The Native American Experience By Jay Wertz Foreword by Dr. Blue Clark

Nov. 3, 2008 - PRLog -- Native Americans have fascinated the world ever since European explorers discovered the Western Hemisphere. The Native American Experience tells their story from migration during the Ice Age to the influence of Native American culture today, examining early Native American tribal history and the turbulent relationship between Native Americans and Western settlers.

Sure to be treasured by anyone interested in Native Americans and their far-reaching impact on North America’s development; The Native American Experience truly brings their history to life. It contains a 64-page book with over 200 illustrations and 30 rare and newly researched removable facsimile documents of historic importance, including:

• An issue of The Cherokee Phoenix newspaper from 1828
• A mid-eighteenth century map based on the travels of Chegeree, a Native American
• President Lincoln’s hand-written pardon of 38 Dakota warriors
• Top-secret Navajo code talker documents from the Second World War
• A full-sized replica of the painting of God Gives the World to Arapaho Children by America Meredith

The Native American Experience is the Award-Winner in the Native American Studies category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
                                                             
                                                                About the Author

Jay Wertz is the author of The Civil War Experience for Carlton Books and co-author of Smithsonian’s Great Battles and Battlefields of the Civil War. He is also a columnist for the Civil War Times. During his research for this book Jay spoke with notable Native Americans such as Adam Fortunate Eagle, Johnny Bear Contreras, Waneek Horn-Miller, and America Meredith.

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Writer of historically oriented books and magazine articles; producer of historically oriented documentaries; award-winning and acclaimed.