Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America Paperback - 1992
by Weatherford, Jack
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Anthropologist Jack Weatherford described the many contributions to culture of North and South American Indians in Indian Givers (70,000 trade paperbacks sold). Now he brilliantly shows how white settlers of the New World grafted their European civilization onto the deep roots of Native American customs. What resulted was an Indianguage to the economy.
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- Title Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America
- Author Weatherford, Jack
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
- Date 1992
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0449907139I4N00
- ISBN 9780449907139 / 0449907139
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.17 x 5.3 x 0.81 in (20.75 x 13.46 x 2.06 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America, North America - Civilization - Indian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92090072
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.04
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First line
America ends at Tuktoyaktuk.
From the jacket flap
"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.
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.
