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An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ; adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese

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Author:
Mendoza, Jean  Search this
Reese, Debbie 1959-  Search this
Author:
Adaptation of (work): Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne 1939- Indigenous peoples' history of the United States  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
History
Juvenile works
Young adult nonfiction
Place:
United States
Date:
2019
Notes:
NMAIMAI copy gift of Michael Hardy
Contents:
Introduction: This land -- Follow the corn -- Culture of conquest -- Cult of the covenant -- Bloody footprints -- The birth of a nation -- Jefferson, Jackson, and the pursuit of indigenous homelands -- Sea to shining sea -- Indigenous lands become "Indian country" -- The persistence of sovereignty -- Indigenous action, indigenous rights -- "Water is life": indigenous resistance in the twenty-first century
Summary:
"Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history"-- Provided by publisher
Topic:
Indians of North America--Historiography  Search this
Indians of North America--Colonization  Search this
Indians, Treatment of--History  Search this
Historiography  Search this
Colonization  Search this
Indians--Treatment--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111019