Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books
University of Nebraska Press New Voices for Old Words Algonquian Oral
Book SynopsisA collection of previously unpublished Algonquian oral traditions featuring historical narratives, traditional stories, and legends that were gathered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are presented in their original languages with new English-language translations. Accompanying essays explain the importance of the original texts.Trade Review"This book offers a significant contribution to tribal pedagogy."—Paul Zolbrod, Tribal Colllege“These carefully edited texts, in eight Algonquian languages no longer widely spoken, show how premodern records can be made accessible to readers interested in the traditional narratives and linguistic styles of an earlier time. They provide models for future philological studies as well as reliable data on some little-known languages.”—David H. Pentland, professor of Algonquian studies at the University of Manitoba Table of ContentsContributorsForeword Introduction DAVID J. COSTA Editing a Gros Ventre (White Clay) text TERRY BROCKIE AND ANDREW COWELLGros Ventre text:The Gros Ventres Go to War Redacting Premodern Texts without Speakers: the Peoria Story ofWiihsakacaakwa DAVID J. COSTAPeoria text:Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakani (Wiihsakacaakwa Story) Editing and Using Arapaho-Language Manuscript Sources: AComparative Perspective ANDREW COWELLArapaho texts:A Name-Changing Prayer Nihʼoo3oo and His Friend the Beaver Catcher: Divingthrough the Ice Highlighting Rhetorical Structure through Syntactic Analysis: AnIllustrated Meskwaki Text by Alfred Kiyana AMY DAHLSTROMMeskwaki text:A Man Who Fasted Long Ago Three Nineteenth-Century Munsee Texts: Archaisms, DialectVariation, and Problems of Textual Criticism IVES GODDARDMunsee texts:A Youth and His Uncle Moshkim Origin MythOn Editing Bill Leaf’s Meskwaki TextsLUCY THOMASONMeskwaki text:Bill Leaf’s Story of Red-Leggins Challenges of Editing and Presenting the Corpus of PotawatomiStories Told by Jim and Alice Spear to Charles Hockett LAURA WELCHERPotawatomi text:Jejakos Gigabé (Crane Boy) The Words of Black Hawk: Restoring a Long-Ignored Bilingual GORDON WHITTAKERSauk text:The Nekanawîni (‘My Words’) of Mahkatêwimeshikêhkêhkwa Index
£66.60
University of Nebraska Press Wolves for the Blue Soldiers
Book SynopsisA study of Indian scouts in general, focusing on the post-Civil War years when Americans began their final assault on western Indian lands. It is suitable for serious students of the Indian wars and for those interested in culture conflict and human behavior in general.
£22.79
University of Nebraska Press The 1870 Ghost Dance
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[Buckley] treats readers to an excellent overview of early anthropology and DuBois’s place in its development. . . . Graduate students and . . . upper division undergraduates would certainly benefit from Buckley’s primer followed by a reading of the actual text.”—Oregon Historical Quarterly"Since it was first published in 1939, The 1870 Ghost Dance has long been unavailable to scholars. Almost seventy years later, it is available once again. It remains a seminal work, provides an essential source for understanding indigenous ways, and serves as a springboard for decolonization efforts in the state of California."—John H. Monnett, Historian
£17.99
University of Nebraska Press The Bearer of This Letter
Book Synopsis The Bearer of This Letter illuminates the enduring effects of colonialism by examining the decades-long tension between written words and spoken words in a reservation community. Drawing on archival sources and her own extensive work in the community, Mindy J. Morgan investigates how historical understandings of literacy practices challenge current Indigenous language revitalization efforts on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana.Created in 1887, Fort Belknap is home to the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine peoples. The history of these two peoplesover the past century is a common one among Indigenous groups, with religious and federal authorities aggressively promoting the use of English at the expense of the local Indigenous languages. Morgan suggests that such efforts at the assimilation of Indigenous peoples had a far-reaching and not fully appreciated consequence. Through a close reading of federal, local, and missionary records at Fort Belknap, MorgTrade Review"Morgan provides an excellent explication of the power of language/literacy in the reservation world and Indian efforts to manipulate literacy to privilege their cultures. Literacy was a colonial tool for domination, but American Indian societies may now be using it to anticipate a multilingual future as they turn their oral languages into written languages used for their own purposes, as at Fort Belknap. Anyone interested in the effort to revive indigenous languages will benefit from the summaries of issues and solutions."—G. Gagnon, Choice"[The Bearer of This Letter's] ethnolinguistic relevance is obvious and central, but students of Indian history, culture, literature, and rhetoric will also find a good deal to occupy them. For educators and scholars focusing on Montana tribes, The Bearer of This Letter will quickly become an indispensable resource."—Matt Herman, Montana, The Magazine of Western History"This book is an important and pioneering effort that brings ethnohistorical rigor to the task of understanding current literacy debates in the Fort Belknap (Montana) Indian community by understanding the evolution of relevant language ideologies there from pre-reservation times to current efforts involving language renewal."—Paul V. Kroskrity, Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsPrefaceNotes on Terminology and AbbreviationsIntroduction: Fort Belknap and the Question of Native Language LiteracyChapter 1. Before the Reservation: Language Practices and the Documentary RecordChapter 2. Creating Boundaries: English Literacy in the Early Reservation EraChapter 3. English Only: Language Ideology and the Limits of LiteracyChapter 4. Shifts in Practice: Literacy during the Indian New DealChapter 5. Bringing the Languages Back: Developing Bilingual Education at Fort BelknapChapter 6. The Nakoda Alphabet: Re-Imaging Literacy and TraditionSummary: New Literacies and Old WaysBibliography
£37.05
University of Nebraska Press Born in the Blood On Native American Translation
Book SynopsisAn anthology of essays on the translation of Native American languages and literatures.Table of ContentsIntroductionBrian Swann Part One1. Should Translation Work Take Place? Ethical Questions Concerning the Translation of First Nations LanguagesCarrie Dyck2. Reading a Dictionary: How Passamaquoddy Language Translates Concepts of Physical and Social SpaceRobert M. Leavitt3. Translating Time: A Dialogue on Hopi Experiences of the PastChip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa4. Hopi Place Value: Translating a LandscapePeter M. Whiteley5. Related-Language Translation: Naskapi and East CreeBill Jancewicz6. Performative Translation and Oral Curation: Ti-Jean/Chezan in BeaverlandAmber Ridington and Robin Ridington7. Translation and Censorship of Native American Oral LiteratureWilliam M. Clements8. In the Words of Powhatan: Translation across Space and Time for The New WorldBlair A. Rudes Part Two9. Ethnopoetic Translation in Relation to Audio, Video, and New Media RepresentationsRobin Ridington, Jillian Ridington, Patrick Moore, Kate Hennessy, and Amber Ridington10. Translating Algonquian Oral TextsJulie Brittain and Marguerite MacKenzie11. Translating the Boundary between Life and Death in O'odham Devil SongsDavid L. Kozak with David I. Lopez12. Revisiting Haida Cradle-Song 67Frederick H. White13. Translating Tense and Aspect in Tlingit NarrativesRichard L. Dauenhauer and Nora Marks Dauenhauer14. Translating Performance in the Written Text: Verse Structure in Dakota and HocákLynn Burley15. Toward Literature: Preservation of Artistic Effects in Choctaw TextsMarcia Haag16. Translating an Esoteric Idiom: The Case of Aztec PoetryJohn Bierhorst17. Translating Context and Situation: William Strachey and Powhatan's "Scorneful Song"William M. Clements18. A Life in TranslationRichard J. Preston19. Memories of Translation: Looking for the Right WordsM. Terry Thompson and Laurence C. Thompson ContributorsIndex
£33.25
University of Nebraska Press A Study of Omaha Indian Music
Book SynopsisPresents a collection of non-Occidental music, all from a single tribe. This book divides the songs into three categories: religious ones, sung by a certain class; social ones, involving dances and games; and ones to be sung singly, including dream songs, love songs, captive songs, prayer songs, death songs, sweat lodge songs, and songs of thanks.
£11.39
University of Nebraska Press Choctaws at the Crossroads
Book SynopsisForcibly relocated in the 1830s from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southeastern corner of Indian Territory, the Choctaws today are a dynamic and complex rural ethnic community in Oklahoma. This book examines the political economy of the Choctaws at the end of the twentieth century.Trade Review"[A] superlative work ... Focusing on shifts in the political, economic, and cultural lives of the Choctaw, the author demonstrates the degeneration of the group's political status from nation to tribe to ethnic enclave, as well as its economic marginalisation through forced entry into the world capitalist system... Faiman-Silva eschews a simplistic model of victimisation without denying the glaring inequalities and injustices of past and present interactions with the surrounding world, and she presents vividly the internal heterogeneity of Choctaw solution seeking." - Choice
£18.04
University of Nebraska Press Upward Not Sunwise Resonant Rupture in Navajo
Book SynopsisExplores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. Kimberly Jenkins Marshall has been researching the Oodlání movement since 2006 and presents the first book-length study of Navajo neo-Pentecostalism.Trade Review"Marshall's book is based on several years of ethnographic research in Navajo communities in the southwestern United States. The only lengthy study of Navajo Pentecostalism that has been published to date, it deftly tackles the problem of rupture and continuity among Pentecostal converts, and shows that Navajo Pentecostals reject, reinterpret, remake, and conserve traditional beliefs and practices in intricate and sometimes conflicting ways. Marshall pursues a pioneering approach to indigenous Pentecostalism that will interest folklorists."—Ethan Sharp, Journal of Folklore Research"The weighty contributions of Upward, Not Sunwise extend far beyond the tent-filled deserts of the Navajo Nation, deeply enriching the study of indigenous Christianity in a number of important ways."—Mark Clatterbuck, Pacific Historical Review“Marshall’s ethnography is refreshingly engaging as it explores the complexities of contemporary neo-Pentecostalism among Navajos in the Navajo Nation. It adds a much-needed chapter about the diversity of religious experiences among Navajos and speaks to larger issues about global Christianity.”—Anthony K. Webster, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Intimate Grammars: An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry “Upward, Not Sunwise offers a fresh perspective on religious acculturation in an indigenous context. This book is unequaled for its contemporary analysis of Native people’s agency within Christian evangelical movements.”—David Shorter, professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of We Will Dance Our Truth: Yaqui History in Yoeme PerformancesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transcriptions Introduction: Resonant Rupture 1. The Oodlání Movement: Revivals, Research, and Relationships 2. Under the Tent: The Resonant Rupture of Ritual 3. Háálá Ayóo Diyin: The Resonant Rupture of Language 4. “God Never Listened to Country”: The Resonant Rupture of Music 5. Dancing in the Spirit: The Resonant Rupture of Nonhuman Actors 6. Embodying Healing: The Resonant Rupture of Faith Healing Conclusion: Resonant Rupture, Sovereignty, and Global Pentecostalism Notes References Index
£52.20
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£14.24
University of Nebraska Press American Indian Nations from Termination to
Book SynopsisProvides a concise overview of all the terminations and restorations of Native American tribes from 1953 to 2006 and explores the enduring policy implications for Native peoplesTrade Review"Rich in facts and easy to read, the book details a little noticed chapter of present-day Indian politics of the USA. AmerIndian Research "Highly recommended Choice "For the general reader, [this book] provides a good overview of termination and its reversal and demonstrates how these factors influenced Indian identity. Western Historical Quarterly "Clearly laid out and very readable. Indian Country TodayTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: The ExperimentPart One. Breaking the Ties1. Policy: Kill the Indians2. Menominees: Ambush3. Klamaths: Disaster4. Western Oregon: Invisible5. Alabama-Coushattas of Texas and Catawbas of South Carolina: Entangled6. Utah Paiute Bands: Helpless7. California: Scattered8. Oklahoma Tribes and Poncas of Nebraska: AfterthoughtsPart Two. The Way Back9. Menominees: Pioneers10. Siletz: Fish11. Oklahoma and Utah: Flood12. Cow Creeks and Grand Rondes: Communities13. Klamaths: Troubles14. Coos and Coquilles: Cooperating15. Alabama-Coushattas and California: Legalities16. Catawbas and Poncas: LastEpilogue: The ResultsAppendix: Terminated Tribes and RestorationsNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of Nebraska Press Performing Indigeneity Global Histories and
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Performing Indigeneity lays out a sophisticated treatment of the cross-cultural politics embodied in the productive but hard-to-define category ‘indigeneity.’ Laura Graham and Glenn Penny’s ground-breaking collection brilliantly guides readers through the emergence and renegotiation of such tropes as cultural heritage, human rights, environment, and aboriginality.”—Philip J. Deloria, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan and author of Indians in Unexpected Places“One is not born indigenous. That’s the far-reaching upshot of this remarkable collection, which radically expands our notion of indigeneity. Along with their collaborators, Laura Graham and Glenn Penny break with any sense of essential selfhood, giving us a performative and dialogic concept that sees the indigenous as a creative space of collective imagination.”—Matti Bunzl, professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois“This terrific set of essays brings together some of the best and freshest thinking in a field burgeoning with creativity. Native arts and activism are flourishing, and so are interdisciplinary conversations about Indigeneity. Every chapter offers surprises: gems of insight from unexpected angles. This is a bold step forward.”—Beth A. Conklin, chair of the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University and author of Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Performing Indigeneity: Emergent Identity, Self-Determination, and SovereigntyLaura R. Graham and H. Glenn Penny2. Living Traditions: A Manifesto for Critical IndigeneityBernard Perley3. Culture Claims: Being Maasai at the United NationsDorothy L. Hodgson4. A White Face for the Cofán Nation? Randy Borman and the Ambivalence of IndigeneityMichael L. Cepek5. Performed Alliances and Performative Identities: Tupinamba in the Kingdom of FranceBeatriz Perrone-Moisés6. Rethinking Sami Agency during Living Exhibitions: From the Age of Empire to the Postwar WorldCathrine Baglo7. Not Playing Indian: Surrogate Indigeneity and the German Hobbyist SceneH. Glenn Penny8. The Return of Kū? Re-membering Hawaiian Masculinity, Warriorhood, and NationTy P. Kāwika Tengan9. Bone-Deep Indigeneity: Theorizing Hawaiian Care for the State and Its Broken ApparatusesGreg Johnson10. Haka: Colonized Physicality, Body-Logic, and Embodied SovereigntyBrendan Hokowhitu11. Genders of Xavante Ethnographic Spectacle: Cultural Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion in BrazilLaura R. Graham12. Showing Too Much or Too Little: Predicaments of Painting Indigenous Presence in Central AustraliaFred Myers13. Cities: Indigeneity and BelongingMark K. WatsonContributorsIndex
£56.10
University of Nebraska Press Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
Book SynopsisThe religious fervor known as the Ghost Dance movement was precipitated by the prophecies and teachings of a northern Paiute Indian named Wovoka. Understanding the prophet behind the messianic movement, this work addresses the basic questions about his message and life.
£17.99
University of Nebraska Press Native Americans and the Environment
Book SynopsisExplores related historical and contemporary themes and subjects involving Native Americans and the environment. This volume examines topics as divergent as Pleistocene extinctions and the problem of storing nuclear waste on modern reservations.Trade Review“This excellent anthology features 12 articles originally presented at the 2002 conference ‘Re-figuring the Ecological Indian.’ Of uniformly high quality, the essays respond to Shepard Krech’s The Ecological Indian . . . while furthering discussion of historical and contemporary ideas about Native people as ecologists and conservationists. . . . Harkin and Lewis provide an erudite introduction elucidating the complex issues involved in the discussion. . . . This volume provides an important contribution to a critical, ongoing debate.”—CHOICE "Because of its deliberate interdisciplinary approach, Native Americans and the Environment with appeal to a wide variety of academics and those who appreciate bona fide intellectual exchange. Yet this book also contributes important commentary on contemporary environmental and resource management debates. Its timeliness adds to its appeal."—Elizabeth James, Alaska History“This book provides a balanced perspective on the history of resource use and the social and political pressures that affected resource use in the past and continue to affect use in the present.”—Susan C. Ryan, Journal of American Ethnic History “This is a valuable collection with many carefully documented analyses that speak to the complex and often ambiguous details of Native American environmental relationships, past and present.”—Eugene S. Hunn, Western Historical Quarterly “This book will be valuable for anthropologists, historians, educators, resource managers, and the general public interested in learning about Native Americans have been, and are still, front and center in using and managing their environments. . . . Each stand-alone essay is a fascinating look at the state of the debate on Native Americans and their environments.”—Great Plains Research "Harkin and Lewis's book is a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of these issues which will be profitably read by anyone interested in environmental anthropology, Native North America, Indian-European relations, and cultural identity."—Robert Jarvenpa, Anthropos
£21.59
University of Nebraska Press Hunting Caribou Subsistence Hunting along the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Henry and Karyn Sharp have given us a gift of how abstract and narrative culture translates into everyday practical activity and how that activity feels to the people themselves and to the ethnographers who make the commitment to share it with them."—John David Eller. Anthropology Review Database“Few books discussing subsistence hunting in history, archaeology, or anthropology are grounded in such rich and deep personal experience and understanding of the subject matter from a practical, participatory, long-term, and hands-on approach. This is mandatory reading for anyone discussing hunting and game management in a historical or anthropological context.”—Roland Bohr, author of Gifts from the Thunder Beings: Indigenous Archery and European Firearms in the Northern Plains and Central Subarctic, 1670–1870“This outstanding book covers a range of critical issues: hunter/gatherer transitions within a colonial context; knowledge and expertise in terms of living with nonhumans; indigenous knowledge; but most intriguing and fundamentally exciting is the blend of voices between father and daughter, elder/younger, anthropologist/archaeologist, and on it goes. This is a book that I read cover to cover without pausing and imagine that I will not be alone!”—Charles R. Menzies, editor of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource ManagementTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Hunt 1. Caribou Text 1. Hunting and Predation Small Game. Native Mammals. Scale, Guns, and Freedom. Denésuliné Conceptualization of Hunting. Biology of Women as Hunters. Trust. Hunting Is the Easy Part.Hunt 2. Moose Text 2. Food Storage Meat Distribution. In the Village. Food Storage in the Bush: Freezing, Drying, Smoking, Natural Refrigeration. Protecting Dried Meat. Drying Caribou Meat. Marrow and Boiling Bones for Grease.Hunt 3. Caribou: Pursuit and Risk Text 3. Persistence in Hunting The Dangers of Moving through the Bush. Walking the Land. Dog Teams. Boats, Opportunistic Contact in Hunting.Hunt 4. Caribou: Waiting for Prey Text 4. Weapons Muskets and Rifles. Accuracy. How Weapons Technology Altered Denésuliné Hunting. Women and Rifles. Social Changes from Changed Hunting Methods. Pursuit Hunting and Following Wounded Game.Hunt 5. Caribou: Walking, Kill Locations, and Spoilage Text 5. Carrion and Scavengers The African Model. Consequences of Human Scavenging. An Anthropological Gender War. Eating the Dead. Snow Probes.Hunt 6. Wolf Text 6. Camp Formation Pitching a Camp. Work Areas and Dog Beds. Area a Camp Occupies. Range of Day Trips. Marking the Land. Average Area Exploited by a Camp. Human Influence upon the Land.Hunt 7. Moose: Hunting by Habitat Text 7. Summer Doldrums Inactivity. Problems with Making and Storing Dry Meat. Fish and Other Things. Choosing a Camp Location. Scars on the Land.Hunt 8. Caribou: Long-Distance Hunting Text 8. Transporting Meat Walking the Land. Storing Meat in Lakes.Interlude 1. Land Use and the Terrain at Foxholm Lake Hunt 9. Bear: Failed Hunt Text 9. Looking for Game The Use of High Ground. The Scale of Distance in Hunting. Time and Distance.Hunt 10. Caribou: Calves Text 10. Hides Characteristics of Caribou Hide and Leather. Making and Working Caribou Hide. Time Window for Taking Caribou Hide. Parasites and Seasonality. Uses of Caribou Hide. The Need for Hides Modifies Hunting Priorities. Hunting the Megafauna.Hunt 11. Jackfish Text 11. Women’s Labor Flexibility in the Sexual Division of Labor. Women’s Work and Social Status. Women’s Tasks and Shared Work. Raw Materials vs. Finished Products. The Balance of Temperaments.Hunt 12. Bear: Stalking Prey Text 12. Prey Choices The Failure of Economic AnalysisHunt 13. Missing Hunts Text 13. Shadows of the Past Geology, Rock, Ice, and Ground Cover. Permafrost, Drainage, and Ice Action. Change. How Long Is the Memory of Unused Technology? Clothing. The Generational Transmission of Knowledge.Interlude 2. Wolves, Caribou, and Approaching Prey Hunt 14. Caribou: Caching in the Fall Text 14. Hunting from High Ground Prey Selection. Hunting with Spears.Hunt 15. Caribou: Failed Hunt Text 15. A Puzzle How Past Hunters Hunted the Land. Conclusion.Selected Bibliography Index
£32.30
University of Nebraska Press This Benevolent Experiment
Book SynopsisAnalyses the formulation of the “Indian problem” as a policy concern in the United States and Canada, and examines how the “solution” of Indigenous boarding schools was implemented in Manitoba and New Mexico through complex chains that included multiple government offices with a variety of staffs, Indigenous peoples, and even nonhuman actors such as poverty, disease, and space.Trade Review"[This Benevolent Experiment] is well written, intelligently organized, meticulously researched, and offers original content. Woolford provides an important addition to the growing and rich literature about American Indian genocide and boarding schools."—Clifford E. Trafzer, American Historical Review"This Benevolent Experiment is a must-read for the experts and students of North American history and Native Americans alike."—Arif Jamal, Washington Book Review"This important book, which students, scholars, and policy makers in the U.S. and Canada should read, is a testament to the quality of the work and the still limited understanding of its subject in both countries."—C. R. King, CHOICE"Andrew Woolford's contribution to the field of residential school studies is fascinating. . . . This important work deserves to be read and debated in both countries."—Jim Mochoruk, South Dakota State Historical Society"[This Benevolent Experiment] is a genuine contribution to the literature and will remain for years to come a major source for understanding this tragic, but nonetheless fascinating, chapter in indigenous-colonial settler relations."—David Wallace Adams, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"Scholars of indigenous boarding schools will find Woolford's book a valuable tool in analyzing and describing the destructive power of these institutions."—John Gram, Western Historical Quarterly"An excellent offering for scholars."—Roundup Magazine“Andrew Woolford’s outstanding book offers fresh contributions to the field of Indigenous and settler colonial studies. His comparison of the Indian boarding schools in the United States with their Canadian counterparts yields new insights into both. He provides a sophisticated and probing analysis of whether these schools constituted genocidal policies and practices. This is a top-notch piece of scholarship that should enrich our scholarly—and national—debates for decades to come.”—Margaret Jacobs, author of White Mother to a Dark Race and A Generation RemovedTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface1. Introduction2. Settler Colonial Genocide in North America3. Framing the Indian as a Problem4. Schools, Staff, Parents, Communities, and Students5. Discipline and Desire as Assimilative Techniques6. Knowledge and Violence as Assimilative Techniques7. Local Actors and Assimilation8. Aftermaths and Redress9. Conclusion NotesReferencesIndex
£69.70
University of Nebraska Press Recovering Native American Writings in the
Book SynopsisAn anthology of editorials, articles, and essays written and published by Indigenous students at boarding schools around the turn of the twentieth century. Trade Review"The texts . . . go a long way toward showing the degree to which some embraced assimilationist rhetoric and others saw literacy and publishing as means to adapting, surviving, resisting, "talking back," and ultimately claiming agency over their own futures in a society that, to differing degrees, saw their existence as a problem to be solved."—M. F. McClure, Choice"Emery's book is timely and important, as it is critical that both Native Americans and allies push for education about this period in history, especially at such a crucial time in our development as a country. Now, more than ever, with the call for a "national identity," we should be looking to our past and what the building of that national identity entails. This means that we should be educating our citizens on how our past governments have attempted to shape the "American." Emery's book provides us with a rich resource of stories gathered from the voices of the students who were part of Carlisle founder Richard Henry Pratt's vision."—Lydia Presley, Great Plains Quarterly"This edited volume features work of thirty-five Native writers and editors and brings visibility to the boarding school newspapers, which hopefully will spur efforts at preserving and using these works as an untapped resource that give voice to Native Americans and expand the history of Native American literature."—Jerry W. Carlson, Nebraska History"By carefully doing the time-consuming work of collecting the writings for this book—writings by Indian people themselves that are scattered in difficult-to-access newspaper archives—Emery has provided a valuable service. She has created a resource that can help us restore and recover at least some of our sight, bringing more detail, nuance, complexity, and humanity into view, if only we can take the time to look closely enough."—Steve Amerman, H-AmIndian"The absorbing nature of these writings and reflections, combined with the insights they provide into an often-ignored chapter in U.S. history, illustrate their value and significance and underscore the importance of publishing additional volumes of Native students' writings."—Samantha M. Williams, Transmotion"This invaluable collection of Native American writings from the turn of the 20th century amplifies Indian voices and experiences during one of the most transitional periods for Indigenous communities in North America. . . . These writings offer a lens to the humanity, creativity, and intellectualism of boarding school students who navigated many issues, cultures, and settings, while representing their peoples and futures."—Farina King, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"Emery's most valuable addition to boarding school literature is her use of lesser-known writers. While most boarding school presses were run by boys, Emery also has included unique sources like the all-female editorial group—Ida Johnson, Arizona Jackson, and Lula Walker—who launched the Hallaquah newspaper at Seneca Indian School in 1879. Instead of using the newspaper as a promotion of assimilation, these young women showed agency and used their newspaper as a way to preserve their cultures and serve their neighboring communities."—Amanda Johnson, Chronicles of Oklahoma"The editor's exemplary work, meticulous research, and orchestration of a multi-vocal dialogue between boarding school students and activists across decades paves the way for similar, much-needed work of recovery in the field, both in the boarding school press and beyond. We know that Native students were also skilled poets and performers; this is a study worth undertaking by scholars in the future."—Cristina Stanciu, University of Wisconsin-Madison“Jacqueline Emery offers an important addition to the field of Native American studies and, in particular, boarding school literature. . . . [This study] is a significant contribution to making available early voices of American Indian students.”—Cari M. Carpenter, associate professor of English at West Virginia University and coeditor of The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864–1891 “This collection offers something not only to specialists but also to general readers, and especially to classes devoted to Native American studies, Native literature, literacy history, and mass communication. This is an important work.”—Hilary E. Wyss, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University and author of English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part One: Writings by Boarding School Students Letters Arizona Jackson (Wyandot) Letter to Laura, 1880 Letter to the Editors, 1881 Letter to Susan Longstreth, 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) Letter by an Apprentice, 1880 Luther Standing Bear (Oglala Sioux) Letter on Baltimore, 1881 Letter to Father, 1882 Editorials Ida Johnson (Wyandot?), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Lula Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, December 1879 Hallaquah Editorial, January 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, March–April 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1880 Lucy Grey (Seneca), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Bertrand N. O. Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, January 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, March 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, April 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, August, September, October, and November 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) School News Editorial, June 1880 School News Editorial, July 1880 School News Editorial, August 1880 School News Editorial, October 1880 School News Editorial, December 1880 School News Editorial, January 1881 School News Editorial, February 1881 Annie Lovejoy (Sioux), Addie Stevens (Winnebago), James Enouf (Potawatomi), and Frank Hubbard (Penobscot) Our Motto Changed, Talks and Thoughts Editorial, January 1892 Essays Henry Caruthers Roman Nose (Southern Cheyenne) An Indian Boy’s Camp Life, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to New York, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to Indian Territory, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Captain Pratt, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Going to Hampton, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Getting an Education,1881 Mary North (Arapaho) A Little Story, 1880 Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) Indians’ Accustoms, 1891 How to Walk Straight, 1892 The Sun Dance, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) Tipi-iyokihe, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) What the White Man Has Gained from the Indian, 1896 Alonzo Lee (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Trail of the Serpent, 1896 Indian Folk-Lore, 1896 An Indian Naturalist, 1897 Transition Scenes, 1899 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) A Glimpse of the Old Indian Religion, 1904 An Indian Girl in Boston, 1904 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) From Hampton to New York, 1905 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) My Home Locality, 1909 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) Christmas Among the Nez Percés, 1911 How the Nez Percés Trained for Long Distance Running, 1911 Short Stories and Retold Tales Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) A Fox and a Wolf: A Fable, 1892 Harry Hand (Crow Creek Sioux) The Brave War-Chief and the Ghost, 1892 A Buffalo Hunt, 1892 The Story Teller, 1893 The Adventures of a Strange Family, 1893 Chapman Schanandoah (Oneida) How the Bear Lost His Tail: An Old Indian Story, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) The Brave Deaf and Dumb Boy, 1893 The Legend of Owl River, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) Ite Waste, or Fair Face, 1895 Stella Vanessa Bear (Arikara) An Indian Story, 1903 How My People First Came to the World, 1903 An Enemy’s Revenge, 1905 Ghost Bride Pawnee Legend, 1910 Indian Legend—Creation of the World, 1910 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Quital’s First Hunt, 1904 The First Squirrel, 1904 The Big Dipper, 1904 William J. Owl (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Beautiful Bird, 1910 The Way the Opossum Derived His Name, 1912 Emma La Vatta (Fort Hall Shoshoni) The Story of the Deerskin, 1910 Why the Snake’s Head Became Flat, 1911 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) The Maple Sugar Sand, 1910 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) The Coyote and the Wind, 1913 The Feast of the Animals, 1913 Part Two: Writings by Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Native American Public Intellectuals Francis La Flesche (Omaha) Address to Carlisle Students, 1886 The Laughing Bird, the Wren: An Indian Legend, 1900 The Past Life of the Plains Indians, 1905 One Touch of Nature, 1913 Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai) An Apache, to the Students of Carlisle Indian School, 1887 The Indian Problem from an Indian’s Standpoint, 1898 Civilized Arrow Shots from an Apache Indian, 1902 The Indian Dance, 1902 Flash Lights on the Indian Question, 1902 How America Has Betrayed the Indian, 1903 Charles Alexander Eastman (Santee Sioux) An Indian Collegian’s Speech, 1888 Address at Carlisle Commencement, 1899 The Making of a Prophet, 1899 Notes of a Trip to the Southwest, 1900 An Indian Festival, 1900 A True Story with Several Morals, 1900 Indian Traits, 1903 The Indian’s View of the Indian in Literature, 1903 Life and Handicrafts of the Northern Ojibwas, 1911 “My People”: The Indians’ Contribution to the Art of America, 1914 Angel De Cora (Winnebago) My People, 1897 Native Indian Art, 1907 An Autobiography, 1911 Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Sioux) School Days of an Indian Girl, 1900 Letter to the Red Man, 1900 A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance, 1902 Laura Cornelius Kellogg (Oneida) Indian Public Opinion, 1902 John Milton Oskison (Cherokee) The Outlook for the Indian, 1903 The Problem of Old Harjo, 1907 The Indian in the Professions, 1912 Address by J. M. Oskison, 1912 An Indian Animal Story, 1914 Arthur Caswell Parker (Seneca) Making New Americans from Old, 1911 Progress for the Indian, 1912 Needed Changes in Indian Affairs, 1912 Henry Roe Cloud (Winnebago) Education of the American Indian, 1915 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Training Indian Girls for Efficient Home Makers, 1916 A Hampton Graduate’s Experience, 1916 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Complete Seymour Colville Storyteller
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This collection is an important addition to the canon of Native American narratives and literature and an essential volume for anyone studying Salish languages and linguistics."—Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas"The volume shows the value of deep engagement, of Seymour with his own elders and ancestral narrative traditions and of Mattina with the community of indigenous scholars and storytellers."—Bruce Granville Miller, Pacific Northwest Quarterly“For nearly half a century Tony Mattina has been one of those extremely rare scholars to stick with the narrative legacy of a single mysterious, master storyteller, whose genius and wisdom he serves up in this career-culminating book. Working in close auspices with the Colville-Okanagan communities of Washington State and British Columbia, Mattina [has] . . . produced this stunning and original anthology of their collective imagination, as filtered through the old, old stories of the now-deceased sage, Peter Seymour. [It is] one of those quiet triumphs that took one humanistic spirit from academia to unearth, translate, and contextualize the genius of another humanistic spirit from another cultural world.”—Peter Nabokov, author of Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrefaceSymbols and AbbreviationsIntroductionThe Colville-Okanagan land and its peopleThe languagesColville-Okanagan social organizationColville-Okanagan knowledgeThe TextsAutobiographical and ethnographic textsAutobiographyHarvestingRacing horsesA hunting tripMarriage customsAfter the birth of a childPartnership butcheringThe attainment of provisionsThe rainy hunting tripTales of European originBlack PigThe grateful dead version 1The grateful dead version 2The Devil and the black mancaptikʷɬHow Coyote got his powersCoyote and WhaleCoyote and GrizzlyThe two goatsLynx and the virginBlueJay and WolfThe transcription and analysis of the textsApproximate phonemic transcriptionsPhrasal words and amalgamsAlternate formsInflectional and non-inflectional materialDerivational affixesInflectional affixesPerson MarkingThe suffix -y̓List in tabular form of remaining inflectional affixesWord classesNominal and pronominal argumentsAutobiographical and ethnographic textsAutobiographyHarvestingRacing horsesA hunting tripMarriage customsAfter the birth of a childPartnership butcheringThe attainment of provisionsThe rainy hunting tripTales of European originBlack PigThe grateful dead version 1 (unfinishedThe grateful dead version 2The Devil and the Black FacecaptikʷɬHow Coyote got his powersCoyote and WhaleCoyote and GrizzlyThe two goatsLynx and the virginBlue Jay and WolfIndex of stems and inflectional affixesIndex of rootsLexical affixesIndex and chronology of Pete Seymour’s narrationsReferences.
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MQ - University of Nebraska Press The Comanches
Book SynopsisProvides an in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. Using the ethnohistorical method, the author traces the changes and continuities in Comanche politics from their earliest interactions with Europeans to their settlement on a reservation in Oklahoma.Trade Review“A historical encyclopedia of Comanche diplomacy. . . . No student of Southwest Native American history should overlook this book.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly“Soundly researched and solidly documented, this book includes painstaking analysis and comparisons of the sources. . . . Of interest to students of southwestern as well as Comanche history.”—Choice“A stunning scholarly achievement. . . . This is a book that belongs on any Western historian’s or writer’s shelf.”—Southwestern American Literature“This is a persuasive and comprehensive work, impressive in its detail and scope. . . . [It is] not likely to be superseded any time soon.”—Journal of the West
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University of Nebraska Press Strangers to Relatives
Book SynopsisPresents an intimate look at the typical but often misunderstood practice of adoption and naming of anthropologists by Native families and communities. Leading anthropologists in the United States and Canada discuss this issue by focusing on the cases of such prominent earlier scholars as Lewis Henry Morgan and Franz Boas.Trade Review“Each of these honest and significant papers adds much to accounts of fieldwork experiences, confronting the historical and contemporary contours of the state of the discipline via adoption processes. . . . This important book furthers understanding of Indian-white relations in a fashion that humanizes both Indians and anthropologists.”—ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Editor's Introduction 1. Lewis H. Morgan and the Senecas Elisabeth Tooker 2. Ethnographic Deep Play: Boas, McIlwraith, and Fictive Adoption on the Northwest Coast Michael E. Harkin 3. He-Lost-a-Bet (Howanneyao) of the Seneca Hawk Clan William N. Fenton 4. Effects of Adoption on the Round Lake Study Mary Black-Rogers 5. All My Relations: The Significance of Adoption in Anthropological Research William K. Powers and Marla N. Powers 6. Naming as Humanizing Jay Miller 7. Adopting Outsiders on the Lower Klamath River Thomas Buckley 8. Tell Your Sister to Come Eat Anne S. Straus 9. Friendship, Family, and Fieldwork: One Anthropologist's Adoption by Two Tlingit Families Sergei Kan 10. What's in a Name? Becoming a Real Person in a Yup'ik Community Ann Fienup-Riordan Commentary Raymond D. Fogelson List of Contributors Index
£24.16
University of Nebraska Press Team Spirits
Book SynopsisActivists and academics explore the origins of Native American mascots, the messages they convey, and the reasons for their persistence into the twenty-first century. These essays examine hotly contested uses of mascots, including the Washington Redskins, the Cleveland Indians, and the University of Illinois's Chief Illiniwek.Trade Review“Each of the essays provides a different perspective, but all agree that the use of Indians as mascots is demeaning, patronizing, and a paradigm of Indian-white power relationships. . . . Separate articles by King and Springwood treat perceptively those Indians who support mascots, and are alone worth the price of the book. . . . One need look no farther for information on why and how Indian mascots exist and ought to disappear into oblivion.”—Choice“Every time I watch the Washington Redskins or the Cleveland Indians (with their grotesque Chief Wahoo) I wonder what it must feel like to be a Native American sports fan and see oneself depicted this way. It just plain gives me the willies. Team Spirits shows me why.”—Rick Telander, sports columnist, Chicago Sun-Times"This is an excellent collection of different viewpoints that challenge readers to reconsider how the selective perceptions of majority groups can persist in keeping down ethnic minorities."—Sunamita Lim, The Santa Fe New Mexican"A valuable and important volume. . . . Each offering is methodical, careful in its argument, fulsome in its data-work, and above all, careful to avoid succumbing to the almost inevitable polemics such issues appear to raise."—Aethlon“The greatest contribution Team Spirits offers to the literature on mascots is the excellent histories . . . on the origin of particular mascots and efforts taken to change or eliminate them. For in these histories—and in the defense mascot supporters proffer when challenged—lies the potential for understanding why people concoct mascots in the first place and why they grow so fond of keeping them in the face of opposition. . . . Team Spirits should appeal not only to scholars but to activists in mascot disputes around the country.”—David P. Rider, American Studies“An invaluable collection of essays that thoroughly examine the American legacy of Native American mascots. Team Spirits fills an important social, political, and intellectual void in American Indian Studies literature, and serves as the first comprehensive examination of the growing mascots controversy.”—Joseph A. Martin, Anthropology and Education Quarterly“C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood have collected fourteen critical essays, with a foreword by Vine Deloria Jr., which examine this matter from a variety of perspectives and provide some well needed historical and sociological context for the debate.”—Indigenous Nations Studies JournalTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Foreword - Vine Deloria Jr. Introduction: Imagined Indians, Social Identities, and Activism - C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood Part 1. Inventions 1. Chief Bill Orange and the Saltine Warrior: A Cultural History of Indian Symbols and Imagery at Syracuse University - Donald M. Fisher 2. Becoming the Indians: Fashioning Arkansas State University's Indians - Mary Landreth 3. Wennebojo Meets the Mascot: A Trickster's View of the Central Michigan University Mascot/Logo - Richard Clark Eckert 4. Sockalexis and the Making of the Myth at the Core of Cleveland's "Indian" Image - Ellen J. Staurowsky Part 2. Whiteness 5. The Fighting Braves of Michigamua: Adopting the Visage of American Indian Warriors in the Halls of Academia - Patrick Russell LeBeau 6. The Best Offense . . Dissociation, Desire, and the Defense of the Florida State University Seminoles - C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood 7. At Home in Illinois: Presence of Chief Illiniwek, Absence of Native Americans - David Prochaska Part 3. Activism 8. Fighting Name-Calling: Challenging "Redskins" in Court - Suzan Shown Harjo 9. Last of the Mohicans, Braves, and Warriors: The End of American Indian Mascots in Los Angeles Public Schools - Ann Marie (Amber) Machamer 10. Escaping the Tyranny of the Majority: A Case Study of Mascot Change - Laurel R. Davis and Malvina T. Rau Part 4. Interventions 11. In Whose Honor?, Mascots, and the Media - Jay Rosenstein 12. School Teachers and Mascots: Challenging Contradictions - Cornel D. Pewewardy Part 5. Complications 13. Uneasy Indians: Creating and Contesting Native American Mascots at Marquette University - C. Richard King 14. Playing Indian and Fighting (for) Mascots: Reading the Complications of Native American and Euro-American Alliances - Charles Fruehling Springwood Epilogue: Closing Arguments, Opening Dialogues - Charles Fruehling Springwood and C. Richard King Contributors; Index
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University of Nebraska Press New Perspectives on Native North America
Book SynopsisWritten by leading scholars working in Native North America, this work explores contemporary perspectives on Native culture, history, and representation. Considering the origins and legacies of various strands of interpretation, it examines the relationship among culture, power, and creativity, and also focuses on the experience of history.Trade Review"New Perspectives on Native North America is a must read for graduate students in anthropology, cultural studies, ethnic studies, and history preparing for comprehensive exams."-Great Plains Quarterly Great Plains Quarterly "The scientific community will welcome this publication for its inspiring inquiries."-Dagmar Siebelt, Anthropos -- Dagmar Siebelt AnthroposTable of ContentsPart One. Perspectives: On the Genealogy and Legacy of an Anthropological Tradition 1. Keeping the Faith: A Legacy of Native American Ethnography, Ethnohistory, and Psychology - Regna Darnell; 2. Fields of Dreams: Revisiting A. I. Hallowell and the Berens River Ojibwe - Jennifer S. H. Brown; 3. Framing the Anomalous: Stoneclad, Sequoyah, and Cherokee Ethnoliteracy - Margaret Bender Part Two. Cultures: On Persons and Power, Rituals and Creativity 4. Power as the Transmission of Culture - Greg Urban; 5. Ironies of Articulating Continuity at Lac du Flambeau - Larry Nesper; 6. The Poetics of Tropes and Dreams in Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs - Jeffrey D. Anderson; 7. Night Thoughts and Night Sweats, Ethnohistory and Ethnohumor: The Quaker Shaker Meets the Lakota Sweat Lodge - Raymond A. Bucko, S.J.; 8. Self-consciousness, Ceremonialism, and the Problem of the Present in the Anthropology of Native North America - Robert E. Moore Part Three. Histories: On Varieties of Temporal Experience and Historical Representation 9. Native Authorship in Northwestern California - Thomas Buckley; 10. The Sioux at the Time of European Contact: An Ethnohistorical Problem - Raymond DeMallie; 11. Proto-Ethnologists in North America - Mary Druke Becker; 12. Folklore, Personal Narratives, and Ethno-Ethnohistory - Joseph C. Jastrzembski; 13. Events and Nonevents on the Tlingit/Russian/American Colonial Frontier, 1802-1879 - Sergei A. Kan; 14. Time and the Individual in Native North America - David W. Dinwoodie Part Four. Representations: On Selves and Others, Hybridities and Appropriations 15. Culture and Culture Theory in Native North America - Robert Brightman; 16. Cannibals in the Mountains: Washoe Teratology and the Donner Party - Barrik Van Winkle; 17. "Vanishing" Indians in Nineteenth-Century New England: Local Historians' Erasure of Still-Present Indian Peoples - Jean M. O'Brien; 18. Pocahontas: An Exercise in Mythmaking and Marketing - Frederic W. Gleach; 19. "I'm an Old Cowhand on the Banks of the Seine": Representations of Indians and Le Far West in Parisian Commercial Culture - Michael E. Harkin; 20. "To Light the Fire of Our Desire": Primitivism in the Camp Fire Girls - Pauline Turner Strong
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University of Nebraska Press Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians
Book SynopsisBeginning in 1907, the anthropologist Robert H. Lowie visited the Crow Indians at their reservation in Montana. He listened to tales that for many generations had been told around campfires in winter. These tales were originally published in 1918. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians is now reprinted with a new introduction by Peter Nabokov.
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University of Nebraska Press Modernity and Its Other
Book SynopsisExamines eighteenth-century North America through discussion of texts drawn from the period. He focuses on this unique historical moment when early capitalist civilisation (modernity) in colonial societies, especially the British, interacted closely with Indigenous communities (the “Other”) before the balance of power shifted definitively toward the colonisers.Trade Review"This is an important title for undergraduate and graduate readers."—B. A. Mann, Choice"[Modernity and Its Other] is a worthy read in terms of examining eighteenth-century literature from the perspectives of Europeans and Euro-Americans, investigating their thoughts about modernity and their views on how modernity influenced the lives of indigenous Americans."—Brooke Bauer, Journal of Southern History"Sayre's work adds to our understanding of the creation and promotion of the nineteenth-century Romantic Indian and the role it played in American culture."—Robyn Johnson, American Indian Quarterly"Modernity and Its Other is essential reading for historians of the French and British North American colonies as well as scholars interested in the intellectual, political, and economic currents of the Atlantic world. Robert Woods Sayre’s in-depth examination of Franco-American and Anglo-American travel literature by authors like François-Xavier de Charlevoix, John Lawson, and William Bartram provides readers with new insights into many well-used primary sources."—Peter Ferdinando, H-Atlantic“This translation and expansion of the original French edition brings an international scholar’s perspective and another dimension to the construction of what has been called ‘the white man’s Indian.’”—Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark “Readers will discover new aspects to French American figures like Crèvecoeur and Freneau, as well as the charms of lesser-known travelers such as the Jesuit historian Charlevoix, the renegade officer Lahontan, and the colonial promoters such as John Lawson and Jonathan Carver.”—Gordon M. Sayre, author of Les Sauvages Américains: Representations of Native Americans in French and English Colonial Literature “This is no tale of the Vanishing Indian (a fable chillingly historicized in the epilogue). By Sayre’s account what has vanished, into commodity and property, is the counter-world admired in most of the texts and writers analyzed here, no matter how conflicted their accounts.”—Mary Baine Campbell, author of The Witness and the Other World: Exotic European Travel Writing, 400–1600Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Views of Modernity: Internal/External Discovery 1. Crèvecoeur: British America before and during the Revolutionary Upheaval 2. Philip Freneau: After the Revolution 3. Moreau de Saint-Méry: Fin de Siècle Part 2. Views of the Other: Travels in “Indian Territory” 4. The Zero Degree of the Other: Indian Violence and “Adventure” with Indians 5. Accounts of Travel in New France: Lahontan and Charlevoix 6. Anglo-American Travelers: John Lawson and Jonathan Carver 7. Travels of William Bartram, Quaker Botanist 8. Fur Traders: Alexander Mackenzie and Jean-Baptiste Trudeau Epilogue: Into the Nineteenth Century—George Catlin Conclusion Appendix: Chronology of Historical Events, Travels, and Publications Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Native American Spirituality
Book SynopsisGiven the legacy of misrepresentation and mistrust, is it possible to appreciate the religious meanings and experiences of Native Americans? This title offers a multidisciplinary set of essays that explore the problems and prospects of understanding and writing about Native American spirituality in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsPART ONE: THEORETICAL CONCERNS Mediations of the Spirit: Native American Religious Traditions and the Ethics of Representation Ines Hernandes-Avila Cultural Identity, Authenticity, and Community Survival: The Politics of Recognition in the Study of Native American Religions John A. Grim Spirituality for Sale: Sacred Knowledge in the Consumer Age. Christopher Ronwanien:te Jocks This May Be a Feud, But It's Not a War: An Electronic, Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Teaching Native Religions Ronald L. Grimes PART TWO: DIALOGICAL RELATIONS Voice, Representation and Dialogue: The Poetics of Native American Spiritual Traditions Robin Ridington Pimadaziwin: Contemporary Rituals in Odawa Community Melissa A. Pflug The Church of the Immaculate Conception: Inculturation and Identity among the Anishnaabeg of Manitoulin Island Theresa S. Smith Nahuas and National Culture: A Contest of Appropriations Richard Haly Knowledge, Negotiation and NAGPRA: Reconceptualizing Repatriation Discourses Pia Alteri PART THREE: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS Repatriating the Past- Recreating Indian History Clara Sue Kidwell Purity and Pollution: Unearthing an Oppositional Paradigm in the Study of Cherokee Religious Traditions Mary C. Churchill Kiowa Religion in Historical Perspective Benjamin R. Kracht The Shaker Church and the Indian Way in Native Northwest California Thomas Buckley Intertribal Traditionalism and the Religious Roots of Red Power James Treat A Brief History of Native American Religious Resistance Lee Irwin
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University of Nebraska Press Repatriation Reader
Book SynopsisThe repatriation of Native American skeletal remains and funerary objects has become a lightning rod for radically opposing views about cultural patrimony and the relationship between Native communities and archaeologists. This book offers views on repatriation and the ethical, political, legal, cultural, and economic dimensions of this issue.Trade Review"[A] compact history of a complex and continuing debate."—Museum Anthropology
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University of Nebraska Press Hopi Animal Stories
Book SynopsisA collection of thirty traditional Hopi stories in English translation, about animals and their importance in Hopi culture. The narratives reveal attitudes toward important aspects of Hopi culture, such as courtship and relations between the sexes, friendship, courage, industry, healing, and the treatment of children.Trade Review"These are stories of wry good humor, of wise and foolish animals and people, each with a kernel of wisdom."—Multicultural ReviewTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction: Folklore and the Hopi Animal Tales The Tales 1The Man and the Ants 2 How Field Mouse Helped the People of Mishongnovi 3 Medicine Man Badger 4 How the Coyotes Celebrated the Bean Dance 5 The Firefly 6 The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Medicine Man 7 The Mistreated Cats 8 Coyote and Bee 9 The Chipmunk Girls Who Ground Pinyon Nuts 10 The Flood at Wuukopaqlo 11 Crow and Hawk 12 Coyote and the Ducks 13 How the Ants Initiated Their Children into the Kachina Society 14 How the Hopis Got Fire 15 How Coyote Became Infatuated with Girls 16 The Cicadas and the Serpents 17 The House Mice and the Boy from Huk'ovi 18 Coyote and the Lice 19 The Deer Mice 20 How Mockingbird Took a Wife 21 The Owl That Made Off with a Little Child 22 How Coyote and Hummingbird Satirized Bat in a Song 23 How Weasel Befriended the Moon 24 Sand Cricket 25 Why the Pocket Mice Staged a Dance 26 Coyote and Badger as Food Robbers 27 The Crying Cicada 28 The Gambling Boy Who Married a Bear Girl 29 The Antelope Kids 30 Wren and Bullsnake Appendix I: Glossary Appendix II: The Hopi Alphabet
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University of Nebraska Press Kokopelli
Book SynopsisDescribes the development of the Kokopelli phenomenon in American mass culture from its beginning to Kokopelli's status as pan-Southwestern icon. This book explores the figure's connections with the Hopi kachina god, Kookopolo and Maahu, the Cicada, and discusses how this rock art image is appropriated and misunderstood.Trade Review"Informative and interesting."-Cathy Mencin, Denver Westerners Roundup -- Cathy Mencin Denver Westerners Roundup
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University of Nebraska Press Eagle Voice Remembers
Book SynopsisDavid C. Posthumus adds new clarity through his annotations, thus introducing John G. Neihardt’s Eagle Voice Remembers to a new generation of readers and presenting a fresh understanding for fans of the original. Trade Review"This is a delightful volume with stories of childhood, kinship, adventure, war, hunting, even finding new life in a Plains tribal culture which continues to enrich twenty-first century America. Read or re-read the book."—Michael Smith, Nebraska History Magazine"Eagle Voice Remembers is an important work for anyone interested in the region's Indigenous history."—Chelsea D. Frazier, South Dakota History“A warm and often moving piece of literature which can be appreciated for its literary value and for its insights into Sioux culture.”—Rocky Mountain Social Science JournalTable of ContentsContentsForeword by Coralie HughesIntroduction to the New Edition by Raymond J. DeMallieJohn G. Neihardt’s Introduction to the British EditionI. “I Used to Be Her Horse”II. When the Hundred DiedIII. The New Medicine PowerIV. Wandering to MournV. Was the Great Voice Angry?VI. Chased by a CowVII. Going on Vision QuestVIII. “Hold Fast; There Is More!”IX. The Old Bull’s Last FightX. The Boys Who Had Sister TroubleXI. Helping a Brother-FriendXII. The Mysterious Mother-PowerXIII. Four Against the CrowsXIV. “Am I Greater Than the People?”XV. The Sun DanceXVI. Thanking the FoodXVII. The Woman Four Times WidowedXVIII. Falling Star, the SaviorXIX. The Labors of the Holy OneXX. The Battle in the BlizzardXXI. The Cleansing of a Kills-HomeXXII. Why the Island Hill Was SacredXXIII. Fighting the Gray FoxXXIV. “It Was a Great Victory”XXV. The Woman Who Died TwiceXXVI. The Moon of Black CherriesXXVII. The Dark Hills of WaterXXVIII. In the Village Called ParsXXIX. The Girl’s RoadNotesReferences
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University of Nebraska Press When Dream Bear Sings
Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary, diversified, multicultural anthology that includes English translations accompanied by analytic and interpretive text outlines by leading scholars of eight major language groups of the Southern Plains: Muskogean, Uto-Aztecan, Caddoan, Siouan, Algonquian, Kiowa-Tanoan, Athabascan, and Tonkawa.Trade Review"This book should appeal to the casual reader who would like a closer look at Native American literature from the Southern Plains, to academics interested in the stories and cultures of the Native American nations of the Southern Plains, and to linguists interested in the nuances of translation by native speakers."—Geneva Harline, Western Folklore"A diverse collection of texts from each linguistic family of the Native American Southern Plains, When Dream Bear Sings evokes a singular editorial freedom, and in juxtaposing texts crafted in different eras, for different purposes, and by authors of diverse sensitivities, interrogates a paradoxical literary tradition—that of the documentation and revitalization of Native American oral traditions—on its evolution, its promises, and its shortcomings."—Thierry Veyria, Journal of Folklore Research"Those who are interested in Southern Plains culture will want this book for its authentic presentation of Native languages, its broad and deep survey of texts, and the knowledgeable essays that accompany them."—Marcia Haag, Tribal College Journal“The vital importance of When Dream Bear Sings cannot be expressed strongly enough. The editor offers the reader multiple, reflective levels of understanding the stories and Native ways of thinking about the world around us.”—Blue Clark, professor of law at Oklahoma City University and author of Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock: Treaty Rights and Indian Law at the End of the Nineteenth Century“To my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive collection of oral literature of the Plains that has ever been produced. I especially appreciate the diversity of tribal perspectives rendered here and the way that the text accounts for the intricacies, including problems and possibilities, of transcription.”—Lindsey Claire Smith, associate professor of English and affiliate of American Indian studies at Oklahoma State University and editor of American Indian Quarterly“I celebrate the achievement of When Dream Bear Sings, which offers not only rich translations of extremely valuable literary traditions but also a deeper understanding of the cross-cultural translation process itself. This work and the voices that echo from its pages advance humanist aims in science for a scholarship grounded in human dignity.”—Catharine Mason, associate professor of English and linguistic ethnography at the University of Caen Normandy“In this wonderful collection of Native American stories from the Southern Plains, Gus Palmer and his host of contributors treat the reader to Indigenous language narratives that allow us, as readers, to hear a variety of Native voices while reading well-crafted translations that deliver the power, beauty, and imagination of the originals.”—Paul V. Kroskrity, professor of anthropology and American Indian studies at UCLATable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Alan R. Velie Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Algonquian Language Family Cheyenne Cheyenne Stories and Storytelling Oral Traditions Gordon Yellowman The Bear and the Coyote Translated by Joyce Twins Cheyenne Story—Dogs Used to Carry Burdens in Days before Horses Birdie Burns, Cheyenne Recorded and transcribed by Julia A. Jordan Cheyenne Story—Man Who Prophesied Coming of Horses and White Men Long Ago Birdie Burns, Cheyenne Recorded and transcribed by Julia A. Jordan How Stories Were Told at Night by an Old Lady Birdie Burns, Cheyenne Recorded and transcribed by Julia A. Jordan Birdie’s Grandmother’s Story of How Corn and Buffalo Were Given to the Cheyennes Birdie Burns, Cheyenne Recorded and transcribed by Julia A. Jordan Absentee Shawnee Shawnee Poems Narrated by Pauline Wahpepah Introduced by Gus Palmer Jr. Kickapoo The Motorcyclists Mosiah Bluecloud Lenape The Lenape Story of the Origin of the Woman Dance Lillie Hoag Whitehorn Transcribed by Bruce Pearson and James Rementer Translated by Nora Thompson Dean Introduced by James Rementer Miami Myaamia “Story of Fox and Wolf” Narrated by Kiišikohkwa (Elizabeth Valley) to Albert Gatschet Introduced by David J. Costa Potawatomi Pondese: Old Man Winter and Why We Have Spring Today Translated and introduced by Justin Neely 2. Athabaskan Language Family Plains Apache Coyote and Rock Monster: A Plains Apache Tale Narrated by Alonzo Chalepah Sr. Transcribed by Harry Hoijer Reanalyzed and introduced by Sean O’Neill 3. Caddoan Language Family Caddo The Wolf and the Wren Narrated by Sadie Bedoka Weller Transcribed by Wallace Chafe Pawnee The Old Woman and Her Grandson Blessed by a Voice Narrated by Dollie Moore, Pitahawirata Pawnee Translated and introduced by Douglas R. Parks Interlinear files by Joshua A. Richards He Goes Over and the Burning Log: A Wolf Story Narrated by Harry Mad Bear, Skiri Pawnee Introduced and translated by Douglas R. Parks Interlinear files by Joshua A. Richards A Pawnee Story Narrated, translated, and introduced by Adrian Spottedhorsechief Arikara The Race between the Horse and the Buffalo: An Arikara Narrative Alfred Morsette (Paatú Kananuuninó, ‘Not Afraid of the Enemy’) Transcribed and introduced by Douglas R. Parks Kitsai Coyote Frees Buffalo Narrated by Kai Kai, Kitsai Recorded by Alexander Lesser Translated and introduced by Joshua A. Richards Wichita Awa:hárikic: Hassí:ri:ha:stírih Narrated and translated by Bertha Provost Translated and introduced by David S. Rood 4. Iroquoian Language Family Cherokee Diary Translated and introduced by Durbin Feeling I Shot It, You Shot It Transcribed and translated by Durbin Feeling Seneca-Cayuga Minnie Thompson Stories Narrated by Minnie Thompson Recorded and transcribed by J. W. Tyner Wyandotte History of the Wyandotte Indians Donna Elliott Vowel interviewed by J. W. Tyner 5. Kiowa-Tanoan Language Family Kiowa Já̱:mátàunhè̱:jègà (Star Girls Story) Narrated, transcribed, and translated by Parker P. McKenzie Retranslated and introduced by Gus pàntha̱i:dê Palmer 6. Siouan Language Family Ponca A Ponca Ghost Story Narrated by Francis La Flesche Originally transcribed and translated by James Owen Dorsey Reanalyzed and introduced by Sean O’Neill Otoe-Missouria Introduction to Otoe-Missouria Sky Campbell The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers: An Otoe Story Collected by Rev. James Owen Dorsey The Rabbit and the Mountain: An Otoe Myth Narrated by Joseph La Flesche Collected by Rev. James Owen Dorsey Ponca Omaha Ponca Omaha Letters Dictated and Taken by James Owen Dorsey Introduced by Vida Woodhull Stabler To the Cincinnati Commercial, from several Omahas Part 1, written by Dúba-Moⁿthiⁿ Part 2, written by Káxe-Thoⁿba Part 3, written by Óⁿpʰoⁿ-toⁿga Part 3, written by Óⁿpʰoⁿ-toⁿga Part 3, written by Óⁿpʰoⁿ-toⁿga Part 6, written by Káxe-Thoⁿba Kaw Two Accounts of a Battle between the Kaws and Cheyennes Narrated by Zhóhiⁿ Máⁿyiⁿ and Paháⁿle Gáxli Collected by Rev. James Owen Dorsey Retranscribed, retranslated, and introduced by Justin T. McBride Ioway The Sister and Brother Translated and introduced by Lance Foster, THPO Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Quapaw Introduction to Quapaw Billy Proctor The Rabbit and the Black Bears: A Dhegiha Myth Narrated by Alphonsus Valliere Recorded by James Owen Dorsey Transcribed by Billy C. Proctor 7. Uto-Aztecan Language Family Comanche Blind Fox and Two Girls Narrated by Mow-wat Translated by Juanita Pahdopony Introduced by Brian Daffron The Boy Who Turned Into a Snake Narrated by Dorothy Martinez Translated by Juanita Pahdopony Introduced by Brian Daffron 8. Language Isolate Introduction to Language Isolates Gus Palmer Jr. Tonkawa The Young Man Who Became a Shaman: A Tonkawa Myth Story Transcribed, translated, and introduced by Don Patterson Text prepared by Miranda Allen Myers Contributors Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Life of Ten Bears
Book SynopsisPresents a remarkable collection of nineteenth-century Comanche oral histories given by Francis Joseph “Joe A” Attocknie. Kavanagh’s introduction adds context to the personal narratives by discussing the process of transmission.Trade Review"The Life of Ten Bears provides such a wealth of information regarding Comanche raids and rituals from this era that it should prove of immense value to researchers for decades to come."—Steven Sielaff, Great Plains Quarterly“Native historical accounts are the ‘holy grail’ for scholars working in borderlands or colonial contact situations. Kavanagh’s editing of Francis Joseph ‘Joe A’ Attocknie’s collection of the historical narratives of the Comanche Ten Bears will prove invaluable for scholars and edifying for readers.”—Lance Blyth, author of Chiricahua and Janos: Communities of Violence in the Southwestern Borderlands, 1680–1880“The Life of Ten Bears will quickly become required reading in a range of disciplines and will be enjoyed by a broad, popular readership. It is a treasured addition to historical narratives authored by members of Native American communities in the twentieth century.”—Daniel Swan, curator of ethnology, Sam Noble Museum, University of OklahomaTable of ContentsIntroduction by Thomas W. Kavanagh Preface The Dated Narratives 1. The Life of Ten Bears · ca. 1790–1872 2. Peace with the Kiowas · ca. 1825 3. Uhta Hookne: The Robe Entrenchments · 1837 4. Nahwakatahnohpetuhupu: When the Enemies Camped Together · 1838 5. Piakoruko’s War against the Apaches · 1840 6. Where the Comanches’ Saddle Packs Were Captured: Isakwahip’s Tragic Victory · ca. 1845–50 7. The Badger’s Mirror · 1855 8. Disaster in Coahuila · 1856 9. The Red-Striped Saddle Blanket · 1856 10. The Battle at Little Robe Creek · 1858 11. Wutsuki · 1858 12. Tuhtahyuheekuh Evens the Score against the Osages · 1868 13. Onawia Takes a New Wife and Goes to Mexico ·1868 14. Buckskin Charlie versus Kiowas and Comanches · July 1868 15. The Battle of the Washita · November 26, 1868 16. The Battle of McClellan Creek · September 24, 1872 17. The Battle of Adobe Walls · 1874 18. The Last Sun Dance, the Last Raid · July 26, 1878 The Undated Narratives 19. Esitoya’s Loyalty 20. Pukumahkuh’s Two Escapes 21. The Pukutsinuu: The Comanche Contrary Warriors 22. Mubsiihuhtuko: The Peaceful Nephew 23. A Fight between Cavalry and a Comanche War Party 24. Attocknie Gets Half a Scalp 25. A Cripple and a Blind Man Form a Friendship 26. Violation of a Dance Ground 27. Pohocsucut and the Two Kiowas 28. The Mule 29. Querherbitty 30. Comanche Pictographs 31. Miscellaneous Religious Matters 32. Fragmentary and Incomplete Narratives Appendix: Lexicon Notes Bibliography Index
£48.60
University of Nebraska Press To Come to a Better Understanding Medicine Men
Book SynopsisAnalyses the cultural encounters of the medicine men and clergy meetings held on Rosebud Reservation in St. Francis, South Dakota, from 1973 to 1978. Sandra L. Garner shows how this cultural exchange reflects a rich Native intellectual tradition and articulates the multiple meanings of “understanding” that necessarily characterize intercultural encounters.Trade Review“We are experiencing a reassessment of twentieth-century American Indian activism. Where all roads once led to the American Indian Movement, we now see multiple pathways leading to multiple destinations. By focusing on interactions between the Medicine Men Council and Catholic clergy at Rosebud, Sandra Garner shows us yet another dimension of this important story.”—Brian Hosmer, H. G. Barnard Chair of Western American History at the University of Tulsa and coeditor of Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building “A vitally important book that combines community-based research with fine-grained archival investigation. . . . The result is a compelling narrative that successfully demonstrates how multiple and sometimes competing viewpoints existed within the Indigenous rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.”—C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, assistant professor of history at George Mason University and author of Crooked Paths to Allotment: The Fight Over Federal Indian Policy after the Civil WarTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Which Kind of Indian Will Show the Way?2. Isákhib (Alongside)3. “I’m in This Bilingual”4. “How Can We Get to the People?”5. “Given to Them by the Supernatural”6. “Practice His Religion”7. “You Don’t Understand Us”NotesBibliographyIndex
£33.25
University of Nebraska Press Upper Peren233 Arawak Narratives of History
Book SynopsisThe storytelling traditions of the Alto Perené Arawaks of eastern Peru are showcased in this bilingual collection of traditional narratives, ethnographic accounts, women’s autobiographical stories, songs, chants, and ritual speeches. It covers a range of themes in the Alto Perené oral tradition, through genres such as myths, folk tales, autobiographical accounts, and ethnographic texts.Trade Review“A sophisticated and interesting, discourse-centered approach to culture that can serve as a model for integrating linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, this collection demonstrates how much cultural variability exists within and among the various indigenous communities of the Upper Amazon region.”—Jonathan Hill, author of Made-from-Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History in an Amazonian Community“Books like this are a feast for linguists and anthropologists alike, and are all too rare. . . . The storytelling alone provides a unique insight into a world that will be unfamiliar to most English speakers. . . . Its integrated approach to culture and language . . . gives the reader a true appreciation of the mental universe inhabited by these speakers of a threatened, but defiant, language of Peru.”—Christopher Moseley, Ogmios, newsletter of the Foundation for Endangered LanguagesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Objective, Method, Data, and StructureOrthographyAbbreviationsSynopsis of Texts Part 1. History 1. Pava vitsikirori kipatsi (Pava, Who Made the Earth)Cristobal Jumanga Lopez 2. Okoñaatantakari kaniri(How Sweet Manioc Appeared)Alberto Pérez Espinoza 3. Okoñaatantari paamari(How Fire Came into Existence)Ruth Quillatupa Lopez 4. Pava Apinka(God Apinka)Luis Mauricio Rosa 5. ApinkaBertha Rodríguez de Caleb and Abdias Caleb Quinchori 6. ApinkaElías Meza Pedro, Gregorio Santos Pérez, and Livia Julio de Quinchori 7. Yookantapakairi virakocha(How the Whites Threw Us Out)Fredi Miguel Ucayali 8. Natsitonini(The Stream of Bones)Manuel Rubén Jacinto 9. Tsika okantakota ovayeritantsi(About the Craft of War)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 10. Apapanani(The Brook of Liver Parts)Gregorio Santos Pérez 11. Ovayeri inoshikantarori kooya(When Warriors Kidnapped a Woman)Paulina García Ñate 12. Ovayeri inoshikantzi eentsi(The Warriors Kidnapped Children)Ines Pérez de Santos 13. Nonkinkitsatakotero nayironi(I Will Tell about My Deceased Mother-in-Law)Victorina Rosas de Castro 14. Tsika okanta nosaikantakari Marankiaroki(How We Settled Down in Bajo Marankiari)Bertha Rodríguez de Caleb 15. Tsika okanta noñaakoventakiri matsipaye(How I Witnessed Events Involving Witches)Bertha Rodríguez de Caleb Part 2. Landscape 16. Ashiropanko(The Iron House)Gerardo Castro Manuela 17. Atziri yamaniri mapi poña paamari(People Were Worshipping Fire and Stone)Elías Meza Pedro, with Gregorio Santos Pérez 18. Atziri yamaniri paamari(People Were Worshipping Fire)Cristobal Jumanga Lopez 19. Tzivi(Salt)Ruth Quillatupa Lopez 20. Tzivi(Salt)Abraham Jumanga Lopez 21. Manitzipanko(The Jaguar House)Ruth Quillatupa Lopez 22. Imoro Naviriri(The Naviriri Hole)Elías Meza Pedro 23. Otzinantakari otzishi omontero Samamparini(How the Hill Appeared across from the Village of Villa Progreso)Raul Martin Bernata 24. Anashironi(The Anashirona Stream)Julio Castro Shinkaki, with Delia Rosas Rodríguez 25. PichanakiOtoniel Ramos Rodríguez, with Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 26. PichanakiAlmacia Benavidez Fernandez 27. Kiatsi(The Owner of the River)Carmen Pachiri Quinchori 28. Peyari(The Bone Spirit)Gregorio Santos Pérez 29. Iñaaventa kamari Kovatsironi(Speaking with Regard to the Demon from Kovatsironi)Ines Pérez de Santos 30. Tsamirimenta(The Curassow Crest Stone)Moises Santos Rojas 31. Maninkaroite(The Invisible Women)Moises Santos Rojas 32. Ashitarori otzishipaye(Masters of the Hills)Elena Nestor de Capurro, with Victoria Manchi de Martin 33. Inkaari Chorinkaveni(Lake Churingaveni)Moises Santos Rojas 34. Chorinkaveni(Churingaveni)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa Part 3. Ritual 35. Ampinateri Pava(What We Will Offer to Pava)Clelia Mishari, with Gregorio Santos Pérez 36. Kamenantsi(Traditional Advice)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 37. Tsika okantya ashimaapakotantyari(How to Be a Good Fisherman)Gregorio Santos Pérez 38. Yamaniri pava impereta(They Were Worshipping the Stone Divinity)Delia Rosas Rodríguez 39. Arika ashimaatya(When We Fish)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 40. Ookantyarori inkani(How to Chase Away Rain)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 41. Shinavaite ovariri atziri(Shinavaite Who Ate People)Abdias Caleb Quinchori 42. Okoñaatantakari mavira(How Mavira Appeared)Luis Mauricio Rosa, with Raul Martin Bernata and Victoria Manchi de Martin 43. MaviraElena Nestor de Capurro 44. MaviraInes Pérez de Santos and Moises Santos Rojas 45. Pavankiri ooria(Solar Deity)Bertha Rodríguez de Caleb 46. Iyovapajirika ooriatsiri(When the Sun Comes Out)Paulina García Ñate 47. Ipantsakoitziri kashiri(They Sing about the Moon)Paulina García Ñate 48. Arika antarote kooya(When a Girl Had Her First Menses)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 49. Aavakantsi(Taking a Spouse)Gregorio Santos Pérez 50. Kamaki aparoni atziri(When a Person Died)Delia Rosas Rodríguez 51. Ikantakota sheripiari pairani(About Shamans Who Existed in the Past)Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 52. Sheripiari Julio Quintsori(Shaman Julio Quintsori)Frida Thomas Huamán 53. Impantsakoteri isherini(He Will Sing about His Tobacco)Paulina García Ñate 54. Yantavairi sheripiari(Shaman’s Work)Moises Santos Rojas 55. Sheripiari(Shaman)Ines Pérez de Santos 56. Okantakota matsitantsi(About Witchcraft)Ruth Quillatupa Lopez, with Daniel Bernales Quillatupa 57. Ochonkiri Abdias(She Steam-Bathed Abdias)María Virginia Lopez, Abdias Caleb Quinchori, Bertha Rodríguez de Caleb, and Victorina Rosas de Castro 58. Antavairi aavintantzinkaro(Healer’s Work)Luzmila Machari Quinchori Concluding Remarks Appendix: Ideophones Used by the Narrators Notes Glossary References Index
£25.19
University of Nebraska Press Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians
Book Synopsis"We are dealing here with a living literature,” wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians. First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians.
£8.99
MQ - University of Nebraska Press Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age 17501830
Book SynopsisTells the story of the Choctaws which is told through the lives of two remarkable leaders, Taboca and Franchimastabe, during a period of revolutionary change, 1750-1830.Trade Review"O'Brien's work is solid and the research impeccable."-The Chronicles of Oklahoma The Chronicles of Oklahoma "A significant step forward, one of a small number of recent southeastern Indian histories that begin by taking native cultures seriously and viewing Choctaw beliefs and understandings of the world as crucial to the ways in which native people acted and reacted as historical actors... O'Brien is to be commended for attempting this difficult and necessary work."-Jason Baird Jackson, The Alabama Review -- Jason Baird Jackson The Alabama Review "Greg O'Brian carefully contextualizes the internal dynamics of kinship and spiritual authority with the external forces of European settler encroachment and trade to analyze how the Choctaw accommodated, yet maintained, their traditional culture in an era of revolutionary change... This book is an important starting point for reassessing the evolution of the Choctaw and their neighbors in the second half of the eighteenth century."-Allan Gallay, The American Historical Review -- Allan Gallay The American Historical Review
£19.94
University of Nebraska Press Cinematic Comanches
Book SynopsisCinematic Comanches engages in a description and critical appraisal of Indigenous hype, visual representation, and audience reception of Comanche culture and history through the 2013 Disney film The Lone Ranger. Trade Review"Extensively researched and thoroughly theorized, Cinematic Comanches seeks to answer the question of why the Comanche Nation is currently experiencing cultural resurgence. Tahmahkera finds that strength scattered throughout the twentieth century, in films and elsewhere, connecting the dots of Comanche survivance from the past into the present. This powerful intervention by a Comanche about Comanches is a must-read for anyone interested in representations of Native people in America."—Liza Black, Tribal College Journal"Cinematic Comanches generates important possibilities for future Native film studies by placing several forms of scholarship in conversation with each other (film theory, cultural studies, Native studies, borderlands studies, etc.). While rooted in enlightening readings and connections between forms of scholarship, this book is largely accessible to readers who may be less familiar with the scholars he summarizes because throughout the work Tahmahkera writes in a personal, engaging, and often humorous tone."—Jacob Floyd, American Indian Quarterly"Media scholars, Indigenous and settler studies folks, popular culture buffs, and anyone with interests in decolonization and image sovereignty will find much here to interest and intrigue them. It is exemplary."—Jennifer L. Jenkins, Southwestern Historical Quarterly"Cinematic Comanches presents an important conjunction of Native American studies and film and media studies. Additionally, it illuminates both past and present Comanche participation in the representation of Comanche people across representative media, raising important conversations about the futurity of this representation and resisting the so-called fall of the Comanches by depicting them as a people very much participating in their culture, past, present, and future."—Kerry Fine, Great Plains Quarterly“Exceptional. . . . Written with energy and a capacious critical sensibility, Cinematic Comanches feels like the ‘Yes, we can!’ of Indigenous film and media criticism. It is also voraciously interdisciplinary and beautifully executes some of the primary challenges of public intellectual work—to be both learned and hip, both theoretically sophisticated and accessible for undergraduates, both deeply historical and relevant to this very moment.”—Joanna Hearne, author of Native Recognition: Indigenous Cinema and the Western“Tahmahkera writes in an engaging and sometimes humorous style that is generally devoid of academic jargon, which makes it accessible to students yet sophisticated enough in its theoretical grounding to appeal to scholars of Indigenous and media studies.”—Dominique Brégent-Heald, author of Borderland Films: American Cinema, Mexico, and Canada during the Progressive EraTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: Marʉawe in Medias Res Acknowledgments Introduction: The Comanche Empire Strikes Back 1. Jurisdiction: Reclaiming Comanchería Cinema 2. Kinship: A Captivity Narrative 3. Performance: Seeking Representational Justice 4. Audience: Comanches Viewing Comanches Afterword: Subeetʉ Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Yuwipi
Book SynopsisYuwipi is the Oglala Sioux version of an ancient and widespread ritual in which a shaman is bound and, in the darkness, calls spirits to come and free him and to communicate with his audience. This book shows how this ritual is related to two other old institutions, the vision quest and the sweat lodge.Trade Review". . . Powers achievement is significant and subtle: he preserves the most important words of a dying culture and makes a disguised, aching plea for its continuance."—Village Voice"Yuwipi is the present-day Oglala Sioux version of an ancient and widespread ritual in which a shaman is bound and, in the darkness, calls spirits to come and free him and to communicate with his audience. The author, who has a long and intimate acquaintance with the Oglala, shows how this ritual is related to two other old institutions, the vision quest and the sweat lodge. He does so through a vivid account of how the shaman Plenty Wolf guided an anguished young man to a vision, cured the boy's father, and gathered communal support for them through these ceremonies."—Choice
£11.39
University of Nebraska Press Pueblo Indian Religion Volume 1
Book SynopsisThe rich religious beliefs and ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico were first synthesized and compared by ethnologist Elsie Clews Parsons. In this title, the author gives an integrated picture of the religious and social life in the pueblos, including Zuni, Jemez, Cochiti, Santa Domingo, San Juan, and the Hopi villages.Trade Review"An indispensable source book for every student of Indian life."—Science"A cornerstone and monumental contribution to American ethnology."—American Anthropologist
£31.50
University of Nebraska Press Pueblo Indian Religion Volume 2
Book SynopsisSynthesizes and compares the religious beliefs and ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico. This title gives an integrated picture of the complex religious and social life in the pueblos, including Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Taos, Isleta, Sandia, Jemez, cochiti, Santa Clara, San Felipe, Santa Domingo, San Juan, and the Hopi villages.Trade Review"An indispensable source book for every student of Indian life."—Science"A cornerstone and monumental contribution to American ethnology."—American Anthropologist
£31.50
University of Nebraska Press In the Lands of Fire and Sun Resistance and
Book SynopsisThe Huichols (or Wixárika) of western Mexico are among the most resilient and iconic indigenous groups in Mexico today. In the Lands of Fire and Sun examines the Huichol Indians as they have struggled to maintain their independence over two centuries.Trade Review"Stephens . . . is among the first scholars to tap Spanish and Mexican archives for primary sources on Huichol history. Using both documentary and published sources, she weaves a concise, accessible narrative of the Huichol from the conquest to the present day, paying particular attention to their resistance to missionizing and continual dogged defense of their lands in times of peace and war. Stephens highlights the paradox of Huichol indigenous identity: the fact that a people perennially fractured by political and local identities might still so successfully maintain their ethnic identity and autonomy. There is no better single introduction to the study of Huichol history."—P.R. Sullivan, Choice"This is an interesting study for anybody interested in the history of Mexico, Latin America, and the native people around the world, and in particular the Huichol."—Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Journal"Fluidly written and accessible."—Zachary Brittsan, American Historical Review"This is an important addition to the scholarship on interactions between indigenous peoples and the state in peripheral regions."—Leslie S. Offutt, Hispanic American Historical Review“A much-needed addition to the scholarship on the Huichol and on indigenous peoples in Mexico more generally. Unlike most studies of indigenous peoples, In the Lands of Fire and Sun effectively spans the colonial and modern periods, demonstrating the incredible continuity in Huichol resistance and adaptation. . . . It will be an excellent choice for single-semester surveys of Mexican history as well as upper-division and graduate courses in history, anthropology, and indigenous studies.”—Andrae Marak, dean of the College of Arts and Science at Governors State University “McArdle Stephens delivers carefully measured arguments in prose that is at once vivid, reflective, and a pleasure to read. . . . In the Lands of Fire and Sun is ethnohistory as it should be: acutely sensitive to local detail while casting a sophisticated gaze on the politics of a changing world.”—Raphael Folsom, associate professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and author of The Yaquis and the Empire: Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial MexicoTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction 1. From Native Neighbors to Spanish Conquerors 2. Facing the Young Nation-State 3. Between Tolerance and Rejection of the Church 4. In Defense of Lands 5. Foreign Scholars as Tools of Resistance 6. A Revolution Comes to the Huichols Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£37.05
University of Nebraska Press Upward Not Sunwise
Book SynopsisExplores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. Kimberly Jenkins Marshall has been researching the Oodlání movement since 2006 and presents the first book-length study of Navajo neo-Pentecostalism.Trade Review"Marshall's book is based on several years of ethnographic research in Navajo communities in the southwestern United States. The only lengthy study of Navajo Pentecostalism that has been published to date, it deftly tackles the problem of rupture and continuity among Pentecostal converts, and shows that Navajo Pentecostals reject, reinterpret, remake, and conserve traditional beliefs and practices in intricate and sometimes conflicting ways. Marshall pursues a pioneering approach to indigenous Pentecostalism that will interest folklorists."—Ethan Sharp, Journal of Folklore Research"The weighty contributions of Upward, Not Sunwise extend far beyond the tent-filled deserts of the Navajo Nation, deeply enriching the study of indigenous Christianity in a number of important ways."—Mark Clatterbuck, Pacific Historical Review“Marshall’s ethnography is refreshingly engaging as it explores the complexities of contemporary neo-Pentecostalism among Navajos in the Navajo Nation. It adds a much-needed chapter about the diversity of religious experiences among Navajos and speaks to larger issues about global Christianity.”—Anthony K. Webster, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Intimate Grammars: An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry “Upward, Not Sunwise offers a fresh perspective on religious acculturation in an indigenous context. This book is unequaled for its contemporary analysis of Native people’s agency within Christian evangelical movements.”—David Shorter, professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of We Will Dance Our Truth: Yaqui History in Yoeme PerformancesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transcriptions Introduction: Resonant Rupture 1. The Oodlání Movement: Revivals, Research, and Relationships 2. Under the Tent: The Resonant Rupture of Ritual 3. Háálá Ayóo Diyin: The Resonant Rupture of Language 4. “God Never Listened to Country”: The Resonant Rupture of Music 5. Dancing in the Spirit: The Resonant Rupture of Nonhuman Actors 6. Embodying Healing: The Resonant Rupture of Faith Healing Conclusion: Resonant Rupture, Sovereignty, and Global Pentecostalism Notes References Index
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University of Nebraska Press Creek Religion and Medicine
Book SynopsisShowcases the vibrant culture of an enduring Southeastern Native people.Trade Review"John R. Swanton's Creek Religion and Medicine endures as one of the best sources for ethnohistorical information about the Muscogee Nation. Drawing from a broad spectrum of archival sources and oral histories collected from Native American informants, Swanton provides a rare glimpse of traditional Muscogean (Creek) religion and medicine. . . . This classic study is a must read for anyone interested in the Native Southeast."—Stacye Hathorn, The Alabama Review
£31.50
University of Nebraska Press Wearing the Morning Star
Book SynopsisFeatures a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Some songs included in this work have familiar themes, while others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures.Trade Review“Swann has put together a collection of Native songs that were nearly lost. . . . There is a great range and variety here, and a common ground: open forms, organic rhythms, and a tendency to incantation and rich imagery. The matter is of the land and living, of links with the past and hopes for the future. Swann’s volume will give many good reasons to sing."—Library Journal
£16.14
University of Nebraska Press Critical Inuit Studies An Anthology of
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of the state of Inuit studies. This volume includes topics such as the development of a circumpolar research policy, the complex identities of Inuit in the twenty-first century, and more. It is useful for students and scholars interested in circumpolar North and in contemporary Native communities.Trade Review"[Should] make a useful textbook for undergraduate students in northern anthropology, geography or sociology. The authors constitute an interesting sample of contemporary specialists of Inuit studies, most of them American or Canadian, but with the addition of two scholars from the Old World, one French and one Japanese." North Dakota QuarterlyTable of ContentsPart I: Figuring Method Flora and Me: Collaboration and Combat in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Southwest Alaska, Molly Lee; Listening to Elders, Working with Youth: Changing Dimensions of Theory and Practice in Alaskan Arctic Research in the 21st Century, Carol Zane Jolles; Participatory Anthropology in Nunavut, Michael Kral and Lori Idlout; Time, Space, and Memory in Inuvialuit Narratives, Murielle Nagy; Anthropology in an Era of Inuit Empowerment, Edmund (Ned) Searles Part II: ReConfiguring Categories: Culture The Pipeline to Citizenship: The Inuvialuit Land Claims Agreement and Economic Development and the Expectations of Indigenous Citizens, Pamela Stern; "Showing" Traditions: Cultural Productions and Cultural Survival among the Iglulingmiut, Nancy Wachowich; Culture as Narrative: Who is telling the Inuit Story?, Nelson Graburn; six gestures, peter kulchyski; The Ethical Injunction to Remember: Memory, Cultural Survival and Ethics in Nunavut, Lisa Stevenson Part III: ReConfiguring Categories: Place Inuit Place Names and Sense of Place, Beatrice Collignon; Inuit Social Networks in an Urban Setting, Nobuhiro Kishigami; Inuit Geographical Knowledge One Hundred Years Apart: Place Names in Tinijjuarvik [Cumberland Sound], Nunavut, Ludger Muller-Wille and Linna Weber Muller-Wille; Iglu to Iglurjuag: The Anthropology of Colonialism in Culture, Home and History, Frank James Tester
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University of Nebraska Press Coming Full Circle
Book SynopsisOffers an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health among Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. Suzanne Crawford O’Brien examines how these communities define what it means to be healthy and how recent tribal community-based health programs have applied this understanding to their missions and activities.Trade Review"As scholars in history, anthropology, environmental studies, nursing, and biology, among others, continue to explore indigenous food restoration as a location of sovereignty and cultural reclamation, the case studies featured in Coming Full Circle provide important community examples. Crawford O’Brien’s collaboration with these communities highlights the significance of academic/Native community partnerships and results in accounts of poignant and meaningful health solutions."—Laurie Arnold, Western Historical Quarterly"This is an important book."—Eric Anderson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly"Coming Full Circle is a strong example of interdisciplinary, mixed-methods research. By analyzing the historical, religious, spiritual, economic, and cultural factors influencing tribal peoples' healing and spiritual traditions, Crawford O'Brien demonstrates the beauty and resilience of tribal communities and tribal cultural traditions."—Michelle M. Jacob, Oregon Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Case of Ellen GrayPart One: Locations1. Theoretical Orientation: Embodied Subjectivity and the Self in MotionPart Two: Illness, Healing, and Missionization in Historical Context2. “The Fact Is They Cannot Live”: Euroamerican Responses to Epidemic Disease3. “Civilization Is Poison to the Indian”: Missionization, Authenticity, and the Myth of the Vanishing IndianPart Three: Restoring the Spirit, Renewing Tradition4. “A Good Christian Is a Good Medicine Man”: Changing Religious Landscapes from 1804 to 20055. Both Traditional and Contemporary: The South Puget Intertribal Women’s Wellness Program6. Coming Full Circle: Defining Health and Wellness on the Shoalwater Bay Indian ReservationPart Four: Person, Body, Place7. “Rich in Relations”: Self, Kin, and Community8. The Healthy Self: Embedded in Place9. “A Power Makes You Sick”: Illness and Healing in Coast Salish and Chinook TraditionsConclusion: The Case of Ellen Gray, ReconsideredNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Of One Mind and Of One Government
Book SynopsisIn Of One Mind and Of One Government Kevin Kokomoor examines the formation of Creek politics and nationalism from the 1770s through the Red Stick War, when the aftermath of the American Revolution and the beginnings of American expansionism precipitated a crisis in Creek country. The state of Georgia insisted that the Creeks sign three treaties to cede tribal lands.The Creeks objected vigorously, igniting a series of border conflicts that escalated throughout the late eighteenth century and hardened partisan lines between pro-American, pro-Spanish, and pro-British Creeks and their leaders. Creek politics shifted several times through historical contingencies, self-interests, changing leadership, and debate about how to best preserve sovereignty, a process that generated national sentiment within the nascent and imperfect Creek Nation. Based on original archival research and a revisionist interpretation, Kokomoor explores how the state of Georgia’s increasiTrade Review"This book contributes immensely to the field of ethnohistory in its expert examination of Creek politics in the early nineteenth century and its placement of the Creek Nation into a larger context of nation building."—Alex Colvin, Chronicles of Oklahoma“A stunning book about an indigenous people’s valiant attempts to stand up to American expansionism through an internal political revolution—an attempt that ultimately failed, not because the Creeks could not realize a new political order but because America would not let them. It is just brilliant.”—Robbie Ethridge, professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi and author of Mapping the Mississippian Shatter Zone: The Colonial Indian Slave Trade and Regional Instability in the American South “The subject is vital. Nationalism encompasses all people in the early nineteenth century. The Creek National Council has been a source of contention for a long time. [The book’s] bold thesis, advocating the efficacy of the Creek National Council, will generate productive debate for years to come.”—Steven C. Hahn, professor of history at St. Olaf College and author of The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670–1763Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Prologue: “A few of those belonging to the Coweta Town:” A Crisis in Creek Country Introduction Part I: The End of Creek Country Chapter 1:“All the Red People Were Now the King’s People:” Creek Partisans Emerge During the American Revolution Chapter 2: “No acts of a few or part can or does bend the whole:” Georgia Treaties and Creek Partisans Chapter 3: “The Just retaliation upon the Georgians:” Partisan Creeks at War Chapter 4: Like “mad people . . . running crazy:” Creek Country in Crisis Part II: Building a Creek Nation Chapter 5: “By the voice of the whole of the Upper Creeks and likewise the Cussetahs:” A Stronger Nationhood Chapter 6: “I will try the experiment and I think it will succeed:” The Ascendancy of the National Council Chapter 7: “To be of one mind and of one Government:” Legitimating a Creek Nation Part III: The Fate of the Creek Nation Chapter 8: “Retarded by the Demon of politiks:” The National Council Splintering Chapter 9: “You who are afraid look to yourselves, you who are warriors, turn out:” The Red Stick War and the Future of the National Council Epilogue: “The Government of the Creeks is not an ephemeral one:” The Creek Nation in the Removal Era Bibliography
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University of Nebraska Press Situational Identities along the Raiding Frontier
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Sunseri's] work is personal, innovative, and effective in its use of disparate sources, from scientific analysis to oral history, and provides the reader with a well reasoned and supported argument for cultural fluidity and continuation on the New Mexico colonial borderlands."—Peg Kearney, Journal of Arizona History"Situational Identities along the Raiding Frontier of Colonial New Mexico offers a strong foundation on which to build future place-based historical archaeologies in the Southwest, deeply informed by those who have thought with the land for generations."—Valerie Bondura, Society for Historical Archaeology"The ethnic pluralism that emerges from Sunseri's text and artifacts will resonate beyond scholarly circles, offering critical insight into contemporary issues around what it means to be 'New Mexican.'"—Dana Velasco Murillo, Western Historical Quarterly"Situational Identities has much to offer those interested in the regional history of New Mexico, the broader history of Spanish frontier spaces, and the important work of blending methodologies across the humanities and social science disciplines."—Sean F. McEnroe, Hispanic American Historical Review“This case makes a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of the Spanish borderlands, especially in New Mexico, and will set the bar for archaeological and anthropological research into genízaro communities like Casitas.”—Bonnie J. Clark, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Denver and author of On the Edge of Purgatory: An Archaeology of Place in Hispanic Colorado “This book is a culmination of several years of innovative research at Casitas that is important because it involves local descendent communities for whom this site has great personal and historic meaning. The research is comprehensive and integrates multiple lines of evidence in an unusual way, including documentary, landscape/viewshed, architectural, zooarchaeological, and ceramic analyses.”—Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland and coauthor of Mission and Pueblo of Santa Catalina de Guale, St. Catherines Island, Georgia: A Comparative Zooarchaeological AnalysisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Standing Fast in the Middle Ground Community Research Mandates as a Privilege to Earn for Historical Archaeology A Spanish Colonial Project in a Native American Landscape (Un)documented New Mexico Previous Archaeological ResearchChapter 2. Digging Out Community Picturing the Cast(a) of the Drama in Northern New Mexico Frontline Families and Opportunities A Turning Point on a Critical Frontier Viewing Research on the Borderlands from a Distance Borderlands Identities as Strategy A Historical Archaeology of Identity as a Complex of Possibilities Concepts of Homescape and HearthscapeChapter 3. Homescape Landscape and Identity Maps and Mappings The Tactical Homescape The Engineered Homescape Evaluating Topographic Space for Potential as Agricultural Place Modeling Hydrodynamics of Acequia Irrigation Palimpsests of Place Along the Rito Colorado Landscape Dimensions in DialogueChapter 4. Hearthscape Tools Pottery as Foodway Toolkits Who made these pots? Typologies and Historic New Mexican Pottery Choosing Clay for Making Pots Transformations of Clay into Tools The Thermodynamic Art of Firing Pots in Performance A Process of IdentityChapter 5. Hearthscape Ingredients Grazing to Gravy What Animals Were Part of Life at Casitas? Creation of the Faunal Archaeological Record Animal Bodies Becoming Portions Transformations into Food Tool Marks and Burning How was Meat Portioned and Consumed? Hearthscape Evidence in DialogChapter 6. Historical Archaeology of a Place beyond Labels Foodways Stages of Production and Consumption Production Practices Related to Consumption Use and Disposal Hearthscape Trends Across the Plazuela Tactical and Engineering Perspectives on Homescape Practices Complicating Identity on the Frontier By Putting Scales in DialogueEPILOGUE: Protecting a Guardian of the Frontier New Directions for Future Research Archaeology and Preservation as Memory, Performance, and Political ActionREFERENCES CITED
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University of Nebraska Press Sovereignty and Sustainability
Book SynopsisAs Siobhan Senier researches the ways Indigenous Americans in New England have sustained and developed various literary and cultural traditions, she considers anew the overlapping notions of sovereignty and sustainability and concerns of social sustainability, culture, literature, the environment, and economics.Trade Review“In this time of ecological devastation, it seems particularly important to bring ecocriticism to bear on Native American studies, both in terms of recovery work and theoretical understanding of the tie between ecology and sovereignty. The discussion of the ecological sustainability of genres like the novel is an important topic that I have not yet seen discussed in ecocriticism. Both terms are about sustaining, as Senier so aptly demonstrates, cultures and the earth itself. . . . Eloquent, astute, and crystal clear.”—Cari M. Carpenter, coeditor of The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864–1891“Both timely and vitally important. . . . The focus on New England Indigenous literatures and writers alone is a fresh approach to Native and Indigenous literary studies. In Senier’s skilled hands, this book goes even further in breaking new ground in all its adjacent fields, from the critical scholarship in the introductory chapter, the sustained focus on the entwined relationship between Indigenous sovereignty and sustainability, and the able discussion of genre, form, and community.”—Stephanie J. Fitzgerald, author of Native Women and Land: Narratives of Dispossession and ResurgenceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “We’re Still Here”: Wampanoag Timelines and the Stewardship of History 2. Tribal Periodicals: Stewards of Oral Tradition and Tribal Community 3. Novels of the Anthropocene: Stewards of Past, Present, and Future Relations 4. Sovereign Poetics and Sustainable Publishing: Cheryl Savageau and Bowman Books Acting in Stewardship 5. Indigenous New England Online: Network Sovereignty and Digital Stewardship Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Nebraska Press Picturing Indians
Book SynopsisLiza Black critically examines the inner workings of post–World War II American films and production studios that cast American Indian extras and actors as Native people, forcing them to come face to face with mainstream representations of “Indianness.” Trade Review“A refreshing take on an old story, one that has too often emphasized settler colonial tropes at the expense of Indigenous experiences. . . . Picturing Indians is an important and impressive contribution to a growing body of historical literature that asks us ‘to look at the movies as a site of work as well as art.’ . . . More importantly, [Black] demands that we reckon with the physical presence of Native people in the movie industry, where they exercised their own judgment and made their own meanings for the work they performed within the constraints of the studio system.”—Andrew Fisher, American Historical Review “A significant contribution to the growing Indigenous studies scholarship in the area of film and media studies.”—Angelica Lawson, Western Historical Quarterly “Fresh and original. . . . Picturing Indians represents a critical contribution to the field of Native American representations in film with its study of labor history and analysis.”—Michelle Raheja, Film Quarterly"In both method and content, this book charts a new movement in Indigenous film studies in particular and film studies in general. It is welcome, indeed."—Jennifer L. Jenkins, Southwestern Historical Quarterly“Black’s study of the lives, labor, and organized guilds of Native American and (faux) Native American actors within the Hollywood film industry is not a recuperative gesture, but instead it is a radical intervention that turns the tables on the simple vilification of the Hollywood Indian and the settler colonialist ideology imbued within the films.”—Andre Seewood, American Indian Quarterly "This book is necessary reading to anyone interested in studying Native American visual representation."—Steve Pelletier, American Indian Culture and Research Journal“Meticulously researched, this engrossing volume fills a deep void in both film studies and Native American history.”—Karla Strand, Ms. Magazine “Liza Black systematically studies Indian characters in the Hollywood films of the l940s and l950s and shows how film created a single type of Indian for Native and non-Native actors, though the latter often received higher pay. Black disables this construct, and she offers a stunning history of the experiences of Native American actors who worked in the film industry during these years.”—Lisbeth Haas, author of Saints and Citizens: Indigenous Histories of Colonial Missions and Mexican California“Liza Black’s exhaustively researched study of American Indian actors fills a gap in scholarship on Native American performance by focusing on the most influential and damaging period for Hollywood’s representations of Native peoples. Highlighting their efforts to make a living in the film industry and negotiate its expectations, Black powerfully demonstrates Native people’s survival and agency, as well as the ways popular culture created and abetted narratives that continue to support indigenous erasure and dispossession.”—Nicolas G. Rosenthal, author of Reimagining Indian Country: Native American Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century Los AngelesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “Just Like a Snake You’ll Be Crawling in Your Own Shit”: American Indians and White Narcissism 2. “Indians Agree to Perform and Act as Directed”: Urban Indian (and Non-Indian) Actors 3. “Not Desired by You for Photographing”: The Labor of American Indian (and Non-Indian) Extras 4. “White May Be More Than Skin Deep”: Whites in Redface 5. “A Bit Thick”: The Transformation of Indians into Movie Indians 6. “Dig Up a Good Indian Historian”: The Search for Authenticity Epilogue Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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