Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History
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Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History

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Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History

About this book

Major help for American Indian History term papers has arrived to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways. Students from high school age to undergraduate will be able to get a jump start on assignments with the hundreds of term paper projects and research information offered here in an easy-to-use format. Users can quickly choose from the 100 important events, spanning from the first Indian contact with European explorers in 1535 to the Native American Languages Act of 1990. Coverage includes Indian wars and treaties, acts and Supreme Court decisions, to founding of Indian newspapers and activist groups, and key cultural events. Each event entry begins with a brief summary to pique interest and then offers original and thought-provoking term paper ideas in both standard and alternative formats that often incorporate the latest in electronic media, such as iPod and iMovie. The best in primary and secondary sources for further research are then annotated, followed by vetted, stable Web site suggestions and multimedia resources, usually films, for further viewing and listening. Librarians and faculty will want to use this as well. With this book, the research experience is transformed and elevated. Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History is a superb source to motivate and educate students who have a wide range of interests and talents. The provided topics typify and chronicle the long, turbulent history of United States and Indian interactions and the Indian experience.

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Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780313352713
eBook ISBN
9780313352720
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
History Reference
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. Smallpox Epidemics (1530s–1880s)
  4. 2. Early Explorers and Early Conquest (1535–1540)
  5. 3. First European Settlements and Indian Revolt (1565–1598)
  6. 4. First Significant English and French Settlements (1607–1620)
  7. 5. Pocahontas Helps the English Settlers (1607)
  8. 6. Massasoit, Pilgrims, and the First Peace Treaty (1621)
  9. 7. Powhatan War in Virginia (1622–1644)
  10. 8. Pequot War (1637)
  11. 9. Iroquois Wars (1638–1650)
  12. 10. King Philip’s War (1675–1676)
  13. 11. Pueblo Revolt (1680)
  14. 12. Abenaki Wars in Maine (1675–1748)
  15. 13. Carolina Indian Wars (1711–1716)
  16. 14. Natchez Massacre (1729)
  17. 15. Albany Congress and Albany Plan of Union (1754)
  18. 16. French and Indian War (1754–1763)
  19. 17. Royal Proclamation and Line of 1763
  20. 18. Pontiac’s War (1763–1766)
  21. 19. Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)
  22. 20. Quebec Act (1774)
  23. 21. Lord Dunmore’s War with the Shawnee (1774)
  24. 22. Boston Tea Party, Mohawks, and Tammany (1773)
  25. 23. General John Sullivan’s Destruction of the Iroquois (1779)
  26. 24. Treaty of Greenville (1786–1795)
  27. 25. Indians and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
  28. 26. American Indians and the U.S. Constitution (1787)
  29. 27. Treaty of New York (1790)
  30. 28. Indian Trade and Intercourse Act(s) (1790–1834)
  31. 29. Treaty of Canandaigua (1794–1795)
  32. 30. Louisiana Purchase (1803–1830)
  33. 31. Tenskwatawa and the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
  34. 32. Death of Tecumseh and the Battle of Thames (October 5, 1813)
  35. 33. Creek War (1813–1814)
  36. 34. Sequoyah’s Syllabary (1821)
  37. 35. Johnson v. M’Intosh (1823)
  38. 36. Bureau of Indian Affairs Created (1824)
  39. 37. Cherokee Phoenix in Print (1828–1834)
  40. 38. Indian Removal Act (1830)
  41. 39. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
  42. 40. Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
  43. 41. Black Hawk War (1832)
  44. 42. Cherokee Trail of Tears (1838–1839)
  45. 43. Seminole Wars of 1817–1858
  46. 44. Stand Watie, Cherokee, Fights for the Confederacy in the Civil War (1861–1865)
  47. 45. Dakota Sioux Uprising (1862)
  48. 46. Long Walk of the Navajo (1863–1868)
  49. 47. Ely S. Parker’s U.S. Military Career and Role as Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1863–1871)
  50. 48. Sand Creek and the Cheyenne Arapaho War (1864–1865)
  51. 49. Treaties of Medicine Lodge and Fort Laramie (1866–1869)
  52. 50. Indian Appropriation Act of 1871 and President Ulysses S. Grant’s ‘‘Quaker’’ Peace Policy
  53. 51. Wars in the Pacific Northwest (1864–1878)
  54. 52. Red River and Apache Wars (1874–1886)
  55. 53. Lakota War for the Black Hills (1876–1877)
  56. 54. Nez Perce War (1877)
  57. 55. Women’s National Indian Association Is Founded (1879)
  58. 56. Richard Pratt and the Founding of the Carlisle Indian School (1879–1904)
  59. 57. Courts of Indian Offenses (1883) and Indian Major Crimes Act (1885)
  60. 58. General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) (1887)
  61. 59. Wovoka and the Ghost Dance Movement (1889)
  62. 60. Wounded Knee (1890)
  63. 61. Indians and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show (1893)
  64. 62. Curtis Act (1898)
  65. 63. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903)
  66. 64. Burke Act (1906)
  67. 65. Winters Doctrine: Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
  68. 66. Society of American Indians Founded (1911)
  69. 67. Jim Thorpe and the 1912 Olympics
  70. 68. World War I and Indian Involvement (1917–1918)
  71. 69. Native American Church Is Incorporated (1918)
  72. 70. Indian Citizenship Act (1924)
  73. 71. Indian Defense League of America (1926) and the Jay Treaty (1794)
  74. 72. Meriam Report (1928)
  75. 73. Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
  76. 74. Indian Arts and Crafts Board Created (1935)
  77. 75. World War II (1941–1945)
  78. 76. National Congress of American Indians Founded (1944)
  79. 77. Indian Claims Commission Is Established (1946)
  80. 78. Indian Urban Relocation Program (1948)
  81. 79. Termination Policy (1953)
  82. 80. Public Law 280 (1953)
  83. 81. Indian Health Services Mandate (1955)
  84. 82. American Indian Chicago Conference (AICC) (1961)
  85. 83. National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) Founded (1961)
  86. 84. American Indian Movement Founded (1968)
  87. 85. Indian Civil Rights Act (1968)
  88. 86. Occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969)
  89. 87. State of Michigan v. William Jondreau (1971)
  90. 88. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971)
  91. 89. Trail of Broken Treaties (1972)
  92. 90. Wounded Knee (1973)
  93. 91. United States v. Washington State (Boldt Decision) (1974)
  94. 92. Leonard Peltier and RESMURS (1975)
  95. 93. Indian Self-Determination Act (1975)
  96. 94. Murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash (1976)
  97. 95. American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) (1978)
  98. 96. Indian Child Welfare Act (1978)
  99. 97. United States v. Michigan (Fox Decision) (1979)
  100. 98. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987)
  101. 99. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990)
  102. 100. Native American Languages Act of 1990
  103. Index