The first book for the survey course to combine narrative and both visual and written documents in a comprehensive volume. Each of the ten chapters, which guide students from American History before Columbus to Indian Country today, contains: an accessible narrative grounded in the most recent scholarship; written documents that encourage students to immerse themselves in the words and ideas of Indians and others with whom Indians had contact; and a picture essay that analyzes art, portraiture, and popular media images by Native and non-Native artists.
A variety of Native perspectives represents America’s many nations. Male and female Indian voices from across the continent animate the text with individual stories, vignettes, and quotations — connecting students to the real people behind the written history.
Strong pedagogy helps students absorb material and ask meaningful questions. Document headnotes provide context that facilitates a deeper understanding of the written source. Questions for Consideration accompanying the documents and picture essays encourage students to analyze both written and visual sources and connect them with the narrative. Chapter-opening timelines and NEW focus questions serve as a handy reference and succinctly preview the chapter’s major themes, while chapter-ending lists of Suggested Readings encourage further study. Appendices direct students and instructors to high-quality supplementary reference works and films.
A comprehensive map program documents shifts in homelands, property, and reservations from before contact to today.