Much needed and long overdue, this reference work gathers the life stories of more than 600 Native Americans. Many of them, like Tecumseh and Crazy Horse, are familiar; many others, from Abomazine to Honayawas to Zotom, are less well known, and their histories are uniformly fascinating. Among other things, you'll learn that Geronimo was a devoted baseball player; that a thriving Indian slave market existed in Los Angeles after the Civil War; and that Crispus Attucks was not only the first African American to die in the American Revolution but was also the first American Indian to do so, for Attucks's mother was a Massachuset. One test of a good encyclopedia is whether it bears reading from start to finish, and this passes with distinction. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up?This extensively researched reference book portrays both Native and non-Native Americans who are significant in Native American culture and history. Each easy-to-read entry includes the name, tribe, lifespan dates, a biographical synopsis, and references for further information. Representative examples are Hatie Kauffman, a national correspondent for CBS and of Nez Perce ancestry; 19th-century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was not a Native American but who looked to "the Iroquois for their vision of a transformed world"; Geronimo; Chief Joseph; Hiawatha; and Pocahantas. In the entry for George Custer, readers learn that until 1991 Native Americans lacked a monument, which prompted the change in the name from Custer's Battlefield National Monument to Little Bighorn, and they are referred to accounts of the battle by Crazy Horse, Curly, and Red Horse. The index cross reference entries such as wars, tribes, and films. Since Native Americans historically did not use the English calendar system, it is noted that dates are likely to be approximate.?Bobbi Thomas Skaggs, Robinson Secondary, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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