Major Problems in American Indian History Documents and Essays

by Hurtado, Albert; Iverson, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780618068548
• ISBN10: 0618068546
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This text presents a carefully selected group of readings, on topics such as European encounters and contemporary Native American activism, that allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Interpreting the Indian Past	1	(17)
Essays
Ethics and Responsibilities in Writing American Indian History	2	(6)
Donald L. Fixico
Indian Peoples and the Natural World: Asking the Right Questions	8	(9)
Richard White
Further Reading	17	(1)
Indian History Before Columbus	18	(38)
Documents
A Pueblo Song of the Sky Loom, n.d.	19	(1)
Maidu Account of the Beginning of the World, n.d.	20	(1)
A Skagit Belief About the Origins of the World, n.d.	21	(2)
The Arikaras Describe Their Origins, n.d.	23	(1)
The Iroquois Depict the World on the Turtle's Back, n.d.	24	(5)
Essays
The Indians' Old World: Native Americans and the Coming of Europeans	29	(15)
Neal Salisbury
Towns, Mounds, and Kachinas	44	(10)
Stephen Plog
Further Reading	54	(2)
Indians and Europeans Meet	56	(37)
Documents
Columbus on the Indians' ``Discovery'' of the Spanish, 1492	57	(1)
Spain Requires the Indians to Submit to Spanish Authority, 1513	58	(1)
Augustin Rodriguez Describes the Rio Grande Pueblos, 1581-1582	59	(1)
Jacques Cartier on the Micmacs Meeting the French, 1534	60	(1)
Powhatan Speaks to Captain John Smith, 1609	61	(1)
William Bradford on Samoset, Squanto, Massasoit, and the Pilgrims, 1620	62	(1)
Essays
Early Native North American Responses to European Contact	63	(14)
Bruce G. Trigger
The Indians' New World: The Catawba Experience	77	(14)
James H. Merrell
Further Reading	91	(2)
The Southern Borderlands	93	(41)
Documents
Pedro Naranjo's (Keresan Pueblo) Explanation of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, 1681	94	(3)
Juan (Tiwa Pueblo) Explains the Pueblo Revolt, 1681	97	(1)
A Luiseno Recollection of Mission Life, 1835	98	(2)
A Costanoan Account to the Murder of a Missionary, 1812	100	(4)
Essays
Pope, Pose-yemu, and Naranjo: A New Look at Leadership in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680	104	(11)
Stefanie Beninato
The Staff of Leadership: Indian Authority in the Missions of Alta California	115	(17)
Steven W. Hackel
Further Reading	132	(2)
The Northern Borderlands	134	(29)
Documents
Joseph Fish Preaches to the Narragansett Indians, 1768	135	(2)
Samson Occom (Mohegan) Gives a Short Narrative of His Life, 1768	137	(1)
Christien LeClerq (Micmac) Responds to the French, 1677	138	(2)
J. B. Truteau's Description of Indian Women on the Upper Missouri, 1794	140	(2)
James Sutherland Notes Canadian Traders Who Wish to Buy an Indian Slave, 1797	142	(1)
Essays
The Role of Native American Women in the Fur Trade Society of Western Canada, 1670-1830	143	(6)
Sylvia Van Kirk
Changing Conditions of Life for Indian Women in Eighteenth-Century New England	149	(11)
Jean M. O'Brien (Ojibwe)
Further Reading	160	(3)
New Nations, New Boundaries: American Revolution in Indian Country	163	(36)
Documents
Speech of Congress to Visiting Iroquois Delegation, 1776	164	(1)
Nathaniel Gist of Virginia Addresses the Cherokee Chiefs, 1777	165	(1)
Dragging Canoe (Cherokee) Replies to Colonel Gist, 1777	166	(1)
Mary Jemison's (Seneca) Memory of the Revolution, 1775-1779	167	(2)
Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784	169	(2)
Essays
The Aftermath of the Revolution in Indian Country	171	(11)
Colin Calloway
The Right to a Name: The Naragansett People and Rhode Island Officials in the Revolutionary Era	182	(15)
Ruth Wallis Herndon
Ella Wilcox Sekatau
Further Reading	197	(2)
Domestic Dependent Nations: Indians in the New Republic	199	(29)
Documents
Northwest Ordinance, 1787	200	(1)
Little Turtle (Miami) on the Treaty of Greenville, 1795	201	(1)
Tecumseh (Shawnee) Speaks Out Against Land Cessions, 1810	202	(1)
Indian Commissioner Thomas L. McKenney Explains Removal, 1828	203	(1)
Speckled Snake's (Cherokee) Reply to President Jackson, 1830	204	(1)
Cherokee Editor Elias Boudinot Opposes Removal, 1828	204	(1)
Pierre Chardon on Sex and Marriage with Indians on the Upper Missouri River, 1836-1839	205	(1)
Friederich Kurz Gives a Romantic View of Indian-White Love, 1849	206	(1)
Essays
American Indians on the Cotton Frontier	207	(10)
Daniel H. Usner, Jr.
Multiple Marriages, Many Relations: Fur Trade Families on the Missouri River	217	(9)
Tanis Thorne
Further Reading	226	(2)
The Trans-Mississippi West Before 1860	228	(48)
Documents
Joseph Antonio Flores Describes the Comanche Destruction of the San Saba Mission in Texas, 1758	229	(1)
A Spanish Official Gives an Analysis of Comanche Power, 1758	230	(1)
Chief Sharitarish Foretells the End of the Pawnee Way of Life, 1822	230	(1)
A California Law for the Government and Protection of the Indians, 1850	231	(3)
William Joseph (Nisenan) Describes the Gold Rush, c. 1849	234	(2)
An Indian Agent Views Conditions in the California Mines, 1854	236	(2)
Essays
The Western Comanche Trade Center: Rethinking the Plains Indian Trade System	238	(19)
Pekka Hamalainen
Indian and White Households on the California Frontier, 1860	257	(17)
Albert L. Hurtado
Further Reading	274	(2)
Indian Perspectives on the Civil War	276	(36)
Documents
Wabasha (Dakota) Explains How Nefarious Trading Practices Caused the 1862 Minnesota War, 1868	277	(2)
Letter from Sarah C. Watie (Cherokee) to Her Husband, Stand Watie, During the Civil War, 1863	279	(1)
Letter from Stand Watie (Cherokee) to His Wife, Sarah C. Watie, 1863	279	(1)
Act of Conscription, Chickasaw Nation, 1864	280	(2)
Proclamation Ordering Conscription in the Chickasaw Nation, 1864	282	(1)
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dennis N. Cooley on the Consequences of the Civil War, 1865	282	(3)
Essays
Deadly Currents: John Ross's Decision of 1861	285	(14)
Ari Kelman
Dakota Sioux Uprising, 1862	299	(12)
Gary Clayton Anderson
Further Reading	311	(1)
Resistance and Transition, 1865-1886	312	(36)
Documents
Allen P. Slickpoo (Nez Perce) Reviews the Nez perce War (1877), recorded 1973	313	(3)
James Harris Guy (Chickasaw) ``The White Man Wants the Indians' Home,'' 1878	316	(1)
Luther Standing Bear (Lakota) Recalls His Experiences at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879	317	(3)
Ace Daklugie, Charlie Smith, and Jasper Kanseah (Chiricahua Apaches) Remember Geronimo, n.d.	320	(2)
Essays
Indian Scouts and Indian Allies in the Frontier Army	322	(11)
David D. Smits
``We Will Make It Our Own Place'': Agriculture and Adaptation at the Grande Ronde Reservation, 1856-1887	333	(13)
Tracy Neal Leavelle
Further Reading	346	(2)
Restrictions and Renewals, 1887-1928	348	(35)
Documents
The General Allotment Act (Dawes Act), 1887	349	(2)
Cherokee Delegates Defend Their Land and Institutions, 1895	351	(3)
The U.S. Supreme Court Supports Indian Water Rights: Winters v. United States, 1908	354	(2)
James Mooney and Francis La Flesche (Omaha) Testify About Peyote, 1918	356	(3)
Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai) On Indian Service in World War I and the Ongoing Struggle for Freedom and Citizenship, 1919	359	(1)
Essays
Ojibwe Children and Boarding Schools	360	(11)
Brenda Child
Crow Families in Transition	371	(10)
Frederick E. Hoxie
Further Reading	381	(2)
Efforts at Reform, 1928-1941	383	(35)
Documents
Lewis Meriam Summarizes the Problems Facing American Indians, 1928	384	(4)
The Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act), 1934	388	(3)
Rupert Costo (Cahuilla) Condemns the Indian New Deal, 1986	391	(2)
Ben Reifel (Brule Lakota) Praises the Legacy of John Collier, 1986	393	(4)
Essays
The Eastern Cherokees and the New Deal	397	(13)
John R. Finger
The Indian New Deal as Mirror of the Future	410	(7)
D'Arcy McNickle
Further Reading	417	(1)
World War II, Termination, and the Foundation for Self-Determination, 1941-1960	418	(34)
Documents
Ella Deloria (Yankton Dakota) On Indian Experiences During World War II, 1944	419	(4)
Ruth Muskrat Bronson (Cherokee) Criticizes the Proposed Termination of Federal Trusteeship, 1955	423	(3)
John Wooden Legs (Northern Cheyenne) Outlines the Fight to Save the Land, 1960	426	(3)
Mary Jacobs (Lumbee) Relates How Her Family Made a Home in Chicago, n.d.	429	(4)
Essays
The Florida Seminoles Confront Termination	433	(11)
Harry A. Kersey, Jr.
Building Toward Self-Determination: Plains and Southwestern Indians in the 1940s and 1950s	444	(6)
Peter Iverson
Further Reading	450	(2)
Taking Control of Lives and Lands, 1961-1980	452	(34)
Documents
Clyde Warrior (Ponca) Delineates Five Types of Indians, 1965	453	(2)
A Proclamation from the Indians of All Tribes, Alcatraz Island, 1969	455	(1)
The Native Alaskan Land Speaks, 1969	456	(1)
Ada Deer (Menominee) Explains How Her People Overturned Termination, 1974	457	(4)
Essay
Eastern Indian Communities Strive for Recognition	461	(11)
Laurence M. Hauptman
Jack Campisi
The Roots of Contemporary Native American Activism	472	(12)
Troy R. Johnson
Further Reading	484	(2)
Continuing Challenges, Continuing Peoples, 1981-1999	486
Documents
Discusses the Challenges of Economic Development, 1988	487
Philip Martin
In Presents a Pawnee Perspective on Repatriation, 1996	490
James Riding
Charlene Teters (Spokane) Asks ``Whose History Do We Celebrate?''	492
Ben Winton (Yaqui) Delineates the Significance of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, 1998	493
Liz Dominguez (Chumash/Yokuts/Luiseno) Hears Ishi's Voice, 1998	497
Essays
Contemporary Indian Economies in New Mexico	499
Steve Larese
Coming Home	503
Arvo Quoetone Mikkanen
Grandmother to Granddaughter: Generations of Oral History in a Dakota Family	514
Angela Cavender Wilson
Further Reading	519