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Term Paper Resource Guide to American Indian History
Patrick Russell LeBeau
ISBN: 0-313-35271-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35271-3
376 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/20/2009
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ". . . achieves its aim of providing key jumping off spots in the complex tangle of different American Indian tribal history narratives."
    —Midwest Book Review - MBR Bookwatch     May 2009
  • "LeBeau (writing, rhetoric and American cultures, Michigan State U.) supplies students with 100 term paper subjects on American Indian history by using a chronological structure to detail events from the first outbreaks of smallpox in the 16th century to the Native American Language Act of 1990. Each entry contains a brief summary of the topic, specific suggestions for the focus of each paper and primary and secondary resources for further research. Additional Internet and multimedia resources are also provided in separate sections."
    —Reference & Research Book News     5/1/2009
  • "This volume fits its purpose as stated in the preface. Rather than serving as a major resource for the serious scholar, it will be a useful work for high school, undergraduate, and public libraries. Helpful index. Summing Up: Recommended.
    Lower-level undergraduates and general readers."
    —CHOICE     October 2009
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
    Introduction
    01. Smallpox Among American Indians
    02. Early Explorers and Early Conquest, 1535-1540
    03. First European Settlements and Indian Revolt, 1565-1598
    04. First Significant English and French Settlements, 1607-1620
    05. Pocahontas, 1607
    06. Massasoit, Pilgrims and the First Peace Treaty, 1621
    07. Powhatan War in Virginia, 1622-1644
    08. Pequot War, 1637
    09. Iroquois Wars, 1638-1650
    10. Metacoms (King Philips) War, 1675-1676
    11. Pueblo (Pops) Revolt, 1680
    12. Abenaki Wars in Maine, 1675-1748
    13. Carolina Indian Wars, 1711-1716
    14. The Natchez Massacre, 1729
    15. Albany Congress and Plan of Union, 1754
    16. French and Indian War, 1754-1763
    17. The Royal Proclamation and Line of 1763
    18. Pontiacs War, 1763-1766
    19. Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768
    20. The Quebec Act, 1774
    21. Lord Dunmores War with the Shawnee, 1774
    22. The Boston Tea Party, Mohawks and Tammany and 1773
    23. Sullivans Destruction of the Iroquois, 1779
    24. The Treaty of Greenville, 1786-1795
    25. Indians and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
    26. American Indians and the U.S. Constitution, 1787
    27. The Treaty of New York, 1790
    28. Indian Trade and Intercourse Act(s), 1790-1834
    29. Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794-1795
    30. The Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1830
    31. Tenskwatawa and the Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811
    32. The Death of Tecumseh and the Battle of Thames, October 5, 1813
    33. Creek, or Red Stick, War, 1813-1814
    34. Sequoyahs Syllabary, 1821
    35. Johnson v. MIntosh, 1823
    36. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 1824
    37. The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834
    38. Indian Removal Act, 1830
    39. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831
    40. Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
    41. Black Hawk War, 1832
    42. The Cherokee Trail of Tears, 1838-1839
    43. Seminole Wars of 1817-1858
    44. Stand Watie, Confederate Cherokee, 1861-1865
    45. Santee (Dakota) Sioux Uprising, 1862
    46. The Long Walk of the Navajo, 1863-1868
    47. Ely S. Parker, 1863-71
    48. Sand Creek and the Cheyenne Arapaho War, 1864-1865
    49. The Treaties of Medicine Lodge and Fort Laramie, 1866-1869
    50. The Indian Appropriation Act of 1871 and President Grants Quaker Peace Policy
    51. Wars in the Pacific Northwest, 1864-1878
    52. Red River and Apache Wars, 1874-1886
    53. The Lakota War for the Black Hills, 1876-1877
    54. The Nez Perce War, 1877
    55. Womens National Indian Association, 1879
    56. Richard Pratt and the Carlisle Indian School, 1879-1904
    57. Indian Courts and Major Crimes 1883 and 1885
    58. The General Allotment Act (Dawes Act), 1887
    59. Wovoka and the Ghost Dance Movement, 1889
    60. Wounded Knee I, 1890
    61. Indians and the Wild West Show, 1893
    62. Curtis Act, 1898
    63. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 1903
    64. The Burke Act, 1906
    65. Winters Doctrine: Winters v. United States, 207 U.S. 564 (1908)
    66. Society of American Indians, 1911
    67. Jim Thorpe and the 1912 Olympics
    68. World War One, Indian Involvement, 1917-1918
    69. The Native American Church, 1918
    70. Indian Citizenship Act, 1924
    71. Indian Defense League of America, 1925 and the Jay Treaty, 1794
    72. Meriam Report, 1928
    73. Indian Reorganization Act, 1934
    74. Indian Arts and Crafts Board, 1935
    75. World War II: Indian Involvement, 1941-1945
    76. National Congress of American Indians, 1944
    77. Indian Claims Commission, 1946
    78. The Indian Urban Relocation Program, 1948
    79. The Termination Policy, 1953
    80. Public Law 280, 1953
    81. Indian Health Service, 1955
    82. American Indian Chicago Conference (AICC), 1961
    83. National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), 1961
    84. American Indian Movement, 1968
    85. Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA), 1968
    86. Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1969
    87. State of Michigan v. William Jondreau, 1971
    88. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 1971
    89. Trail of Broken Treaties, 1972
    90. Wounded Knee II, 1973
    91. U.S. v. Washington State (Boldt Decision) 1974
    92. Leonard Peltier and RESMURS, 1975
    93. Indian Self Determination Act 1975
    94. The Murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, 1976
    95. American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA), 1978
    96. Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 1978
    97. U.S. v. Michigan (the Fox Decision), 1979
    98. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 1987
    99. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 1990
    100. Native American Languages Act of 1990 (NALA)
About the Author: PATRICK LEBEAU is Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University. He is the author of Rethinking Michigan Indian History (2005). He is also a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation of South Dakota.
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