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This volume, linking the Drennen Roll and the Guion Miller Applications, is a valuable addition to the growing body of genealogical works devoted to researching Cherokee ancestry, Article 9 of the Treaty of August 8, 1846, between the Untied States govern ... Read more

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This is a transcription of the first two years (1915-1916) of a census of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from Cherokee, North Carolina, living on the reservation known as the Qualla Boundary. Individuals enumerated in the census are descendants of the Cherokees who were not removed to Indian Territory during the period 1838-1839 in the migration known as the Trail of Tears. The information provided in the census almost invariably gives the individual's name, family relationship, date of birth, and sex--information that is critical in any genealogical research. In some cases, the Indian Agent also compiled Cherokee birth and death dates or the names of children living apart from their parents. ... Read more

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Including the early History of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory the Presbytery of Kiamichi, Synod of Canadian, and the Bible in the Free Schools of the American Colonies, but suppressed in France, previous to the American and French Revolutions
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Creek Indian History one of the best
Creek Indian History is one of the best books we have read.It is very informative.We have learned more from this book about our heritage and traditions than we thought possible.Just learning that the dead were buried under the floor of the home was fasinating.It's a book everyone wanting to know about the Creek Indians should read. ... Read more

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Documenting the voices of four generations of medicine men, a Native American saga of the Crow Dog family records an unbroken chain of historical events, reveals its spiritual lives, and celebrates Sioux history and culture. $30,000 ad/promo. Tour. ... Read more

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worth reading
The descriptions and ideas in this book often conflict with many other Lakota authors. This makes it very interesting since he often describes well known events with just slight differences. An example is in the story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman. The changes in the story he presents actually seem to make more sense in the Lakota belief system than most other descriptions. The stories are often presented with good reasons for the changes. At times he seems a little arrogant but this is easily overlooked when contemplatinghis writing and ideas. I recommend this book.

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Great book...
This is a great book that could be out of print soon.Get a copy while you can, you won't be disappointed.

Non Fiction
The story of the Sioux leader Crow Dog.It also talks about his family and previous generations, as well as children.He has a co-writer to get all this down.This isn't too bad, and a reasonably interesting account if you are interested in that sort of history and such books as Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.

CROW DOG THE GREATNESS OF THE COYOTE
THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK IS INCREDIBLE ENLIGHTNING GUIDANCE THROUGH THE RITES, CULTURE AND LIFE OF THE AUTHOR. THEN WE MOVE INTO RECENT HISTORY WITH THE CREATION OF AIM ITS STRUGGLE AND AMAZING VICTORIES; TO MOVE ON WITH PROSECUTION PERSECUTION TORTURE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT AND DIE FOR THEIR CULTURE AND ARE STILL FIGHTING TODAY FOR THE RIGHT TO BE WHO THEY ARE. (RESPECT!)
WHEN CROW DOG DESCRIBE HIS JAIL TIME IT IS SO REALISTIC AND SENSITIVE YOU FEEL YOU ARE THERE INSIDE HIM AND THE WALLS, BUT WHEN YOU SHARE HIS FINAL FEAR: YOU ARE BREATHLESS ABOUT TO CHOKE!
ALL THIS HAD TO END UP IN A SUN DANCE.
A WONDERFUL BOOK WHICH SHOULD BE INTO EVERY LIBRARY, BOOKSTORES AND MOST DEFINETELY ON YOUR BOOK SHELVES.
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More than 300 pages of entries covering over 800 individuals and their ancestry. Several pages of full-page photos and the mythologies are described in detail. ... Read more

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A sad era of California history well told
This history deserves to be better known.They didn't teach this in school or college when I was growing up; and when traveling to the various historical sites and museums in the state you'll see few references to the many sorry episodes well told in this excellent book.

The book is broken into eighteen chapters.The first briefly sketches the history of the California Indians to 1850.The following chapters are each a regionally centered story of the one-sided conflicts during the period 1850-1860 that traditional histories refer to as Indian `troubles' or `wars'; but is no different from the genocides or ethnic cleansing of more recent times.

The author makes powerful use of newspaper accounts, diaries and similar sources to tell the stories of the brutal destruction of California's original inhabitants by Americans flooding in.As the settlers and miners spread throughout the state they took land and, more importantly, access to traditional sources of food away from the local Indians.And no matter whether the Indians resisted or cooperated the men, women and children were killed with impunity.Many children were sold into slavery; many women were kidnapped and raped or forced into prostitution.Treaties weren't honored.Assistance from the Federal Indian Department was diverted by corrupt officials.Even on the reservations the Indians starved and were ravaged by disease.It can be a difficult read.

The author acknowledges that he isn't an academic historian or anthropologist; and thankfully this book is free of 'theory', although it might have benefited from some additional context.It is nonetheless well referenced for those looking to check his facts and sources.And it is a history well worth knowing and thinking about.

When the Great Spirit Died
As a person very interested in California history, I thoroughly enjoyed "When the Great Spirit Died" by William B. Secrest.It is the most informative and educational book I have read about the Native American Indian tribes of early California.Mr. Secrest's clear descriptions of the culture and way of life of California's first inhabits stirs the imagination.He vividly illustrates how cultures clashed with the arrival of the white settlers.He truly makes history come to life.I highly recommend this well-written book.

Documents a startling point in American history
This history of the destruction of California's Indians covers a narrow time frame from 1850-1860, but documents a startling point in American history where Indians were slaughtered and hunted. When The Great Spirit Died probes the philosophy behind these killings, using source material references, previously unpublished material, and a host of vintage black and white photos to capture the terrible events. A 'must' for any Native American history collection from high schools through public libraries.

the less pleasant side of US history
As Jonathan Kirsch says in the March 2, 2002 LA Times Book Review section (p.R2), 'Secrest reminds us that the California dream was a nightmare for its original inhabitants... For anyone whose knowledge of California history derives from bland grade-school textbooks, Secrest's book will be nothing less than shocking." An important supplemental history to the usual tales of missions and the gold rush in California.

An outstanding work
William Secrest has once again done an outstanding job of historical research. This book explores one of the most painful episodes of Euro-American history, and brings to light the attitudes and morays of early settlers whose goal was, indeed, to exterminate the Native American population.He offers irrefutable proof of a shameful period in our history, one that we need to recognize and deal with.
It is a factual and well-written documentary that every American should read, especially those of us whose roots go back to those settlers.

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This book dispels all the myths that have been portrayedas the truth for decades. This book explains and documents the actualheritage of the people who were enslaved in the Americias, the racialidentity of the American Indians, what the English term of Indianrepresents, and why sytematic discrimination and insitutionlizedracism is still being enforced aganist Black Americans today? ... Read more

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The truth is finally unfolding
This book is an amazing, eye opening book. This book pioneered a new area of research!

A large amount of so called black Americans have stories of American Indian mothers or grandmothers. These stories are largely ignored by black American families who see themselves as not being American Indian but African. The only link they have to being African is that an ancestor was labeled negro at one point in their history. This book points out that the world "Negro" only refers to dark-skinned people, it does NOT refer to any country of origin.

If you start doing your research you find that between 1492 and 1651 a large number of Indian slaves were taken. If you do even more research you find that any Indian captured "against the united states" was sent to the Caribbean, the same place that slaves were being shipped to the new world!! (a side note: very few, if any,africans landed directly onto North America, all africans landed in the Carribean first, then were shipped out to SOUTH America) Kidnapped/Captured Indians would leave their land Indian, take a boat ride to the Carribean and then Show up in their land as a Negro slave! Entire peoples were being labeled "colored" or negro like the Appalachians and Nanticoke! And lets not forget the one-drop rule....so if you looked too dark, you were labeled a Negro, plain and simple, but all eastern woodland Indians (the first to be seen by a european) were dark-skinned, and would be hence labeled colored or Negro by the one-drop rule!

As for the other reviewer, you are either Amerindian or African. If you are African, then call up your home country in that continent and ask them to pay for your relocation to your homeland and give you full citizenship to your rightful homeland (not residency) as Israel does for their displaced. For those of us who have no political or land connection to africa, we are American Indian and poud of it.

Other Books to Read:
-Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples
-The Olmecs
-The MoundBuilders

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NOBLE TRUTH
NOBLE TRUTH THIS BOOK OPENS YOUR EYES TO WHAT I NEW IN MY HEART.
I AM AFRICAN YET I KNOW MY PEOPLE ARE ORIGINAL TO THIS LAND. ... Read more