The Indian Peoples of Eastern America

"My students loved it. This work reveals both the outline and the intricacies of Native American culture as a lived experience, giving all of us, teachers and students, a sense of the distance between their culture and our own, but also an encounter with the humanity of many peoples who were in a variety of ways not that different from us. This is a wonderful book, one that I will use for many years to come."--Jacquelyn C. Miller, Rutgers University "Students love reading the excerpts and they allow them to gain an insight into Indian cultures in ways other readings do not."--Elizabeth Mancke, Western Washington University "Excellent....The documents are useful in that they allow students to work with primary material."--George H. Phillips, University of Colorado "One of the finest sourcebooks on the early ethnohistory of Native North America currently available. James Axtell...has made a significant contribution to the study of eastern woodland peoples. Students, specialists, and the general reading public will all find this book both accessible and stimulating."--Robert Steven Grumet, American Indian Quarterly "A skillful edition of wisely selected sources. An excellent introduction to the range and vitality of American Indian culture."--Alden T. Vaughan, Columbia University "Very worthwhile. The Indian becomes human in these essays."--Calvin Martin, Rutgers University