Native Roots How the Indians Enriched America

Jack Weatherford

ISBN 10: 0517574853 / ISBN 13: 9780517574850

Published by Crown Publishers, U.S.A., 1991

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Fine Clean Hardcover Near Fine Dust Jacket NOT a library copy. Except for the Jacket being price clipped the Dust Jacket would be "Fine" too. NO Chips! Excellent study of the First Nations contribution to European and American development in food, and language consciouness alone. So much more.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Native Roots How the Indians Enriched America
• Publisher: Crown Publishers, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517574853
• ISBN 13: 9780517574850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Maya/Pueblo/Inca
  • Pre-Columbus Voyages/Ancient America/ Mound Bui...
  • Woodland Native Ameri

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Synopsis

"Well written, imagery-ridden...A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this ancient system.'"
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
Conventional American history holds that the white settlers of the New World re-created the societies they had known in England, France, and Spain. But as anthropologist Jack Weatherford, author of INDIAN GIVERS, brilliantly shows, the Europeans actually grafted their civilization onto the deep and nourishing roots of Native American customs and beliefs. Our place names, our farming and hunting techniques, our crafts, the very blood that flows in our veins--all derive from American Indians ways that we consistently fail to see.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Inside Flap

ritten, imagery-ridden...A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this ancient system.'"
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
Conventional American history holds that the white settlers of the New World re-created the societies they had known in England, France, and Spain. But as anthropologist Jack Weatherford, author of INDIAN GIVERS, brilliantly shows, the Europeans actually grafted their civilization onto the deep and nourishing roots of Native American customs and beliefs. Our place names, our farming and hunting techniques, our crafts, the very blood that flows in our veins--all derive from American Indians ways that we consistently fail to see.


From the Trade Paperback edition.