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1) Encounters in the New World: a history in documents

Series

Pages from history

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

1999

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A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native American peoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Includes maps, journals, advertisements, and letters.

2) This land is their land: the Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the troubled history of Thanksgiving

Author

Silverman, David J

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Pub. Date

2019.

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Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story. In March 1621, when Plymouth's survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth's governor, John Carver, declared their people's friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn,...

3) Cultures collide: Native Americans and Europeans, 1492-1700

Author

Rossi, Ann

Series

Crossroads America

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2004]

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Presents a children's study of the cultural differences between the Native Americans and the early Europeans from 1492 to 1700, and discusses the various native homes and customs as well as the changes that they incurred as a result of European expansion.