Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events Paperback – December 3, 1996

This is a great book! The side by side historical information is easy to understand. Great job by a knowledgeable and skilled author. Excellent and profound read!

I purchased this book from Amazon as my husband wanted to read it. He is interested in early history. He is so glad he got this book, he is loving every page. He has shared some of what he has read with me and I agree that it is a really interesting and informative book. A great read! Thanks,

I bought this book because it was written by a writer new to me. Recently I read " The Girl I Left Behind". I was so impressed by that book; I Googled the writer.Then, ordered her other books. "Native American History" is set up in a very unusual format, which may prove difficult for readers of novels or historical fiction, or even history.My family members are lined up behind me, waiting their turns to study this publication.This Spring I had read "Caleb's Crossing" and was fascinated by the historical references in a work of fiction, especially because only recently some local Native American language from Massachusetts has been translated by a young woman. I live in south central Mass. Within the "Bay Path", a route traversed by several native American groups.This adds another perspective to my interest.

I bought this book after skimming it at a friend's home. As an author, an American, and someone fascinated by history, I love this book. Ms. Nies has very cleverly divided the book into split pages and by year with Native American History on one side, and World History on the other. In the beginning she quotes Barbara Tuchman, one of my favorite historians, who wrote: 'Events do not happen in categories - economic, intellectual, military - they happen in sequence. When they are arranged in sequence as strictly as possible ... cause and effect that may have been previously obscure, will often become clear, like secret ink.' Ms. Nies displays this in abundance in this book.

Filled with a plethora of information on how these great peoples contributed, affected and have been a main part of our heritage. Kudos to Judith Nies for this chronology of the indigenous American peoples! This is a must have if you want to experience a well rounded perspective of American history.

It is great to read about how Native American history connects to world history. This book illustrates the injustices experienced by the Native Americans after European invaders and conquerors came to the Americas. Should be a must reading for all students.

A wonderful look at history.

As non-American, I wanted to have a book that gave me an overview of the native American history. This is the first one I met, and read from the first to the last page, almost in one go. I cannot judge the accuracy of the given facts (as other reviewers question), but I have a seen in it a lot of material that gives food for thought. I do think I have gained substantial overview, and a lot of handles to follow up on the individual stories such as the Dakota uprising. So, it fulfilled my purpose.It puts further in perspective some of the horrible destruction that has taken place in the past destroying a sophisticated culture.The style of writing is somewhat questionable: it gives on the same page events relevant to the native American history and next to it, events in the world around. This is not easy reading, but one does get used to it.