Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Donna Martinez

VOLUME 1

1  Early Native America

Mound Builders, 1500 BCE–1731 CE

K.D. Motes

Mesa Verde Cultures and Communities, 600–1300 CE

Katherine Brooks

Cahokia, 900 CE–1300 CE

Alan G. Shackelford

Chaco Canyon, 950–1300 CE

Katherine Brooks

2  Invasions of America, 1492–1789

European Diseases, 1492–1837

Mark van de Logt

Spanish Entradas and Mississippian Chiefdoms, 1492–1600s

Alan G. Shackelford

The Pequot War, 1634–1638

Drew Lopenzina

The Pueblo Revolt, 1680

Terry Ahlstedt

Metacom’s Rebellion, 1675–1678

Christine DeLucia

Pontiac’s Rebellion, 1763

Roger Carpenter

3  Western Removals, 1800–1840

Iroquois Influence on the U.S. Constitution, 1789

Rhianna C. Rogers and Menoukha R. Case

American Indian Health Services, 1802–1924

Alexis Kopkowski

Seminole Wars, 1816–1858

Rhianna C. Rogers

Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears, 1830

K.D. Motes

Cherokee Cases, 1831–1832

Selene Phillips

Black Hawk War of 1832

Roger Carpenter

4  Defending the West, 1840–1890

Apache Resistance, 1849–1886

Ramon Resendiz and Rosalva Resendiz

Dakota War of 1862

Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin)

The Sand Creek Massacre, November 29, 1864

Jonathan Byrn

The Sioux Bill of 1889

Jeff Means

Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890

Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin)

5  Educational and Cultural Assaults, 1870s–1920s

The General Allotment Act, 1877

Terry Ahlstedt

Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879

Kiara M. Vigil

The Society of American Indians, 1911

Kiara M. Vigil

The Meriam Report of 1928

LeRoy Saiz

VOLUME 2

6  From the Great Depression to Alcatraz, 1929–1969

National Congress of American Indians, 1944

Katie Kirakosian

The Anti-Discrimination Act, Alaska Natives, 1945

Caskey Russell

Termination Policy, Mid-1940s to Mid-1960s

Megan Tusler

Election of Annie Dodge Wauneka to Navajo Tribal Council, 1951

Claudia J. Ford

Bureau of Indian Affairs American Indian Relocation, 1952

Megan Tusler

Iroquois Tax and Reservoir Protests, 1957

Nikki Dragone

Tuscarora Dispossession and Strategies for Renewal, 1957–Present

Anne A. Garner

National Indian Youth Council, 1961

Paul McKenzie-Jones

American Indian Movement, 1968

Frances Holmes

Occupation of Alcatraz, 1969–1971

Paul McKenzie-Jones

7  Self-Determination and Sovereignty, 1970–Present

Ojibwe Treaty Rights, 1974

Patty Loew

Oliphant v. Suquamish, 1978

Amy Casselman

Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978

Azusa Ono

American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 1978

Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin)

Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 1978

Torivio A. Foddor

Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, 1945–1975

Claudia J. Ford

United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 1982

Nikki Dragone

The Election of Chief Wilma Mankiller, 1983

Daniel Winunwe Rivers

The American Indian College Fund, 1989

Azusa Ono

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 1990

Joe Watkins

Harjo et al. v. Pro Football, 1992

C. Richard King

Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010

Anne Luna-Gordinier

8  Twenty-First Century, 2000–Present

Idle No More, 2012

Alan Lechusza Aquallo

Violence Against Women Act Title IX: Safety for Indian Women, 2013

Anne Luna-Gordinier

Canonization of Junípero Serra, 2015

Angela D’Arcy

Recommended Resources

About the Editors and Contributors

Index