American Indian History: A Documentary Reader

Over 60 primary documents allow the voices of natives to illuminate the American past

Includes samples of native languages just above the full translations of particular texts

Provides comprehensive introductions and headnotes, as well as images, an extensive bibliography, and suggestions for further research

Includes such texts as a decoded Maya inscription, letters written during the French and Indian War on the distribution of small pox blankets, and a diatribe by General George Armstrong Custer shortly before he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn