Surviving Conquest: A History of the Yavapai Peoples

by Timothy Braatz

Book Overview

Surviving Conquest is a history of the Yavapai Indians, who have lived for centuries in central Arizona. Although primarily concerned with survival in a desert environment, early Yavapais were also involved in a complex network of alliances, rivalries, and trade. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries European missionaries and colonizers moved into the region, bringing diseases, livestock, and a desire for Indian labor. Beginning in 1863,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803222424
• ISBN13: 9780803222427
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"