Warfare, Economy, and Technology

by Dwyer, Helen

• ISBN13: 9781933834801
• ISBN10: 1933834803
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Brown Bear Books/Joe Hollander

Summary

An extensive survey of all aspects of Native American economy, from the growing or hunting of food to the manufacture and trade of goods and the development of early forms of currency, along with warfare, which among many native peoples was at least in part an economic activity.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Agriculture	p. 6
Alcohol	p. 10
Birchbark	p. 12
Bows and Arrows	p. 14
Buffalo	p. 16
Canoes	p. 19
Clothing	p. 21
Corn	p. 25
Counting Coup	p. 28
Feathers for Warriors	p. 29
Firearms	p. 31
Fishing	p. 33
Food	p. 35
Fur Trade	p. 38
Gathering	p. 40
Horses	p. 42
Hunter-Gatherers	p. 45
Hunting	p. 47
Indian Wars	p. 49
King George's War	p. 53
King Philip's War	p. 55
King William's War	p. 57
Little Bighorn	p. 59
Medicine	p. 63
Modoc War	p. 66
Nez Percé War	p. 68
Pequot War	p. 70
Peyote	p. 72
Pontiac's War	p. 73
Population Density	p. 75
Pottery	p. 77
Poverty	p. 80
Powhatan Wars	p. 83
Queen Anne's War	p. 84
Salmon	p. 85
Scalping	p. 86
Scouts	p. 87
Shields	p. 88
Tobacco	p. 90
Tomahawk	p. 92
Trade	p. 93
Travois	p. 96
Wampum	p. 98
War Costumes	p. 99
Warrior Societies	p. 101
Warriors	p. 103
Glossary	p. 106
Further Research	p. 108
Index	p. 110
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