Conn, Steven.

History's shadow : Native Americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century / Steven Conn. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004. - xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.

Native Americans and the problem of history, part 1 -- Images of history : Indians in American art -- Fade to silence : Indians and the study of language -- The past is underground : archaeology and the search for Indian history -- The art and science of describing and classifying : the triumph of anthropology -- Native Americans and the problem of history, part 2.

0226114945 (alk. paper)


Indians of North America--History--19th century.
Ethnology--United States.


United States--Civilization--Indian influences.

973.04/97