In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians

Today, some two million American Indians inhabit the United States, less than one percent of the nation's population. Their origins have always been viewed from a 500-year-old perspective—from the point of view of the Europeans who “discovered” the New World. Yet the true story of the American Indians begins some seventeen thousand years ago—and it is past due for a telling that shows Indians as they are, rather than as westerners wish them to be.

Recent archaeological findings, newly discovered written accounts, and never-before-published records have contributed to a whole new understanding of our country's oldest ancestors. Drawing upon the latest research, as well as his own personal experience living among the Hopi tribes, acclaimed author and former Natural History magazine editor Jake Page covers all aspects of Indian life throughout the ages. From the Pleistocene era to Custer's Last Stand, the Trail of Tears to the Indian Civil Rights Act, the establishment of reservations to the negotiation of casino property, In the Hands of the Great Spirit reveals the astonishing endurance of a group of people whose experience is as varied as the world is old.

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• The Wisdom of the Native Americans
• Atlas of Indian Nations
• The Soul of the Indian (Native American)
• The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America
• Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
• "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
• 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
• Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (Facts on File Library of American History)
• Indian Nations of North America