American Indians in the Early West
- ISBN-10
- 1851098240
- ISBN-13
- 9781851098248
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 327
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-03-10
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Sandra K. Mathews-Benham
Description
Thousands of years of American Indian history are covered in this work, from the first migrations into North America, through the development of specific tribal identities, to the turbulent first centuries of encounters with European settlers up until 1800. • Images, diagrams, drawings, and photographs illustrate and photographs show the diversity of regional and cultural attributes of numerous American Indian tribes and their homelands • Regional maps illuminate the diversity of topography of the Southwest, Plains, Plateau, Northwest, and Alaskan regions
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