Combining the approaches of history, ethnohistory, archaeology, bioarchaeology, and social anthropology, this innovative look at the Donner Party's experience at the Alder Creek Camp offers insights into many long-unsolved mysteries.
Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous... Læs mere
Woody Guthrie kept moving throughout his life, making friends, soaking up influences, and writing about his experiences. Along the way, he produced more than 3,000 songs, as well... Læs mere
In this volume, a distinguished Maya scholar seeks to correlate data from colonial writings and observations of the modern Indian with archaeological information in order to extend and clarify the panorama of Maya culture.
Long before the indigenous people of southeastern North America first encountered Europeans and Africans, they established communities with... Læs mere
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Osage Indians owned Oklahoma's most valuable oil reserves and became members of the world's first wealthy oil population.
Looks anew at the scope of the reconstruction narrative and offers a unique perspective on the history of the Latter-day Saints. Contributors explore why the federal... Læs mere
Presents seven dramas from the first truly American theatre. Composed in Nahuatl during the sixteenth and seventeenth... Læs mere