Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History

Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History
ISBN-10
0874179106
ISBN-13
9780874179101
Series
Great Basin Indians
Category
Social Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2013-06-15
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Author
Michael Hittman

Description

The Native American inhabitants of North America’s Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America’s most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.

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