California Indians

Editors

Frederick E. Hoxie (Ed.)

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

4-13-2016

Publication Title

The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publisher Location

New York, NY

Edition

1

Abstract

Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived - and live - in the territory that became the United States


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