It didn't help me much with my ideas, but it reminded me how varied a people my ancestors were, and that we could come a lot further in how we treat that in this sort of 'covers a bit of everything' book. They run the spectrum, my friends, and this book was honest about it.Īt least it was also clear about "pre-contact" and "post-contact" (with europeans) and how the weapons changed because of that. On the other hand, it didn't shy away from one big TRUTH others avoid: Some Native American Tribes were VERY warlike, and others downright pacifist/cowardly. it's all very confusing, and this book tried the whole 'noble savages who lived here before us' thing, and it didn't work.
They're not even as related to one another as you'd think in many cases, while in others, some tribes are pretty much just the same people living differently. :Pįor one, it feeds on the one big LIE about "Native Americans". Don Nardo Historian and award-winning author Don Nardo has written many books for young people about modern history, including studies of the rise of Hitler and Nazism, World War II, international terrorism, and dozens of military topics. and then I had the gall to be annoyed that it wasn't a very good book, when it came to accuracy and political correctness.
Okay, I admit, I grabbed this one because it was a quickie book that might help me with an RPG character creation.
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