Atlas of Indian Nations is a comprehensive resource for those interested in Native American history and culture. Told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography, this is the story of American Indians that only National Geographic can tell. Organized by region, this encyclopedic reference details Indian tribes in these areas: beliefs, sustenance, shelter, alliances and animosities, key historical events, and more. See the linguistic groupings and understand the constantly shifting, overlapping boundaries of the tribes. Follow the movement, growth, decline, and continuity of Indian nations and their lifestyles.
Includes bibliographical references (page 303) and index.
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Introduction -- NORTHEAST : Natives and Puritans - The European invasion - The Fur trade - Early contact in the northeast - Battle of the Monogahela - The Iroquois League - The Black hawk war - Tribal Histories -- SOUTHEAST - Moundville - The Secotan and the lost colony - The Five civilized tribes - The Trail of Tears - Land grabs and resistance - Tribal histories -- ARCTIC AND SUBARTIC : First Arctic encounters - Finding the North Pole - Hudson Bay fur trade - Russian America : company controlled - Tribal Histories -- PLAINS : The Horse in North America - Mapping Indian Lands - Wars for the Plains - The Sand Creek Massacre - Quest for Metis Independence in Canada - Battle of the Little Bighorn - Wars for the Black Hills - The Wounded Knee Massacre - Dwindling Buffalo Herds - Tribal histories -- SOUTHWEST : The Pueblo revolt of 1680 - The Santa Fe Trail - Chaco Canyon - Mexico, America and the Apache - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Apache resistance - The Long walk of the Navajo - Tribal histories -- GREAT BASIN AND PLATEAU : Jedediah Smith - Father Pierre-Jean de Smet - Flight for Freedom - Conflicts in the Great Basin and Plateau - Battle of Four Lakes - Tribal Histories -- NORTHWEST COAST : The Battle of Sitka - Creating Borders - The Oregon Trail - Northwest Gold Rush - Whaling in the Northwest - Tribal histories -- CALIFORNIA : Fremont Expeditions - The California Gold Rush - Klamath River Tribes - The Modoc Wars - California Missions - Tribal Histories -- Appendix.
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