The Native American Experience
Author | : Jay Wertz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 0233003126 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780233003122 |
Rating | : 4/5 (122 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Native American Experience written by Jay Wertz and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based in part on interviews with notable Native Americans-including Adam Fortunate Eagle, Johnny Bear Contreas, and Waneek Horn-Miller-and featuring removable facsimiles of rare documents from U.S. archives and private collections, this is a powerful you-are-there account of American history as seen through the eyes of the people who were here first. Readers will gain a whole new perspective on the past as they share the outlook of those who view the discovery of America as one of history's great tragedies.Facsimile documents include: An issue of "The Cherokee Phoenix" newspaper from 1828 A seventeenth century map of the New World President Lincoln's hand-written pardon of 38 Dakota warriors Top-secret Navajo Code Talker documents from the Second World War And much more "