[Annotatie]: A comprehensive, authoritative history of Native America draws on ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and other sources to document the evolution of native cultures and examines the collision between indigenous cultures and European settlers over the course of the past four centuries. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.[Inhoudsopgave]: AcknowledgementsxiA Note About TerminologyxvProloguexviiI: ORIGINSThis is How It Was: Two Views of History3(13)Contact: In the Balance16(27)II: INVASIONNortheast: One43(29)``You will have the worst by our absence'Northeast: Two72(26)`A new found Golgotha'New York and the `Ohio Country'98(34)`We shall not be like father and son, but like brothers'Southeast132(41)`Get a little further: you are too near me'Southwest173(41)Return of the white brotherThe Far West214(33)The burning worldThe Great Plains247(42)The heart of everything that isIII: INTERNAL FRONTIERSKill the Indian to Save the Man289(41)AssimilationNew Deal and Termination330(40)`Let none but the Indian answer'The New Indians370(39)Epilogue409(20)Sources and Further Reading429(21)Permissions Acknowledgements450(2)Index452