Native American, State & Local, Popular Culture, Native American Studies, Cultural 

The Native American inhabitants of North America's Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. "Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History" covers all aspects of their world, both their past and their role and lives in the modern West. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies pertaining to Native Americans, scholarly theories about their prehistory, and many others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as numerous interviews, and he addresses the findings of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America's most challenging environments.

"Great Basin Indians" is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of American West and in western history in general.