The human presence. -- Native American cultural foundations. -- Genesis of modern tribalism. -- The tribal setting in 1500. -- Spain and the native Americans. -- France and the native Americans. -- Holland and the native Americans. -- Russia and the native Americans. -- Britons and the native Americans. -- Indians and the European imperial legacy. -- Indians under Anglo-American dominion 1800-1828. -- Indians under Anglo-American dominion 1828-1840. -- Indians under Anglo-American dominion 1840-1861. -- Native Americans and the Civil War. -- End of Indian military power. -- Native American nadir: The reservation era. -- Strategies of evasion. -- Final divestment of the Indian estate. -- Native Americans in the twentieth century 1900-1945. -- Native Americans in the twentieth century 1945 to present. -- The Indian legacy
