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Book Synopsis
Seventeen sages respond to the destruction of Native American populations as evidenced in a variety of arenas--from law and literature to ecology and education.

Table of Contents
  • Editor's Note on Chief Seathl's Speech
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: Red Road, Red Lake—Red Flag! (by Four Arrows)
  • Introduction (by Four Arrows)
  • 1. Happiness and Indigenous Wisdom in the History of the Americas (by Frank Bracho)
  • 2. Adventures in Denial: Ideological Resistance to the Idea That the Iroquois Helped Shape American Democracy (by Bruce E. Johansen)
  • 3. Burning Down the House: Laura Ingalls Wilder and American Colonialism (by Waziyatawin Angela Cavender Wilson)
  • 4. (Post) Colonial Plainsongs: Toward Native Literary Worldings (by Jodi A. Byrd)
  • 5. Conquest Masquerading as Law (by Vine Deloria Jr.)
  • 6. Traditional Native Justice: Restoration and Balance, Not "Punishment" (by Rudy Al James [ThlauGooYailthThlee-The First and Oldest Raven])
  • 7. Where Are Your Women? Missing in Action (by Barbara Alice Mann)
  • 8. Peaceful versus Warlike Societies in Pre-Columbian America: What Do Archaeology and Anthropology Tell Us? (by James DeMeo)
  • 9. Ecological Evidence of Large-scale Silviculture by California Indians (by Lee Klinger)
  • 10. Preserving the Whole: Principles of Sustainability in Mi'kmaw Forms of Communication (by Trudy Sable)
  • 11. The Language of Conquest and the Loss of the Commons (by Chet Bowers)
  • 12. Overcoming Hegemony in Native Studies Programs (by Devon A. Mihesuah)
  • 13. The Question of Whitewashing in American History and Social Science (by David N. Gibbs)
  • 14. Before Predator Came: A Plea for Expanding First Nations Scholarship as European Shadow Work (by David Gabbard)
  • 15. Roy Rogers, Twin Heroes, and the Christian Doctrine of Exclusive Salvation (by Four Arrows)
  • 16. Western Science and the Loss of Natural Creativity (by Gregory Cajete)
  • 17. On the Very Idea of "A Worldview" and of "Alternative Worldviews" (by Bruce Wilshire)
  • Epilogue (by Four Arrows)
  • Appendix: Essays from The Encyclopedia of American Indian History (by Four Arrows)
    • "The Myth of the Noble Savage"
    • "Indian Education and Social Control"
    • "American Indian Worldviews and Values"
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292713260, 978-0292713260
      ISBN10: 0292713266
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Seventeen sages respond to the destruction of Native American populations as evidenced in a variety of arenas--from law and literature to ecology and education.

      Table of Contents
      • Editor's Note on Chief Seathl's Speech
      • Acknowledgments
      • Prologue: Red Road, Red Lake—Red Flag! (by Four Arrows)
      • Introduction (by Four Arrows)
      • 1. Happiness and Indigenous Wisdom in the History of the Americas (by Frank Bracho)
      • 2. Adventures in Denial: Ideological Resistance to the Idea That the Iroquois Helped Shape American Democracy (by Bruce E. Johansen)
      • 3. Burning Down the House: Laura Ingalls Wilder and American Colonialism (by Waziyatawin Angela Cavender Wilson)
      • 4. (Post) Colonial Plainsongs: Toward Native Literary Worldings (by Jodi A. Byrd)
      • 5. Conquest Masquerading as Law (by Vine Deloria Jr.)
      • 6. Traditional Native Justice: Restoration and Balance, Not "Punishment" (by Rudy Al James [ThlauGooYailthThlee-The First and Oldest Raven])
      • 7. Where Are Your Women? Missing in Action (by Barbara Alice Mann)
      • 8. Peaceful versus Warlike Societies in Pre-Columbian America: What Do Archaeology and Anthropology Tell Us? (by James DeMeo)
      • 9. Ecological Evidence of Large-scale Silviculture by California Indians (by Lee Klinger)
      • 10. Preserving the Whole: Principles of Sustainability in Mi'kmaw Forms of Communication (by Trudy Sable)
      • 11. The Language of Conquest and the Loss of the Commons (by Chet Bowers)
      • 12. Overcoming Hegemony in Native Studies Programs (by Devon A. Mihesuah)
      • 13. The Question of Whitewashing in American History and Social Science (by David N. Gibbs)
      • 14. Before Predator Came: A Plea for Expanding First Nations Scholarship as European Shadow Work (by David Gabbard)
      • 15. Roy Rogers, Twin Heroes, and the Christian Doctrine of Exclusive Salvation (by Four Arrows)
      • 16. Western Science and the Loss of Natural Creativity (by Gregory Cajete)
      • 17. On the Very Idea of "A Worldview" and of "Alternative Worldviews" (by Bruce Wilshire)
      • Epilogue (by Four Arrows)
      • Appendix: Essays from The Encyclopedia of American Indian History (by Four Arrows)
        • "The Myth of the Noble Savage"
        • "Indian Education and Social Control"
        • "American Indian Worldviews and Values"
      • Index

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