Customer Review: American Indian Medicine written by Virgil J. Vogel is a compilation of what the American Indian used for medicine to aid in the treatment of disease.
This book is NOT a step by step process pharmacopoeia with all the weights and preparation steps but is a good general book on what was used.... more info
Customer Review: This book focuses on six tribes, the Mississippi Choctaw, Iroquois League (Haudenosaunee), Muscogee (Creek), Lakota (Teton Sioux), Pueblo, and the Yakima. This is a nice mix of tribes from all regions of the country except Alaska. These are all relatively large tribes, so the experiences of smaller... more info
Customer Review: This important issue of Native American genocide is covered thoughly in this book. Another book on the subject, "The Smallpox Genocide of the Odawa Tribe at L'Arbre Croche, 1763: The History of a Native American Tribe," has just been released.
Customer Review: It seems like most, if not all, the information in this book is self-explanatory, but the author does a thorough job explaining and elaborating on lesser known topics.
Customer Review: Roger L. Nichols provides a well-written summary of American Indians in US History from 1500 to present, while including a thoughtful discussion on the debates surrounding American Indian origins. This text best serves a novice to the topic, or a quick reference to those seeking chronological... more info