Atlas of the North American Indian

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Facts on File, Incorporated, An Infobase Holdings Company, 1985 - 276 pages
This unique and best-selling resource offers the most comprehensive coverage available in a single volume. History, culture, languages, and lifeways of Native American groups across the United States and Canada, and the early civilizations of Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico are covered. This edition has an appealing new design and incorporates the many political and cultural developments in Indian affairs and the latest archaeological research findings on prehistoric peoples.

This edition features:
-- Completely redrawn and updated maps throughout; sixteen maps are new to this edition
-- Extensively revised and updated sections, including "Urban Indians, " "Indian Activism, " and "Canada's Indian Policy and the Indian Condition"
-- The latest statistics and new federal laws on tribal enterprises such as "Indian Gaming."

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À propos de l'auteur (1985)

Carl Waldman is a freelance writer and the author of numerous books on Native Americans for Facts On File/Checkmark Books, including Atlas of the North American Indian, Revised Edition, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Revised Edition, and Word Dance: The Language of Native American Culture. He resides in Cherry Valley, NY.

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