As Long as the Grass Shall Grow and Rivers Flow: A History of Native Americans - Softcover

Trafzer, Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0155038575 ISBN 13: 9780155038578

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Although coverage chronologically spans from prehistory to the present, the emphasis is on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is written in a readable, flowing manner and is deeply rooted in native traditions and lore. The title is a reference to a message sent by President Andrew Jackson to the Choctaws and Chickasaws indicating that, as a friend, he planned to move the people to the Trans-Mississippi West to "land of their own, which they shall possess as long as grass grows or water runs."

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Review

1. Breathing Life into Being. 2. Invasion. 3. Native America and Northern European Resettlement. 4. American Indians and English Resettlement. 5. Native Survival and European Imperialism. 6. Native Americans, Revolution, and Early National Era. 7. Native Americans, Jefferson, and Jackson. 8. Forced Removal. 9. Native Americans and Westward Expansion. 10. American Indians during the Civil War. 11. War, Peace, Confinement. 12. Native American Resistance. 13. Reservations, Civilizations, and Allotment. 14. Survival through Peyote, Ghost Dance, and Religious Revitalization. 15. Indians and Progressives. 16. Indian New Deal. 17. Native Americans and World War II. 18. Termination and Self-Determination. 19. Activism, Alcatraz, and Wounded Knee. 20. Native American Fine Arts. 21. Literature and Performing Arts. 22. Continuing Circle.

Synopsis

Although this history ranges from prehistory to the 21st century, the emphasis is on the 19th and 20th centuries. It begins with native oral narratives of creation stories and ends with the theme of life and history as full circle.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155038575
• ISBN 13: 9780155038578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456