A Chronology of Native Americans

The history of Native Americans is a varied story of different tribes and loyalties preceding European contact, of near eradication when Europeans first settled, of colonization, collaboration, war, dispossession, attempts at assimilation and the ultimate establishing of reservations. In the 15th and 16th centuries the first contact with Europeans introduced diseases to North America that some tribes were wiped out completely. The reintroduction of the horse to North America by the settlers changed the way that the Native Americans lived and hunted. As the British and French in the 17th century fought over their colonies, so they also fought over the alliances with Native American tribes, only for the British and the newly proclaimed United States in the 18th century to repeat the pattern. After American Independence, the Native American lands were encroached upon even further, leading to a move westward. A Chronology of Native Americans charts the history of the Sioux, Cherokee, Mohawk and other tribes of North America from prehistory through the centuries of European settlement and reservations to the present day. The book includes full-colour and black and white artworks and photographs. At the foot of each text page is a timeline linking events that were happening elsewhere at the time.