Description:'NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY FOR DUMMIES' introduces listeners/readers to the thousand-year-plus history of the first inhabitants of North America and explains their influence on the European settlement of the continent. Covering the history and customs of the scores of tribes that once populated the land, this friendly guide features vivid studies of the lives of such icons as Pocahontas, Sitting Bull, and Sacagawea; discusses warfare and famous battles, offering new perspectives from both battle lines; and includes new archaeological and forensic evidence, as well as oral histories that show events from the perspective of these indigenous peoples. The author will work in concert with Native American authorities, institutions, and historical experts to provide a wide range of insight and information. Dorothy Lippert (Arlington, VA), a member of the Choctaw nation, is the supervising archaeologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. She is a lecturer on Native American topics and a contributor to journals including American Indian Quarterly and Smithsonian magazine. Stephen J. Spignesi (East Haven, CT) is the author or coauthor of 40 nonfiction books.RUNNING TIME ⇒ 13hrs. and 43mins.©2008 Wiley Publishing, Inc. (P)2020 TantorWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Native American History for Dummies. To get started finding Native American History for Dummies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: 'NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY FOR DUMMIES' introduces listeners/readers to the thousand-year-plus history of the first inhabitants of North America and explains their influence on the European settlement of the continent. Covering the history and customs of the scores of tribes that once populated the land, this friendly guide features vivid studies of the lives of such icons as Pocahontas, Sitting Bull, and Sacagawea; discusses warfare and famous battles, offering new perspectives from both battle lines; and includes new archaeological and forensic evidence, as well as oral histories that show events from the perspective of these indigenous peoples. The author will work in concert with Native American authorities, institutions, and historical experts to provide a wide range of insight and information. Dorothy Lippert (Arlington, VA), a member of the Choctaw nation, is the supervising archaeologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. She is a lecturer on Native American topics and a contributor to journals including American Indian Quarterly and Smithsonian magazine. Stephen J. Spignesi (East Haven, CT) is the author or coauthor of 40 nonfiction books.RUNNING TIME ⇒ 13hrs. and 43mins.©2008 Wiley Publishing, Inc. (P)2020 TantorWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Native American History for Dummies. To get started finding Native American History for Dummies, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.