous scholarship to a hypothesis that places the technological antecedents of Clovis in Europe and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, the book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.
Author : Yvonne Wakim Dennis,Arlene Hirschfelder,Paulette F. Molin
Publisher : Multicultural History & Heroes
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1578597129
Acelebration of achievement, accomplishments, and courage! NativeAmerican Medal of Honor recipients, Heisman Trophy recipients, U.S.Olympians, a U.S. vice president, Congressional representatives, NASAastronauts, Pulitzer Prize recipients, U.S. poet laureates, Oscarwinners, and more. The first Native magician, all-Native comedy show,architects, attorneys, bloggers, chefs, cartoonists, psychologists,religious leaders, filmmakers, educators, physicians, code talkers,and inventors. Luminaries like Jim Thorpe, King Kamehameha, DebraHaaland, and Will Rogers, along with less familiar notables such asNative Hawaiian language professor and radio host Larry LindseyKimura and Cree/Mohawk forensic pathologist Dr. Kona Williams. Theirstories plus the stories of more than 900 other people and places arepresented in NativeAmerican Firsts: A History of Indigenous Achievement,including ... SuzanneVan Cooten, Ph.D., Chickasaw Nation, thefirst Native female meteorologist in the country CalebCheeshahteaumuck, Wampanoag from Martha''s Vineyard, graduate ofHarvard College in 1665 DebraHaaland, the Pueblo of Laguna, U.S. Congresswoman and Secretary ofthe Interior SamCampos, the Native Hawaiian who developed the Hawaiian superheroPineapple Man ThomasL. Sloan, Omaha, was the first Native American to argue a casebefore the U.S. Supreme Court WilliamR. Pogue, Choctaw, astronaut JohnstonMurray, Chickasaw, the first person of Native American descent to beelected governor in the United States, holding the office inOklahoma from 1951 to 1955 TheCherokee Phoenixpublished its first edition February 21, 1828, making it the firsttribal newspaper in North America and the first to be published inan Indigenous language KaneBrown, Cherokee descent, the first artist to have simultaneous hitson all five main Billboard country charts LouisSockalexis, Penobscot, became the first Native American in theNational Baseball League in 1897 as an outfielder with the ClevelandSpiders JockSoto, Navajo/Puerto Rican, the youngest-ever man to be the principaldancer with the New York City Ballet Pocahontas,Powhatan, honored on a U.S. postage stamp Warrior''sCircle of Honor,the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, onthe grounds of the Smithsonian''s National Museum of the AmericanIndian TheIolani Palace, constructed 1879-1882, the home of the Hawaiianroyal family in Honolulu LorieneRoy, Anishinaabe, White Earth Nation, professor at the University ofTexas at Austin''s School of Information, former president of theAmerican Library Association BenNighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, U.S. representative and U.S.senator from Colorado HanayGeiogamah, Kiowa /Delaware, founded the American Indian TheatreEnsemble GeraldVizenor, White Earth Nation, writer, literary critic, and journalistfor the Minneapolis Tribune ElyS. Parker (Hasanoanda, later Donehogawa), Tonawanda Seneca,lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, serving as General Ulysses S.Grant''s military secretary FritzScholder, Luiseno, painter inducted into the California Hall of Fame TheNative American Women Warriors, the first all Native American femalecolor guard LoriArviso Alvord, the first Navajo woman to become a board-certifiedsurgeon Kay"Kaibah" C. Bennett, Navajo, teacher, author, and the firstwoman to run for the presidency of the Navajo Nation SandraSunrising Osawa, Makah Indian Nation, the first Native American tohave a series on commercial television TheChoctaw people''s 1847 donation to aid the Irish people sufferingfrom the great famine OtakuyeConroy-Ben, Oglala Lakota, first to get an environmental engineeringPh.D. at the University of Arizona DianeJ. Willis, Kiowa, former President of the Society of PediatricPsychology and founding editor of the Journalof Pediatric Psychology ShellyNiro, Mohawk, winner of Canada''s top photography prize, theScotiabank Photography Award LorenLeman, Alutiiq/Russian-Polish, was the first Alaska Native electedlieutenant governor KimTallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the first recipient of the CanadaResearch Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Environment CarissaMoore, Native Hawaiian, won the Gold Medal in Surfing at the 2020Tokyo Olympics WillRogers, Cherokee, actor, performer, humorist was named the firsthonorary mayor of Beverly Hills Foodsof the Southwest Indian Nationsby Lois Ellen Frank, Kiowa, was the first Native American cookbookto win the James Beard Award DianeHumetewa, Hopi, nominated by President Barack Obama, became thefirst Native American woman to serve as a federal judge SusieWalking Bear Yellowtail, Crow, the first Native American nurse to beinducted into the American Nursing Association Hall of Fame NativeAmerican Firstshonors the ongoing and rich history of personal victories andtriumphs, and withmore than 200 photos and illustrations, this information-rich bookalso includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, addingto its usefulness. This vital collection will appeal to anyoneinterested in America''s amazing history and its resilient andskilled Indigenous peopl
Author : James Robertshaw
Publisher : James Robertshaw
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781916184190
The book covers beliefs and philosophies and shows how diverse the cultures are in North America, and how the tribal structures and teachings that were followed then, still continue. Reference is given to tribal practices, dances, ceremonies and sequence.
Author : Kim Kavin
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781619301733
Explore how the first Americans, faced with varying climates in a vast land hundreds and thousands of years ago, developed everything we take for granted today: food supplies, shelter, clothing, religion, games, jewelry, transportation, communication, and more. Native Americans: Discover the History and Cultures of the First Americans uses hands-on activities to illuminate how the Native Americans survived and thrived by creating tools, culture, and a society based on their immediate environment. Entertaining illustrations and fascinating sidebars bring the topic to life, while Words to Know highlighted and defined within the text reinforce new vocabulary. Projects include building an archaic toolkit, creating Algonquin art, experimenting with irrigation systems, inventing hieroglyphics, making a “quinzy,” and playing the Inuit game of nugluktaq. In addition to a glossary and an index, an extensive appendix of sites and museums all over the country offers ideas where families can learn more about the various Native American cultures. Kids ages 9–12 will gain an appreciation for the diversity of people and culture native to America, and learn to problem solve in a way that respects the environment.
Author : Paulette F. C. Steeves
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496225368
2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that people have been in the Western Hemisphere not only just prior to Clovis sites (10,200 years ago) but for more than 60,000 years, and likely more than 100,000 years. Steeves discusses the political history of American anthropology to focus on why pre-Clovis sites have been dismissed by the field for nearly a century. She explores supporting evidence from genetics and linguistic anthropology regarding First Peoples and time frames of early migrations. Additionally, she highlights the work and struggles faced by a small yet vibrant group of American and European archaeologists who have excavated and reported on numerous pre-Clovis archaeology sites. In this first book on Paleolithic archaeology of the Americas written from an Indigenous perspective, The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere includes Indigenous oral traditions, archaeological evidence, and a critical and decolonizing discussion of the development of archaeology in the Americas.
Author : Bruce G. Trigger,Wilcomb E. Washburn,Richard E. W. Adams,Murdo J. MacLeod,Frank Salomon,Stuart B. Schwartz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0521652049
Library holds volume 2, part 2 only.
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691245614
The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed.
Author : Kurt W. Carr,C. Bergman,Christina B. Rieth,Roger W. Moeller,Bernard K. Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9780812250787
The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania is the definitive reference to the rich artifacts representing 14,000 years of cultural evolution and includes environmental studies, descriptions and illustrations of artifacts and features, settlement pattern studies, and recommendations for directions of further research.
Author : Adam Rutherford
Publisher : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1780229070
'A brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating introduction to human genetics. You'll be spellbound' Brian Cox This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration and a lot of sex. In this captivating journey through the expanding landscape of genetics, Adam Rutherford reveals what our genes now tell us about human history, and what history can now tell us about our genes. From Neanderthals to murder, from redheads to race, dead kings to plague, evolution to epigenetics, this is a demystifying and illuminating new portrait of who we are and how we came to be. *** 'A thoroughly entertaining history of Homo sapiens and its DNA in a manner that displays popular science writing at its best' Observer 'Magisterial, informative and delightful' Peter Frankopan 'An extraordinary adventure...From the Neanderthals to the Vikings, from the Queen of Sheba to Richard III, Rutherford goes in search of our ancestors, tracing the genetic clues deep into the past' Alice Roberts
Author : Kenneth W. Townsend,Mark A. Nicholas
Publisher : Pearson Higher Ed
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780205921874
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Tells the complete story of Native American history, including the native perspective. First Americans provides a history of Native Americans, from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, that covers the complexity and diversity of their past. The text demonstrates Native Americans’ participation in determining their own future and helps students place Native American history in context with national and international developments. Present throughout the text is the "native voice," giving American Indians’ perspectives on historical developments. The text also enforces the reality that native people retain a presence in the U.S. today as a growing population with a rich diversity of roles, ideas, and contributions. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. Here’s how: Personalize Learning - MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking — To enhance student comprehension, each chapter includes features such as Chronologies, Key Questions, Review Questions, and Recommended Readings. Engage Students — Special features are included to highlight the native voice and support the themes presented. Support Instructors — MySearchLab, Instructor’s Resource Center, Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank, MyTest, and PowerPoint presentations are available to be packaged with this text. For the combined volume of this text, search ISBN-10: 0132069482 For volume two of this text, search ISBN-10: 0205055877 Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional cost): ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205041426 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205041428.
Author : Jonathan C. H. King
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0674626540
From the Big-Game Hunters who appeared on the continent as far back as 12,000 years ago to the Inuits plying the Alaskan waters today, the Native peoples of North America produced a culture remarkable for its vibrancy, breadth, and diversity--and for its survival in the face of almost inconceivable trials. This book is at once a history of that culture and a celebration of its splendid variety. Rich in historical testimony and anecdotes and lavishly illustrated, it weaves a magnificent tapestry of Native American life reaching back to the earliest human records. A recognized expert in North American studies, Jonathan King interweaves his account with Native histories, from the arrival of the first Native Americans by way of what is now Alaska to their later encounters with Europeans on the continent's opposite coast, from their exchanges with fur traders to their confrontations with settlers and an ever more voracious American government. To illustrate this history, King draws on the extensive collections of the British Museum--artwork, clothing, tools, and artifacts that demonstrate the wealth of ancient traditions as well as the vitality of contemporary Native culture. These illustrations, all described in detail, form a pictorial document of relations between Europeans and Native American peoples--peoples as profoundly different and as deeply related as the Algonquians and the Iroquois, the Chumash of California and the Inuipat of Alaska, the Cree and the Cherokee--from their first contact to their complicated coexistence today.