This Land Was Theirs: A Study of North American Indians

by Wendell H. Oswalt and Wendell H. Oswalth

Book Overview

Designed for undergraduate courses in Native North Americans, the text surveys both traditional and contemporary Indian lifeways. Oswalt looks at 12 North American Indian tribes, ranging from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874848156
• ISBN13: 9780874848151
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Mayfield Pub Co
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read

I would read this book even if I wasn't required to, it's just interesting to know these things. It came in excellent condition and fast shipping.

excellent book

Had to buy this as an anthropology textbook and I really did enjoy reading it. Informative but read-able to even non-anthro majors.

Very informative

From the history of specific indigenous tribes, to current issues and religious traditions every chapter in this book provides a lot of information and stresses the differences and similarities between various groups. This was a required book for one of my college classes and it has helped me gain an appreciation for North American Indians in termes of their struggles for federal recognition and their assimilation into mainstream society while maintaing their interesting traditions and practices. This is a must read for anyone interested in cultural anthropology and/or Native Studies.

Best introduction

If you have an interest in Native Americans and want to learn more, start here. This is the best of the eight or so editions of This Land Was Their.

Interesting textbook!

This textbook is great! It gives very detailed information on how the North American Indians lived before contact with "Euro-Americans", as well as post-contact.