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Padgett, Gary – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the portrayal of American Indians in U.S. textbooks selected for review in Hillsborough County, Florida's 2012 textbook adoption. The study identified which of the textbooks under consideration contained the greatest amount of information dedicated to American Indians. The study then analyzed…
Descriptors: United States History, American Indians, American Indian History, Textbooks
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Cowdrey, Peter A., Jr. – OAH Magazine of History, 2000
Provides a lesson centered on excerpts from a 1675 letter from the bishop of Cuba, Gabriel Diaz Vara Calderon, to Queen Mariana of Spain that describes life in Spanish Florida missions. Includes a list of questions and excerpts from the letter. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Strategies, Historic Sites, Letters (Correspondence)
American Indian Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1976
Descriptors: American Indians, Letters (Correspondence), Policy Formation, United States History
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McEwan, Bonnie G.; Hann, John H. – OAH Magazine of History, 2000
Focuses on the reconstruction of the San Luis de Talimali, which was among the largest and most important missions in Spanish Florida with the Apalachee Indians as their parishioners. Describes the various structures found at San Luis: (1) the council house; (2) the chief's house; and (3) the church. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Archaeology, Foreign Countries, Historic Sites
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Bushnell, Amy Turner – OAH Magazine of History, 2000
Addresses the history of Spanish-American missions, discussing the view of missions in church history, their role in the Spanish conquest, and the role and ideas of Herbert E. Bolton. Focuses on differences among Spanish borderlands missions, paying particular attention to the Florida missions. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Historians, Historical Interpretation
Foremen, Laurie K. – 1971
Junior high students taking the elective American studies quinmester course, "The American Indian", will study Indian culture and history, and United States government policy toward Indians. It is hoped that students will learn to appreciate the contributions that Indians made to this nation and will avoid the kind of stereotyping that…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Indian Culture, American Indians, American Studies