Ebook: Native America from prehistory to first contact

Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Peopling North America -- Turning Point -- The Bering land bridge never opens up. First groups of settlers do not cross the strait, or cross in fewer numbers than previously thought. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- 2 Pacific Northwest Culture -- Turning Point -- The tribes of the Pacific Northwest do not sign the treaties of 1854-1855. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- California and Intermountain Culture -- Turning Point -- Native peoples of California develop Bronze Age technology. Genocide is prevented. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- 4 The Plains Culture -- Turning Point -- Disease strikes buffalo herds, leading to the migration of Plains Native Americans. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- 5 The Southwest Culture -- Turning Point -- The Anasazi develop improved farming techniques and irrigation; they dominate the southwest. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading.;6 The Woodlands Culture -- Turning Point -- League of the Five Nations spreads to include non-Iroquois tribes. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- 7 First Contacts -- Turning Point -- European explorers get diseases from Native Americans. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading.;Cornplanter and Washington (Iroquois) -- How the White Race Came to America (Iroquois) -- First Impressions of Civilization (Sioux) -- Songs of the Ghost Dance (Pawnee, Arapaho, Sioux, Paiute, Kiowa) -- The Butchering at Wounded Knee (Oglala Sioux) -- Chronology -- Resources -- Index -- Contributors -- Peopling North America -- Al Carroll, Ph. D. -- St. Phillip's College -- Pacific Northwest Culture -- Deborah Clark -- Independent Scholar -- California and Intermountain Culture -- Mel White -- Independent Scholar -- The Plains Culture -- Francis Flavin, Ph. D. -- University of Texas, Dallas -- The Southwest Culture -- Richard W. Dawson, Ph. D. -- China Agricultural University -- The Woodlands Culture -- Tyler W. Boulware, Ph. D. -- West Virginia University -- First Contacts -- John F. Murphy, Jr. -- American Military University -- First Settlements -- Robert Stacy -- Independent Scholar -- Chronology -- Phil Konstantin -- Independent Scholar -- Appendix / Native American Myths, Narratives, and Songs -- Kathleen L. Nichols -- Pittsburgh State University.;8 First Settlements -- Turning Point -- Settlers adopt a Native lifestyle and the first settlements are peaceful and successful. -- Introduction -- Turning Point -- Actual History -- Alternate History -- Discussion Questions -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Appendix -- Native American Myths, Narratives, and Songs -- Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Seneca) -- The Jicarilla Genesis (Jicarilla Apache) -- The Age of the Gods, or The Story of the Twins (A. The -- People of the Stone Houses; B. When the Coyote Married the Maiden; C. The Maiden Who Became a Bear; D. The -- Story of the Last Great Grief, the Swallow People of Mesa Verde; E. The Story of the Four Last Ills) (Navajo) -- The Story of the Deluge (Tsimshian) -- The Giants (Chippewa) -- Story of the Kâ'ck!e Qoan (Tlingit) -- The Trickster Becomes a Dish (Lillooet) -- Myth of the White Buffalo Woman (Sioux) -- The Hunter and Selu (Cherokee) -- Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo) -- Origin of Disease and Medicine (Cherokee) -- A Prayer of the Fourth Day of the Night Chant (Navajo) -- The Story of San'hode'di's Medicine (Navaho) -- TsEgu'ksku [or the First Visitation of Smallpox] (Tsimshian) -- The Story of the Shaman, G.A'ndox's-Father (selection) (Haida) -- First Ship Seen by the Clatsop (Chinook) -- How the Spaniards Came to Shung-opovi, How They Built a Mission, and How the Hopi Destroyed the Mission (Hopi) -- [Legend of the Peacemakers] (Iroquois).