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The First Americans : prehistory - 1600

Joy Hakim
Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans
Print Book, English, c2003
Oxford University Press, New York, c2003
History
184 pages : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
9780195153408, 9780195152593, 9780195153200, 0195153405, 019515259X, 0195153200
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History? Why?
Away with Time
In the Beginning
How the First Americans Became Indians
Put On Your Earmuffs
Cliff Dwellers and Others
The Show-Offs
Taking a Tour
Plains Indians Are Not Plain at All
Mound for Mound, Those Are Heavy Hills
Indians of the Eastern Forests
People of the Long House
Let's Turn North
The Power of the Press
A Boy Named Christopher Has a Dream
A New Land is "Discovered"
The Next Voyage
Stowaways: Worms and a Dog
Sailing Around the World
What's in a Name?
About Beliefs and Ideas
New Spain
Ponce de León, Pizarro, and Spanish Colonies
Gloom, Doom, and a Bit of Cheer
North of New Spain
Looking for Cíbola with Coronado
Conquistadors: California to Florida
A Place Called Santa Fe
Las Casas Cares
The Big Picture
From Spain to England to France
France in America: Pirates and Adventurers
Rain, Ambush, and Murder
New France
Elizabeth and Friends
Utopia in America
Lost: A Colony
An Armada Is a Fleet of Ships
The End: Keep Reading