Native roots
Subtitle: how the Indians enriched America
By: Jack Weatherford.
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780449907139
Subjects: Indians of North America.; United States -- Civilization -- Indian influences.; North America -- Civilization -- Indian influences.
Table of contents: title: The road to Tuktoyaktuk; title: Pyramids on the Mississippi; title: Women (and a few men) who led the way; title: Firestorm; title: The tree in American history; title: Hunting; title: How the fur trade shaped the American economy; title: Beads and buildings; title: Corn, cotton, and tobacco; title: The trade in Indian slaves; title: Fishing for food and profit; title: Guerrillas and warriors; title: America's patron saint; title: Americanization of the English language; title: The naming of North America; title: North America's Inca historian; title: Intellectual mining; title: Mixed-blood nation; title: The white roots of peace.