The Mammoth Book Of Native Americans

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849015370

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The Mammoth Book of Native Americans by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

Native Americans make up less than one per cent of the total US population but represent half the nation's languages and cultures. Here, in one grand sweep, is the full story of Native American society, culture and religion. Here is everything from the land-based spirituality of their early creation myths and the late rise of Indian Pride, to the 88 uses to which the Sioux put the flesh and bones of the buffalo and the practice of berdache (men adopted as women). The book offers a chronological history of America's indigenous peoples. It covers their dramatic early entry into North America, out of the now submerged continent of Beringia, then in more recent times the 'forgotten wars' of the 16th and 17th centuries, which wiped many tribes from the face of the East Coast, and finally describes to the last struggles of the Cheyenne and the Comanche. Celebrating these peoples' way of life rather than focusing narrowly on the manner of their genocide, it does not ignore uncomfortable facts of the Amerindian past - including the cannibalism believed to have been practised by some tribes and the Native Americans' part in the decimation of North America's buffalo herds.

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780337883

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A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends by Lewis Spence Pdf

In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, culture and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, a basic Lakota (Sioux) glossary, guides to key pronunciations and a bibliography.

Author : Kent Nerburn
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781577312970

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The Wisdom of the Native Americans by Kent Nerburn Pdf

The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short, digestible quotes — perhaps even more timely now than when they were first written. In addition to the short passages, this edition includes the complete Soul of an Indian, as well as other writings by Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), one of the great interpreters of American Indian thought, and three great speeches by Chiefs Joseph, Seattle, and Red Jacket.

Author : Carl Waldman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9781438110103

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Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by Carl Waldman Pdf

A comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia which provides information on over 150 native tribes of North America, including prehistoric peoples.

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0762449411

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The Mammoth Book of Westerns by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

This outstanding Western collection includes stories by a wide array of contemporary and legendary writers, such as Larry McMurtry, Frederic Remington, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, Mark Twain, and more, with a foreword by Rick Bass.

Author : Theda Perdue,Michael D. Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199746109

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North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction by Theda Perdue,Michael D. Green Pdf

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 : David Hamilton Murdoch
Publisher : DK Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0756610826

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North American Indian by David Hamilton Murdoch Pdf

A look at the varied and fascinating cultures of the North American Indian.

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849017305

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The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

Bang up to date with fresh cover-ups relating to Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and Afghanistan The 100 military, medical, religious, alien, intelligence, banking and historical cover-ups 'they' really don't want you to know about: The Military-Industrial Complex's fomentation of war with Iraq; the construction of concentration camps in the United States by FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency); the use of alien 'Foo Fighters' by the Nazis and the Japanese during the Second World War; the miracle natural drug suppressed by Big Pharma; the Israelis' responsibility for the bombing of USS Cole; the real reason why CERN broke down; the murder of Paul McCartney - and you didn't even know he was dead. Entertainingly written and closely documented, The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies uncovers the 100 most secret cover-ups in an accessible A-Z format. It covers 95 new conspiracies even more fiendish than those detailed in The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups by the same author, and provides fresh revelations regarding the five furthest-reaching conspiracies in that book, including the assassination of JFK and 9/11. The book includes a full bibliography and introduction.

Author : David L. Harrison
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590785614

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Mammoth Bones and Broken Stones by David L. Harrison Pdf

Who were the first humans to reach North America? When and how did they arrive? Noted author David L. Harrison explores the various theories of North America's first people: Some evidence suggests that they walked across the land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska. Elsewhere, a growing number of archaeologists believe that at least some, if not most, of our forefathers arrived by boat along North America's northwest coast, possibly from Southeast Asia or Japan. Other archeologists speculate that humans reached the continent by boat, crossing the frigid North Atlantic waters from Europe. With archeological field photographs and realistic illustrations by Richard Hilliard, the author demonstrates how scientists are like detectives, investigating mysteries that took place more than one hundred centuries ago. Includes maps, glossary, sources, index.

Author : Jake Page
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684855776

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In the Hands of the Great Spirit by Jake Page Pdf

Unprecedented, dramatic, persuasive: the first complete, one-volume history of the American Indians to explain the 20,000-year history from their point of view.

Author : John Green,Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486280479

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Indian Life in Pre-Columbian North America Coloring Book by John Green,Stanley Appelbaum Pdf

Forty-two carefully researched illustrations depict prehistoric Indians of the Arctic, woodland cultures in the Northeast, cliff dwellers of the Southwest, many more. Ready-to-color scenes include hunting, food-gathering, ceremonies, games, dances, and numerous other aspects of tribal life before the European arrival. Introduction. Captions. Map.

Author : Henry Chapman Mercer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590673994

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The Lenape stone; or, The Indian and the mammoth by Henry Chapman Mercer Pdf

Author : Henry C. Mercer
Publisher : New York, G. P. Putnam's sons
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010402472

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The Lenape Stone; Or, The Indian and the Mammoth by Henry C. Mercer Pdf

Author : Jon E. Lewis
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780339184

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The Mammoth Book of Combat by Jon E. Lewis Pdf

Over a hundred eyewitness accounts of the reality of combat from some of the finest writers of the last century and our own. Lucid, vivid, complex images of conflict, from Walt Whitman on the American Civil War to contemporary reporting from Afghanistan. The collection includes Martha Gellhorn on the Battle of the Bulge, Michael Herr at Khe Sanh, David Rohde's and Anthony Shadid's Pulitzer-winning accounts of Bosnia and Iraq respectively, Christina Lamb's famous account of being under fire from the Taliban, Robert Fisk on being attacked in Afghanistan, and Nicholas Tomalin's 'The General Goes Zapping Charlie Kong' (one of the inspirations for Apocalypse Now) among many other pieces of exceptional war reporting.

Author : Barbara M. Linde,Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534560376

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Native Americans in Early North America by Barbara M. Linde,Don Nardo Pdf

Native peoples of the United States and Canada have rich histories and traditions that help them maintain varied cultural identities in modern society. In the past, white Americans attempted to hide or eradicate these cultures. Today we know that they should instead be celebrated. The artifacts and customs of these early civilizations are presented to readers through full-color photographs and primary sources, and a detailed timeline places historical events in chronological order. Readers will enjoy learning about the vibrant past of cultures that are still active today.