Peter Nabokov
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 4.27 | 538 Users | 25 Reviews
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| Title | : | Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present |
| Author | : | Peter Nabokov |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1999 by Penguin Books (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. Native Americans. Anthropology |
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In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen through Indian eyes and told through Indian voices: a record spanning more than five hundred years of interchange between the two peoples. Drawing from a wide range of sources - traditional narratives, Indian autobiographies, government transcripts, firsthand interviews, and more - Nabokov has assembled a remarkably rich and vivid collection, representing nothing less than an alternative history of North America. Beginning with the Indian's first encounters with the earliest explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers and continuing to the present, Native American Testimony presents an authentic, challenging picture of an important, tragic, and frequently misunderstood aspect of American history.Particularize Books In Pursuance Of Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present
| Original Title: | Native American Testimony: Chronicle Indian White Relations from Prophecy Present, 1492 2000 (rev Edition) |
| ISBN: | 0140281592 (ISBN13: 9780140281590) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Carter G. Woodson Award |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 538 Users | 25 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present
I. Love. This. Story. It. Really. Deserve. 5. Stars.A must read. The perspective that is frequently missing in US "his"-story classes.
Great book of history and personal stories of Native Americans and their experiences.
Please read this book. I read the first half. I'll read the second half in 5 or 6 years. 300 years of betrayal is a lot to process in one decade.
There are not many occasions in which I don't want books to end. Sure, lots of books reel me in in certain ways, but it takes a rare emotional connection with a book for me to actually feel anguish that a book ended so soon. Native American Testimony ended about 26 years too soon, with its first-hand accounts ending before the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, when, of course, there is still much talk that has happened since that point. If editor Peter Nabokov
Eye opening , shocking and humbling
Of all the books that I had to read for my Native American Lit class, I liked this one the best. I was particularly fond of the format throughout the text. Each chapter began with a few pages of American Indian history on a particular topic, which was then followed by Indian autobiographies. This book provided an in depth look at North America's darker past that can't be found in a typical history textbook.
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