Indians of the United States

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Indians of the United States

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.97

Description

Indians of the United States has a subtitle, Four Centuries of Their History and Culture. The first Indians crossed from Siberia to Alaska ten thousand years before 1492, The fateful four centuries which saw the American Indian at the height of his strength and culture and at the depths of his humiliation are the subject of this definitive book. Dr. Wissler portrays the struggle of the Indians to resist the advancing frontier, describes their mode of life and its modifications that are the result of residing among white people, and finally gives some account of the Indian personalities of the time. This interpretation does not conclude with the subjugation of the Indians by the white man, but understandingly describes the way the Indians now live, their contributions to our culture and their role in our future. An appendix and an index is included. Dr. Wissler is the curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. This book is from the Don Reynolds collection. 319/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pueblos, Government policy, Totem poles

Search Terms

Prehistoric America, Natural History, History of Native Americans in North America, Native American, Algonquin, Iroquois, Pawnee, Natchez, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Sioux, Chinook, Nez Perce, Apache, Navaho, Ute, Arapaho, Shoshoni, Cheyenne, Clothing

Book Details

Author

Clark Wissler Wissler

Place Published

City

Garden City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1940

Call No.

Ethnology WI

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good