Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America

Native Roots by Jack Weatherford is a 288 page book about the natives of America. I chose this book because it seemed interesting and it had concrete information that applies to the topic of my research. The author has 4 other published books about varying topics before this book. Jack Weatherford graduated from University of South Carolina and he completed his Ph.D in anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. He earned a post-doctoral degree from Duke University and became a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.

Native Roots exemplifies the history of the Natives -- highlighting specific farming techniques and the uprisings of a trade economy. Weatherford discusses how the Natives created their own society and how they assimilated into the White's culture.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM

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  2. UnknownSeptember 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM

    Will you be focusing on a specific, or a couple specific, Native American tribes; or focusing on a region? I look forward to learning about the different customs and cultures of the Native Americans, and especially their efforts to integrate into, or incorporate with, the drastically different ideas and beliefs of the first European colonists.

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    1. DanielOctober 31, 2018 at 7:01 AM

      I will be focusing on all Native Americans as a whole because every tribe had an impact in America's history. I directed my research to understand the contributions that the Natives had on the Europeans rather than the contributions of the Europeans.

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