Central America was the only part of the far-reaching Spanish Empire in continental America not to experience destructive independence wars in the period between 1810 and 1824. The essays in this volu
Between 1876 and 1877, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the Great Sioux War. After the defeat of Custer at the Little Bi
A bison and a bobtailed horse race across the sky, raising a trail of dust behind them—leaving in their wake the Milky Way to forever mark their path. An unknown Arapaho teller shared this account wit
Phyllis Ursula James. Nora O’Mara. Róisín Ní Mhéara. Like her name, the life of Rosaleen James changed many times as she followed a convoluted path from abandoned child, to foster daughter of an arist
Mexico’s indigenous people speak a number of rich and complex languages today, as they did before the arrival of the Spanish. Yet a common misperception is that Mayas have no languages of their own, o
Best known to Americans as the “singing cowboy,” beloved entertainer Gene Autry (1907–1998) appeared in countless films, radio broadcasts, television shows, and other venues. While Autry’s name and a
In the past, an excavated musket ball might simply have been catalogued as either a “spherical lead bullet” or an “impacted bullet.” But each recovered ball, far from being a mere lump of lead, is a p
Few casual readers of American history are aware of Fort Union, New Mexico, and its history. Many would probably confuse it with another Fort Union on the headwaters of the Missouri—also important, bu
The Cherokees are celebrated for their political and social achievements. But the fact that the Cherokee nationalism was formulated long before the nineteenth century has been overlooked. From 1740 un
Indigenous students learn and retain more when teachers value the language and culture of the students’ community and incorporate them into the curriculum. This is a principle enshrined in the UN Decl
While Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses and driving forty-two small German religious sects underground, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
A bison and a bobtailed horse race across the sky, raising a trail of dust behind them—leaving in their wake the Milky Way to forever mark their path. An unknown Arapaho teller shared this account wit
According to a dichotomy commonly found in studies of American Indians, some noble Native people defiantly defend their pristine indigenous traditions in honor of their ancestors, while others in weak
Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. After he was hanged as a murderer in 1875, the Chicago Tribune called him "the most noted desperado of modern ti
In the first book to focus on relations between Indians and emigrants on the overland trails, Michael L. Tate shows that such encounters were far more often characterized by cooperation than by confli
The outpouring of Native American literature that followed the publication of N. Scott Momaday’s Pulitzer Prize–winning House Made of Dawn in 1968 continues unabated. Fiction and poetry, autobiography
"During the century following George Washington's presidency, the United States fought at least forty wars with various Indian tribes, averaging one conflict every two and a half years. Warrior Nation
The exodus of the Northern Cheyennes in 1878 and 1879, an attempt to flee from Indian Territory to their Montana homeland, is an important event in American Indian history. It is equally important in
Mark Twain is revealed here in an entirely new autobiographical light from his own writings as they reflect his career, his thinking, and his humor. This volume captures the grandeur that distinguishe
Despite having greatly influenced Mormon thought and expansion through his missionary work in California and Latin America, Parley L. Pratt (1807-1857) has received little scholarly attention, writes
Folklorist, writer, editor, regionalist, cultural activist—Benjamin Albert Botkin (1901–1975) was an American intellectual who made a mark on the twentieth century, even though most people may be unaw
An in-depth biological overview of a fascinating group of waterfowl'Paul A. Johnsgard’s first glimpse of a North American ruddy duck?a chestnut-brown bird with a blue bill, black head, and white cheek
For more than four hundred years in New Mexico, Pueblo Indians and Spaniards have lived “together yet apart.” Now the preeminent historian of that region’s colonial past offers a fresh, balanced look
Author Dickinson tells the story of Tommy Thompson, a Cherokee Indian who became a star college football player and later a legendary football coach. Thompson attended a government-run boarding school
How southwestern Indian peoples adapted to European conquestThe Indian Southwest, 1580?1830 demonstrates that, in the face of European conquest, severe drought, and disease, Indians in the Southwest p
A world traveler, Isabella Bird recorded her 1873 visit to Colorado Territory in her classic travel narrative, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. This work inspired Robert Root’s own discovery of
A common stereotype about American Indians is that for centuries they lived in stataic harmony with nature in a pristine wilderness that remained unchanged until European colonization. Omer C. Stewar
Links modern political theorists with the Romans who inspired themRoman contributions to political theory have been acknowledged primarily in the province of law and administration. Even with a growin
Gauging the impact of one scholar’s contributions to modern archaeologyFor an appreciation of the growth of American archaeology over the second half of the twentieth century, one need look no further
This is a paperbound reprint of a 1982 book. Peroff (public administration, U. of Missouri-Kansas City) recounts the U.S. government's 1961 termination of the Oklahoma Menominee Indian's federal statu
Most fort histories end when the military lowers the flag for the last time and the soldiers march out. In contrast, Fort Robinsonoccupied and used for more than fifty years since its abandonment by t
Among historians of Utah and the American West, few names have greater resonance than Bernard DeVoto, Dale Morgan, Juanita Brooks, Wallace Stegner, and Fawn Brodie. Each of these writers made enduring
Few places provided a more storied backdrop for key events related to the high plains Indian wars than had Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Established in 1874 just south of the Black Hills, Fort Robinson wit
In this book, Barton Barbour presents the first comprehensive history of Fort Union, the nineteenth century’s most important and longest-lived Upper Missouri River fur trading post. Barbour explores t
In the early 1970s, the federal government began recognizing self-determination for American Indian nations. As sovereign entities, Indian nations have been able to establish policies concerning healt
What do the pyramids of Egypt really represent? What could have driven so many to so great, and often so dangerous, an effort? Was the motivation religious or practical?Richly illustrated with more th
