The Native Peoples of North America

by Johansen, Bruce E.

• ISBN13: 9780813538990
• ISBN10: 0813538998
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-25
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	xi
1 Early Indigenous North America: An Overview	1	(54)
2 Mexico and Mesoamerica: Beginnings to European Contact	55	(46)
3 Native America Meets Europe: The Colonial Era	101	(56)
4 The Transfer of Ideas: Native Confederacies and the Evolution of Democracy	157	(24)
5 The Explosion Westward: The Accelerating Speed of Frontier Movement	181	(38)
6 The Northwest Coast and California	219	(26)
7 The Frontier Closes on the Southwest and Great Plains	245	(50)
8 The Rise of the "Vanishing Race": Native American Adaptations to Assimilation	295	(46)
9 A People's Revival-1961 to 1990: Native Self-Determination	341	(18)
10 Majority Culture Borrowings from Native American Peoples and Cultures	359	(26)
11 Contemporary Issues in Native America	385	(62)
Selected Bibliography	447	(26)
Index	473
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Introduction	1	(10)
Karen Sue Smith
Contributing Authors	11	(2)
1. Spirituality for Church Ministers	13	(12)
James J. Bacik
2. First the Dying	25	(6)
Patricia H. Livingston
3. The Power of Gravity: Shaping a Personal Spirituality for Ministry	31	(10)
Doris Donnelly
4. It All Begins in Baptism: Spirituality for Lay Ecclesial Ministry	41	(12)
Edward P. Hahnenberg
5. Five Moves for the Long Haul	53	(10)
Ronald Rolheiser
6. Participating in the Mission of Word and Spirit	63	(14)
Michael Downey
7. Spirituality: Diverse Paths, Common Themes	77
Susan K. Wood