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Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Native young people and elders pray in sweat lodges at the Ocťi Sakw̤in camp, the North Dakota landscape outside blanketed in snow. In Oregon, white men and women in army surplus and western gear, some draped in the American flag, gather in the buildings of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. The world witnessed two standoffs in 2016: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest against an oil pipeline in North Dakota and the armed takeover of Oregon's Malheur...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Presents a narrative history of the First Dragoon Regiment, from its inception in 1833 to the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848"--
"Having banished eastern Native peoples to lands west of the Mississippi, President Andrew Jackson's government by 1833 needed a new type of soldier to keep displaced Indians from returning home. And so the 1st Dragoons came into being. Will and John Gorenfeld tell their story--an epic of exploration, conquest,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This revealing book examines how Native peoples have been displaced throughout history in the United States and Canada through treaties, empty promises, and military force. Close examination of primary sources featuring both Native and non-Native viewpoints reveals the attitudes and opinions of the time that led to thousands being displaced and cultures being threatened. Topics covered include government relations and policies, as well as the creation...
Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
If you want to know why American Indians, have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are, two and a half times more, likely to be raped than the national average and why gang, violence affects American Indian youth more, than any other group, do not look to history. There is no doubt, that white settlers, devastated Indian communities in the 19th, and early 20th...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Native American story is as diverse and unique as each individual and as powerful as a common community connected by adversity, wisdom, spirituality, and destiny. Indigenous people are working to connect to their roots, counter stereotypes, and highlight the important contributions made by the nation's original inhabitants"--
75) The wild frontier: atrocities during the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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