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| Each chapter ends with Additional Sources and a Selected Bibliography. | |
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| Preface | |
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| Questions about Native Americans | |
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| Indians in Popular Culture | |
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| Who Is a Native American? | |
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| Population Figures | |
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| Where Did Native Americans Originate? | |
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| Precontact History North of Mexico: An Overview | |
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| How Have Native American Cultures Been Studied? | |
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| What Do We Know of Native American Languages? | |
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| Grouping Tribes | |
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| Ethnographic Studies: An Overview | |
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| Indian-Non-Indian Relations | |
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| Early Contact | |
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| Destruction and Displacement of Peoples | |
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| U.S. Treaties | |
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| Administration of U.S. Indian Affairs | |
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| Canada, the First Nations | |
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| Greenland in Brief | |
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| Landmark U.S. Indian Policies | |
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| Forces Fostering Native American Identity | |
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| Recent History | |
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| Native Americans and Anthroplogists | |
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| Comparing Cultures | |
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| The Netsilik: Seal Hunting and Snowhouse Eskimos | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Historical Developments | |
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| Recent Changes | |
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| The Chipewyan: Subarctic Hunters | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Early History | |
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| Becoming Modern at Snowdrift (Lutselk'e, Lutsel K'e) | |
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| Contemporary Lutselk'e | |
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| The Lower Kootenai: Plateau Fishers and Hunters | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Historical Changes | |
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| The Crow: Plains Raiders and Bison Hunters | |
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| Early Historic Life | |
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| Early History | |
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| Later History: The Old and the New | |
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| The Recent Past | |
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| The 1990s and 2000 | |
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| The Cahuilla: Gatherers in the Desert | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Historical Changes | |
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| The Agua Caliente Band | |
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| The Yurok: Salmon Fishers of California | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Historical Developments | |
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| The Recent Past | |
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| The Tlingit: Alaskan Salmon Fishers | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Early History | |
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| Later History | |
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| Current Developments and Issues | |
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| The Hopi: Farmers of the Desert | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Early History | |
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| Later History | |
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| Emergence of the Modern Hopi | |
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| Recent Developments | |
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| The Navajo: Transformations among a Desert People | |
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| The Background | |
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| Traditional Life | |
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| The Comparatively Recent Past | |
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| Modern Developments | |
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| The Iroquois: Warriors and Farmers of the Eastern Woodlands | |
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| Early Historic Life | |
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| Later History | |
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| The Six Nations Reserve | |
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| Nationalism and Sovereignty | |
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| The Eastern Cherokee: Farmers of the Southeast | |
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| People, Population, and Language | |
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| Early Historic Life | |
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| Early History | |
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| Later History: The Eastern Band of Cherokee | |
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| The Contemporary Scene | |
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| The Natchez: Sophisticated Farmers of the Deep South | |
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| Aboriginal Life | |
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| Ceremonies | |
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| Tattooed Serpent's Oration | |
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| Natchez History | |
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| Current Realities: Fears and Hopes | |
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| Indians in the News | |
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| Indians as Environmentalists | |
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| Tribalism | |
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| Being Native American Today | |
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| Tribal Administration | |
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| Urban Indians | |
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| Diabetes and Native Americans | |
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| From Tribal Sovereignty to ? | |
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| Tools, Weapons, Nets, and Traps | |
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| Resources about Native Americans | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Pronunciation Guide | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |