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Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Indian Battle Sites in Indiana is a historical guide to the most notable Native and Euro-American military conflicts that took place in the wilds of Indiana during the 1700s and early 1800s. The pages herein are mostly filled with words from those who were there engaged in combat for possession of the land. This regional anthology provides insight into a transitional time of upheaval and contest between two vastly different cultures of the Old and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Within this volume, numerous variations of historic Indian place names are gathered under their most common spelling or modern equivalent. The information included in this thoroughly annotated volume was drawn from land patents, local and regional government records, public and private archives, and several collections of historical maps. This enables researchers to see how Indian place names changed over time and relate them to their equivalents...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.." -- Cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"This book is an index of tribal names collected from printed sources. Each entry includes tribal name, the "parent group" or ancestral tribe, original source for the tribal name, and approximate location of the name in the original source material"--Provided by publisher.
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