Preface -- Okay, so why did I write this book? -- Inspiration -- Parks and monuments: The good, the bad, and the ugly -- No ruins, no discoveries -- Format -- Part I: Parks and people -- National parks and national monuments: Our "best idea" -- Roosevelt's role -- The American Antiquities Act of 1906 -- The Archaeological Resources Protection Act -- First people -- Who were the first people of America? -- The people -- Adaptation -- Part II: Oh, the places you'll go -- Villages before European contact, American Southwest -- First peoples rock art -- Mound builders of the East -- Raw material procurement site -- Villages after European contact, American Southwest -- Villages after European contact, American Plains and Northwest -- War -- A brief epilogue.
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"Here's a full-color travel guide to national parks and national monuments that have a strong connection to the lives of America's First Peoples"-- Provided by publisher.
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