Native Americans (1451-2017) / editor, Michael Shally-Jensen, PhD.

This title covers important historical documents from influential figures in Native American history. Readers will find in-depth analysis of a broad range of historical documents, including speeches, letters, legislation, court cases, and other sources about Native Americans. The set provides detail...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shally-Jensen, Michael (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, Massachusetts : [Amenia, New York] : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Grey House Publishing, [2017]
Edition:[First edition].
Series:Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > History > Sources.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Sources.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > Sources.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc.
History.
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Early Encounters and Conflicts
  • Iroquois Thanksgiving Address
  • Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America
  • John Smith: The Generall Historie of Virginia
  • Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
  • Appeal to Choctaws and Chickasaws
  • Memorial to Congress
  • Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
  • Worcester v. Georgia
  • Western Wars and Aftermaths
  • Battle of Sand Creek: Editorials and Congressional Testimony
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie
  • Status Report on the Condition of the Navajos
  • Accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn
  • Address of the Lake Mohonk Conference on Indian Affairs
  • Dawes Severalty Act
  • Trouble on the Paiute Reservation
  • Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts
  • New Lives and Circumstances
  • Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood
  • The Surrender of Geronimo
  • The Ghost Dance Religion - Wovoka's "Messiah Letter" and Z.A. Parker's "The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota"
  • Edward S. Curtis: Introduction to The North American Indian
  • A New Deal for American Indians
  • Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment
  • Indian Civil Rights Act
  • Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: Proclamation
  • "Trail of Broken Treaties" Twenty-Point Position Paper
  • American Indian Movement--National Operational Goal
  • President Gerald Ford's Statement on Signing the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975
  • American Indian Religious Freedom Act
  • Later Developments
  • Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
  • Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Memorandum Opinion re. Vacatur