Indians of the United States, Revised Edition. Part 1: Indian in Prehistoric America. Part 2: Great Indian Families, Part 3: Indian Life in General. Traces the history and culture of the American Indian from prehistoric to modern time. Documents the arrival of Indian's Asian ancestors in North America over 10000 years ago and the Indian's subsequent settling on the continent. A broad survey of tribes and cultures of all the great Indian language families. The author portrays the Indian struggle to resit the advancing frontier of the white man, re-creates the Indian's original modes of life and their modifications through contact with a new civilization, and concludes with a thoughtful assessment of the Indian's role in 20th century America.
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History of Indians in America, Native American, Ethnology
