Open AccessBook Review: Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples
Author(s) -
Lisa Euster
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.56n1.62b
Subject(s) - indigenous , native american , encyclopedia , history , geography , genealogy , library science , ethnology , political science , ecology , computer science , biology
The authors emphasize early what Native American Almanac is not: an almanac, an encyclopedia, nor a scholarly work, among other things. It is described as a well-researched “historical overview of Native communities in what is now the United States” (ix). Despite the title, it is heavily focused on the post-contact period. The main arrangement is by geographical region, with an overview chapter and one discussing urban settings. Each chapter is introduced by a regional history, followed by discussion of tribes, their histories, and other information.