Native America from Prehistory to First Contact

by Carlisle, Rodney P.

• ISBN13: 9781851098293
• ISBN10: 1851098291
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-15
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

This work is a fascinating history of precontact North America, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternative history-what if key facts were different?-to help develop critical thinking skills.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Introduction	xiii
Peopling North America	1	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	1	(3)
Turning Point	4	(1)
Actual History	5	(7)
Alternate History	12	(9)
Discussion Questions	18	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	19	(2)
Pacific Northwest Culture	21	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	21	(6)
Turning Point	27	(2)
Actual History	29	(5)
Alternate History	34	(7)
Discussion Questions	38	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	39	(2)
California and Intermountain Culture	41	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	41	(2)
Turning Point	43	(3)
Actual History	46	(8)
Alternate History	54	(7)
Discussion Questions	59	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	59	(2)
The Plains Culture	61	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	61	(6)
Turning Point	67	(1)
Actual History	68	(7)
Alternate History	75	(6)
Discussion Questions	79	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	79	(2)
The Southwest Culture	81	(22)
Turning Point
Introduction	81	(4)
Turning Point	85	(2)
Actual History	87	(9)
Alternate History	96	(7)
Discussion Questions	100	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	101	(2)
The Woodlands Culture	103	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	103	(5)
Turning Point	108	(4)
Actual History	112	(5)
Alternate History	117	(6)
Discussion Questions	121	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	122	(1)
First Contacts	123	(20)
Turning Point
Introduction	123	(5)
Turning Point	128	(1)
Actual History	129	(5)
Alternate History	134	(9)
Discussion Questions	139	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	140	(3)
First Settlements	143	(18)
Turning Point
Introduction	143	(2)
Turning Point	145	(4)
Actual History	149	(7)
Alternate History	156	(5)
Discussion Questions	158	(1)
Bibliography and Further Reading	159	(2)
Appendix Native American Myths, Narratives, and Songs	161	(42)
Introduction	161	(9)
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Seneca)	170	(1)
The Jicarilla Genesis (Jicarilla Apache)	171	(2)
The Age of the Gods, or The Story of the Twins (A. The People of the Stone Houses; B. When the Coyote Married the Maiden; C. The Maiden Who Became a Bear; D. The Story of the Last Great Grief, the Swallow People of Mesa Verde; E. The Story of the Four Last Ills) (Navajo)	173	(3)
Story of the Deluge (Tsimshian)	176	(2)
The Giants (Chippewa)	178	(1)
Story of the Ka'ckle Qoan (Tlingit)	178	(2)
The Trickster Becomes a Dish (Lillooet)	180	(1)
Myth of the White Buffalo Woman (Sioux)	181	(2)
The Hunter and Selu (Cherokee)	183	(1)
Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo)	183	(1)
Origin of Disease and Medicine (Cherokee)	184	(1)
A Prayer of the Fourth Day of the Night Chant (Navajo)	185	(1)
The Story of San'hode'di's Medicine (Navajo)	186	(1)
Tsegu'ksku [or the First Visitation of Smallpox] (Tsimshian)	187	(1)
Story of the Shaman, G.A'ndox's-Father (Haida)	188	(1)
First Ship Seen by the Clatsop (Chinook)	189	(1)
How the Spaniards Came to Shung-opovi, How They Built a Mission, and How the Hopi Destroyed the Mission (Hopi)	190	(2)
[Legend of the Peacemakers] (Iroquois)	192	(4)
Cornplanter and Washington (Iroquois)	196	(1)
How the White Race Came to America and Why the Gai'wiio' became a Necessity (Iroquois)	197	(1)
First Impressions of Civilization (Sioux)	198	(3)
Songs of the Ghost Dance (Arapaho, Sioux, Paiute, Kiowa)	201	(2)
Chronology of Native America	203	(20)
Resources	223	(4)
Index	227