Rather than attempt a comprehensive rendering of the centuries of genocide practiced by those who came in the wake of Columbus, Wright sensibly opts to present a few of the ``highlights.'' The savagery practiced against five major cultures-the Maya, Inca, Aztec, Cherokee, and Iroquois-and their responses appear in three stages, encompassing five hundred years: the initial periods of contact in each case the hard and bloody struggles of these peoples once the battle was joined and the modern phase, in which resistance continues along with the resolve to endure. Clear and concise history detailing the experiences of Native Americans on both continents from 1492 to 1990, from travel-writer and Mayan specialist Wright (Time Among The Maya, 1989 On Fiji Islands, 1986, etc.).
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