American Indian History: A Documentary Reader

by Camilla Townsend (Editor)

This Reader from the  Uncovering the Past  series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indian history.

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 4, 2009

About the author

Camilla Townsend (Ph.D., Rutgers University) is professor of history at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). Her special interest is in the relations between indigenous peoples and Europeans throughout the Americas.

Reviews

[Jana Harper · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection of primary sources grouped together by time and topic with helpful introductions from the editor.

[Lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a nice little reader full of many historical documents with good introductions that my Native American Voices class used as a supplement to Colin Calloway's First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History. If you're into history and/or Native American cultures, I recommend these two books.