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   Ancient Life in Mexico and Central America » Read Now

   by Edgar L. Hewett. 344 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...said for the Indians point of view. This...Life in the American Southwest...Mexico and Central America...Pueblo Indians, -- only a few thousand of them, living...Mexico and...
   
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   Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth-Century Central America » Read Now

   by William L. Sherman. 496 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library
   
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   The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered the Land, Pioneered in It, and Created Great Classical Civilizations, How They Were Plunged into a Dark Age by Invasion and Conquest, and How They Are Reviving » Read Now

   by Francis Jennings. 457 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library
   
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   Nation-States and Indians in Latin America (Chap. 7 "Strategies of Ethnic Survival in Central America") » Read Now

   by Joel Sherzer, Greg Urban. 336 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library
   
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   Central America: Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Crises (Chap. 4 "Indian Labor and the Guatemalan Crisis: Evidence from History and Anthropology") » Read Now

   by Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. 312 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   "A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local...

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   "A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local interests in preventing the development of enduring political unity and economic integration. Latin Americanists and those interested in international politics at the upper-division undergraduate level and above will value this informative analysis of the volatile region." Choice

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   Indian Languages of Mexico and Central America and Their Geographical Distribution » Read Now

   by Cyrus Thomas. 108 pgs.

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   ...ILLUSTRATION INDIAN LANGUAGES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA By CYRUS THOMAS Assisted by...INTRODUCTION The narrative portion of this bulletin is devoted to a...
   
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   Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and Central America » Read Now

   by Herbert J. Spinden. 270 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library
   
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   Mesoamerica: The Evolution of a Civilization » Read Now

   by William T. Sanders, Barbara J. Price. 266 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...found deep into Central America, minorities surrounded by speakers of other languages...Area that is, Central America south and east of Guatemala and...resided in the...
   
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   Spaniards and Indians in Southeastern Mesoamerica: Essays on the History of Ethnic Relations » Read Now

   by Murdo J. MacLeod, Robert Wasserstrom. 292 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...essays, lectures. 3. Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Government...Report and Census of the Indians of Cozumel, 1570," Contributions to American History and...
   
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    To Die in This Way: Nicaraguan Indians and the Myth of Mestizaje, 1880-1965 » Read Now

    by Jeffrey L. Gould. 314 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...Strategies of Ethnic Survival in Central America," in Nation...States and Indians in Latin...arrogance of the Central Americans toward the Indians." Lehmann...secretary of...
    
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    An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs » Read Now

    by Sylvantus Griswold Morley. 284 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...writing developed by the Maya of Central America and southern Mexico was...is difficult for students of Central American archeology to become familiar...knowledge of the...
    
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    Too Small a Place: The Removal of the Willamette Valley Indians, 1850-1856, in American Indian Quarterly » Read Now

    by Ronald Boyd Spores. 22 pgs.

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    ...authoritative bibliographical study of the central valley tribes in his The Kalapuyans: A Sourcebook on the Indians of the Willamette Valley (Salem...Kalapuyans," in...
    
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    The Indians America Loves to Love and Read: American Indian Identity and Cultural Appropriation, in American Indian Quarterly » Read Now

    by Kathryn W. Shanley. 28 pgs.

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    ...Simon Ortiz, "Indians Sure Come in Handy" People of goodwill would...homepage of American bigotry...language figures centrally in destroying...takes as its central thesis...