American Indian History

About This Product

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American Indian History offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history, covering more than 600 Native American groups, through tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines. With a user-friendly interface, this award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of the Americas. An important feature is full cross-searchability across all the Infobase history databases for an even more comprehensive view of history.

Highlights:

• Comprehensive Coverage: With American Indian History, researchers can delve deep into their topics or examine different perspectives through event and topic entries, slideshows, primary sources, images, tablet/mobile-friendly videos, general and topic-specific timelines, biographies of key people, original maps and charts, and more.
• Easy Access to Content: Featured content in American Indian History is handpicked by our editors to inform research and provide guided entryways into the database, plus convenient links to key areas are at the top of every page.
• Editorially Curated Topic Centers: American Indian History features specially selected content—including articles, sharable slideshows, videos, primary sources, and more—that provides a study guide for a particular culture area, era, or subject.

Culture areas covered include:

• • Arctic Culture Area
  • California Culture Area
  • Great Basin Culture Area
  • Great Plains Culture Area
  • Northeast Culture Area
  • Northwest Coast Culture Area
  • Plateau Culture Area
  • Southeast Culture Area
  • Southwest Culture Area
  • Subarctic Culture Area.

Eras covered include:

• • Native Societies, First Contact, and the Colonial Era: Beginnings–1775
  • Exploration, Trade, and Growing Conflict: 1776–1829
  • Removal and Resistance: 1830–1865
  • The Indian Wars: 1866–1890
  • Allotment and Reservations: 1891–1933
  • The Indian New Deal, Termination, and Relocation: 1934–1968
  • Self-Determination and the Red Power Movement: 1969–1979
  • Contemporary Issues: 1980–Present.

Subjects covered include:

• • American Indian Contributions to the World
  • Mythology and Religion
  • U.S. Indian Policy and Law.

• Suggested Research Topics: Each Topic Center in American Indian History includes handpicked selections showcasing the best resources for each topic—including in-depth overview essays—and providing guidance for research.
• Primary Sources: American Indian History includes hundreds of primary sources, many with introductions that provide context and background—perfect for strengthening critical-thinking skills.
• Videos, Images, Maps, and Slideshows: American Indian History’s videos and original, interactive whiteboard-friendly slideshows offer a fascinating visual introduction to key topics and themes, stimulating interest and providing convenient overviews and “lecture launcher” material.
• Biographies: Under “Featured People,” American Indian History includes helpful lists of writers; war leaders, warriors, and soldiers; political leaders and activists; explorers; spiritual and religious leaders; and artists and craftspeople. Each list includes dates of birth and death, a brief descriptor of the person’s achievements, and a link to relevant search results.
• Controversies in History: Editorially selected pro/con articles on many high-interest controversies in history can be found in American Indian History, enabling researchers to grasp the essence and importance of every conflict and the reasons Americans debated them.
• Overview Essays: American Indian History includes substantial and thorough overview essays giving extensive background on relevant historical topics and eras.
• Book Chapters: Chapters from authoritative print titles written by noted historians complement the thousands of encyclopedia entries, biographies, definitions, and other resources American Indian History provides. Book Chapters allow for original thinking and are ideal for an in-depth study of a topic.
• Tribe Index: American Indian History’s Tribe Index is a fast and easy way for students to explore the history and culture of hundreds of Native American tribes from prehistory to the present. Indexing more than 200 tribes located in North America, this powerful research tool allows users to quickly search and discover all the myriad resources relating to a tribe, including encyclopedia articles, book chapters, treaties, legends, full-color tribal flags and maps, timelines, and much more.
• Authoritative Source List: American Indian History features a complete inventory, by type, of the extraordinary amount of expertly researched and written content in the database, including articles from a wealth of award-winning proprietary and distinguished print titles, primary sources, images, videos, timelines, and a list of contributors to the database—information researchers can trust.
• Curriculum Tools: This section of American Indian History features writing and research tips for students and educators, including:
  • Advice on analyzing and understanding editorial cartoons, primary sources, and online sources
  • Guides for presenting research, including avoiding plagiarism, citing sources, completing a primary source worksheet, summarizing articles, and writing research papers
  • Educator tools, including advice on preventing plagiarism and using editorial cartoons in class.
• Full Cross-Searchability: American Indian History is fully cross-searchable with any combination of the other Infobase History Research Center databases to which your institution subscribes.

Features:

• Convenient A-to-Z topic lists
• Tag “clouds” for all content, linking to related material
• Searchable timelines, including a detailed general timeline, updated monthly, plus timelines by culture area and era
• Maps and graphs with descriptions
• Real-time, searchable Reuters® newsfeed
• Save content directly to Google Drive
• Single sign-on with Google or Microsoft
• Google Sign-In allows users to easily access content with their Google credentials
• A variety of integration options and partners, including Canvas and D2L (Desire2Learn)
• Dynamic citations in MLA, Chicago, APA, and Harvard formats, with EasyBib and NoodleTools export functionality
• Read Aloud tool
• Ability for users to set preferences for default language, citation format, and number of search results
• Persistent record links
• Search Assist technology
• Searchable Support Center with valuable help materials, how-to tips, tutorials, and live help chat
• Google Translate for 100+ languages.