Native North American almanac
By: Cynthia Rose and Duane Champagne, editors
Publisher: UXL; Gale Group
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [Detroit, Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780810398207; 9780810398146; 9780810398153
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Indians of North America
Description: Covers the range of Native history and culture in the U.S. and Canada. Includes a chronology, demographic and distribution descriptions and histories and discussions.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Reader's guide; title: Note on terminology: Is Indian the right name?; title: Picture credits; title: Words to know; title: Vol.1: Brief overview of Native North American History: Early immigration to European contact: Archaeology and history; title: 11,000 B.C. to 8000 B.C.: Paleo-Indian age; title: 8000 B.C.: Archaic age begins; title: 2500 B.C. to European contact; title: Cultural centers built between 1000 and 1500; title: European contact; title: U.S. Native American populations and their lands: Demographic study:  Population changes in the sixteenth century; title: Seventeenth century; title: Eighteenth century; title: Nineteenth century; title: Twentieth century; title: Native groups of the Northeast: With an introduction to the study of major culture areas: Introduction to the study of major culture areas; title: Culture groups of the northeastern United States: overview; title: Iroquoian peoples; title: Native groups of the Southwest: Major culture areas: Southeast culture before European contact; title: European contact; title: Cherokee; title: Native groups of the Southwest: Major culture areas: Early Southwest culture; title: Navajo nation; title: Hopi; title: Pueblo villages of New Mexico; title: Native groups of the Northern Plains: Major culture areas: Migration to the plains; title: Plains culture; title: Destruction of the Plains culture.; title: Native groups of the Northwest coast: Major culture areas: Diverse populations of the Northwest coast; title: Similarities and differences among the cultures; title: Alaska; title: British Columbia; title: Western Washington and Oregon; title: Native groups in Alaska: Major culture areas: Traditional Alaska life; title: Russian Colonialism; title: American Colonialism; title: Land claims; title: Social and economic profile of Alaska natives; title: Native groups of Oklahoma: Major culture areas: Indian territory; title: New state of Oklahoma; title: Native groups of the Plateau, Great Basin and the Rocky mountains: Major culture areas; title: Lewis and Clark expedition; title: European settlement; title: Ghost dance; title: Relocation; title: Native groups of California: Major culture areas: Early culture; title: European contact; title: Spanish colonization; title: Gold Rush and white settlers; title: Twentieth century; title: Canada's native people and their lands: Major culture areas: Culture groups in Canada; title: Indians; title: Algonkian of eastern Canada; title: Iroquoian of the eastern Great Lakes; title: Indians of the Plains; title: Plateau; title: Athapaskan of the western subarctic; title: Inuit; title: Metis; title: Urbanization: Native Americans move to the cities: Non-reservation Indians in the United States; title: Canadian urbanization; title: Law, treaties, and land claims: Native law; title: Treaties; title: Treaties between the United States and Native Indians; title: Legal status of Native people in the United States - Canadian treaties, land claims , and the legal status of First Nations; title: Land claims (Canada); title: Legal status of aboriginal peoples.; title: Vol.2: Religion: What is religion for Native Americans?; title: Native American religious beliefs; title: Native American mythology; title: Art as sacred expression; title: American Indian clowns; title: Religious beliefs since European occupation; title: Native American church; title: Revitalization movements; title: Native economics: Native economic systems before Columbus; title: Era of profitable trade with Europeans; title: Reservation economics; title: U.S. Indian Labor; title: U.S. government assistance to American Indians; title: Native North American languages: Language families; title: Geographic and language areas; title: Language and culture; title: Writing systems; title: Preserving Native American languages; title: Native American education: Formal education: religious, federal, and Indian; title: U.S. Indian higher education; title: Education among the First Nations in Canada; title: Native American heritage: Healers and healing; title: Modern and traditional ways; title: European contact and Native American health; title: Contemporary native health in the United States; title: Contemporary native health in Canada; title: Native Americans and the environment: Environmental issues in Canada; title: Art: What is Native American art?; title: Native North American art history; title: Contemporary native North American art; title: Ceremonies, rituals, festivals, music, and dance; title: Native American literature: Creation myths; title: Trickster stories and myths; title: Legends and coup stories; title: Rituals, songs, and chants; title: Speeches; title: Life histories and autobiographies; title: Fiction and poetry; title: Media: Indians in film and theater; title: Activism: Native peoples protest loss of lands and right: Activism in the United States; title: Canadian activism.