Native Roots How the Indians Enriched America

Name: Native Roots How the Indians Enriched America
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ISBN: 9780449907139

ISBN-10: 0449907139

ISBN-13: 9780449907139

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jack Weatherford, Jack Weatherford

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"Well written, imagery-ridden...A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this ancient system.'" MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Conventional American history holds that the white settlers of the New World re-created the societies they had known in England, France, and Spain. But as anthropologist Jack Weatherford, author of INDIAN GIVERS, brilliantly shows, the Europeans actually grafted their civilization onto the deep and nourishing roots of Native American customs and beliefs. Our place names, our farming and hunting techniques, our crafts, the very blood that flows in our veins--all derive from…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.00" wide x 5.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

JACK WEATHERFORD is a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. He is a specialist in tribal people and the author of Indian Givers, Native Roots, Savages and Civilization, and The History of Money. From the Hardcover edition.