Die Welt der Indianer

Kultur, Geschichte und Kampf der nordamerikanischen Indianer

Paperback, 255 pages

German language

Published Dec. 25, 1977 by Ravensburger Buchverlag Otto Maier.

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978-3-473-39400-5
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OCLC Number:
74369564

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The absorbing and amazingly interesting story of the Indians of North America from the time the first white men landed to the present. Oliver La Farge, the foremost authority on the American Indian, traces the spread of the civilizations of Mexico and South America northward, correcting many misconceptions and reconstructing in great detail the life of the Indians in every section of North America. All the great events, major developments and notable chiefs and heroes of Indian history are covered. The wars among the tribes, their leagues, their fighting and alliances with the British, the French, the Spanish and the American settlers are recounted dramatically, as is the tribes’ resistance to the pioneers as they moved westward to Kentucky, to the Mississippi, across the wide-open spaces of the plains to the Far West. All the many tribes are described, from the Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles and Natchez of the Southeast, …

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