Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events

This book is such an eye opener. I did not know how far back our Indian communities went. It is amazing that the author was able to compile all this information.

Very informative book!

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.

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,

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.