The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast

Kathleen Bragdon

Published by Columbia University Press 2005

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast

Kathleen Bragdon

In the series The Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture

https://doi.org/10.7312/brag11452

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About this book

An overview of the cultures and histories of Northeastern Indian people that surveys the key scholarly debates that shape this field and offers an alphabetical listing of important individuals and places of significant cultural or historic meaning.

Descriptions of Indian peoples of the Northeast date to the Norse sagas, centuries before permanent European settlement, and the region has been the setting for a long history of contact, conflict, and accommodation between natives and newcomers. The focus of an extraordinarily vital field of scholarship, the Northeast is important both historically and theoretically: patterns of Indian-white relations that developed there would be replicated time and again over the course of American history. Today the Northeast remains the locus of cultural negotiation and controversy, with such subjects as federal recognition, gaming, land claims, and repatriation programs giving rise to debates directly informed by archeological and historical research of the region.

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast is a concise and authoritative reference resource to the history and culture of the varied indigenous peoples of the region. Encompassing the very latest scholarship, this multifaceted volume is divided into four parts. Part I presents an overview of the cultures and histories of Northeastern Indian people and surveys the key scholarly questions and debates that shape this field. Part II serves as an encyclopedia, alphabetically listing important individuals and places of significant cultural or historic meaning. Part III is a chronology of the major events in the history of American Indians in the Northeast. The expertly selected resources in Part IV include annotated lists of tribes, bibliographies, museums and sites, published sources, Internet sites, and films that can be easily accessed by those wishing to learn more.

Author / Editor information

Kathleen J. Bragdon is professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary. She is the author of Native Peoples of Southern New England, 1500-1650.

Reviews

Louis J. Kern, Hofstra University:
Bragdon's Guide should become an essential work in any college or research library.

Not only a broad overview... but also a partially annotated listing of materials for further research.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
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Part I. The Northeast: An Overview
Chapter 1. Overview of the Northeast Culture Area Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. The Northeast During the Period of European Exploration and Colonization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
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Chapter 4. The Northeast: 1850 to the Present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Part II. People, Places, and Events in Northeast Native History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Part III. Historical Timeline for the Northeast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Part IV. Resource Guide to Research and Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 25
- Other: 25 illus

eBook

Published: July 6, 2005
ISBN: 9780231504355