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.
Review :
. . . achieves its aim of providing key jumping off spots in the complex tangle of different American Indian tribal history narratives.
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.
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.
Students, teachers, and librarians who are interested in Native American history will benefit from consulting this tool. In an era of shrinking library materials budgets, research paper guides that help students frame their topics and point them in the direction of relevant resources may not be essential purchases.
