A Companion to American Indian History [Paperback]

A Companion to American Indian History captures the thematic breadth of Native American history over the last forty years. Twenty-five original essays by leading scholars in the field, both American Indian and non-American Indian, bring an exciting modern perspective to Native American histories that were at one time related exclusively by Euro-American settlers.

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• Contains 25 original essays by leading experts in Native American history.
  
• Covers the breadth of American Indian history, including contacts with settlers, religion, family, economy, law, education, gender issues, and culture.
  
• Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic.
  
• Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.

List of Contributors vii

Introduction 1

1 Historiography 6
Philip J. Deloria

PART ONE: CONTACTS 25

2 First Contacts 27
John E. Kicza

3 Wag the Imperial Dog: Indians and Overseas Empires in North America, 1650–1776 46
Gregory Evans Dowd

4 Health, Disease, and Demography 68
Russell Thornton

PART TWO: NATIVE PRACTICE AND BELIEF 85

5 Native American Systems of Knowledge 87
Clara Sue Kidwell

6 Native American Spirituality: History, Theory, and Reformulation 103
Lee Irwin

7 Indians and Christianity 121
Willard Hughes Rollings

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