Native North American Almanac features a comprehensive range of historical and current information on the life and culture of the Native peoples of the United States and Canada. Organized into 24 subject chapters, including major culture areas, activism, and religion, the volumes contain more than two hundred black-and-white photographs and maps and a cumulative subject index.
Volume 1 contents: Reader's guide -- A note on terminology: Is Indian the right name? -- Picture credits -- Words to know -- A brief overview of Native North American history: Early immigration to European contact: Archaeology and history; 11,000 B.C. to 8000 B.C.: The Paleo-Indian age; 2500 B.C. to European contact; Cultural centers built between 1000 and 1500; European contact -- U.S. Native American populations and their lands: A demographic study: Population changes in the sixteenth century; The seventeenth century; The eighteenth century; The nineteenth century; The twentieth century -- Native groups of the Northeast: With an introduction to the study of major culture areas: An introduction to the study of major culture areas; Culture groups of the Northeastern United States: An overview; Iroquoian peoples -- Native groups of the Southeast: Major culture areas: Southeast culture before European contact; European contact; The Cherokee -- Native groups of the Southwest: Major culture areas: Early Southwest culture; The Navajo nation; The Hopi; The Pueblo villages of New Mexico -- Native groups of the Northern Plains: Major culture areas: Migration to the Plains; The Plains culture; Destruction of the Plains culture -- Native groups of the Northwest Coast: Major culture areas: Diverse populations of the Northwest Coast; Similarities and differences among the cultures; Alaska; British Columbia; Western Washington and Oregon -- Native groups in Alaska: Major culture areas: Traditional Alaska life; Russian colonialism; American colonialism; Land claims; Social and economic profile of Alaska Natives -- Native groups of Oklahoma: Major culture areas: Indian territory; The new state of Oklahoma -- Native groups of the Plateau, Great Basin, and Rocky Mountain: Major culture areas: The Lewis and Clark expedition; European settlement; The ghost dance; Relocation -- Native groups of California: Major culture areas: Early culture; European contact; Spanish colonization; The gold rush and white settlers; The twentieth century -- Canada's Native peoples and their lands: Major culture areas: Culture groups in Canada; Indians; The Algonkian of Eastern Canada; The Iroquoian of the Eastern Great Lakes; Indians of the Plains; The Plateau; The Athapaskan of the Western Subarctic; The Inuit; The Metis -- Urbanization: Native Americans move to the cities: Non-reservation Indians in the United States; Canadian urbanization -- Law, treaties, and land claims: Native law; Treaties; Treaties between the United States and Native Indians; Legal status of Native peoples in the United States; Canadian treaties, land claims, and the legal status of First Nations; Land claims (Canada); Legal status of Aboriginal peoples -- Index.
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