This <i>Reader</i> from the <i>Uncovering the Past </i> series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indian history.<ul><li>Over 60 primary documents allow the voices of natives to illuminate the American past<li>Includes samples of native languages just above the full translations of particular texts<li>Provides comprehensive introductions and headnotes, as well as images, an extensive bibliography, and suggestions for further research<li>Includes such texts as a decoded Maya inscription, letters written during the French and Indian War on the distribution of small pox blankets, and a diatribe by General George Armstrong Custer shortly before he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn<br></ul>