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A comprehensive andfascinating account ofthe graceful Algonquincivilization that onceflourished in the area thatis now New York.
Profiles Manhattan Island's first residents, the Munsee Indians, from their first interactions with European settlers in 1524 to the group's relocation to reservations in the Midwest and Canada during the eighteenth century.
Yet state land continued to encroach the Six Nations. Local historian Cindy Amrhein takes a close and critical view of these transactions.
Describes the origins, history, and culture of the Native Americans who lived in and near what is now New York state, and whose languages were included in the Algonquian group, from prehistory to the present.
Winner of the 2021 Bancroft Prize and the 2021 Ridenhour Book Prize Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction Named a Top Ten Best Book of 2020 by the Washington Post and Publishers Weekly and a New York Times Critics' Top ...
Describes the history of the Delaware Indians, their social life, religion, encounter with Europeans, and the Native Americans today.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is the essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era.
Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.