This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by
leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of
anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history
that got us to this point.
* Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from
ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning
religion, language, and expressive culture
* Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well
as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger
frameworks
* Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its
historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its
political and ethical obligations toward the people ‘studied’
leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of
anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history
that got us to this point.
* Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from
ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning
religion, language, and expressive culture
* Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well
as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger
frameworks
* Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its
historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its
political and ethical obligations toward the people ‘studied’
विषयसूची
Synopsis of Contents xNotes on Contributors xviii
Introduction: What is the ”Anthropology” of ”American Indians”? 1
Thomas Biolsi
Part I: Environments and Populations 5
1 Political and Historical Ecologies 7
Kenneth M. Ames
2 Historical Demography 24
Russell Thornton
Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization 49
3 Women and Men 51
Martha C. Knack
4 Politics 69
Loretta Fowler
5 Tribal or Native Law 95
Bruce Granville Miller
6 Culture and Reservation Economies 112
Kathleen Pickering
Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture 131
7 Knowledge Systems 133
Eugene S. Hunn
8 Oral Traditions 154
Rodney Frey
9 Religion 171
Raymond Bucko
10 Music 196
Luke Eric Lassiter
11 Art 212
Rebecca J. Dobkins
Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy 229
12 Political and Legal Status (”Lower 48” States) 231
Thomas Biolsi
13 Political and Legal Status of Alaska Natives 248
Caroline L. Brown
14 Federal Indian Policy and Anthropology 268
George Pierre Castile
15 Contemporary Globalization and Tribal Sovereignty 284
Randel D. Hanson
16 Treaty Rights 304
Larry Nesper
17 Education 321
Alice Littlefield
Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation 339
18 Representational Practices 341
Pauline Turner Strong
19 The Politics of Native Culture 360
Kirk Dombrowski
20 Cultural Appropriation 383
Tressa Berman
21 Community Healing and Cultural Citizenship 398
Renya K. Ramirez
22 Native Hawaiians 412
Cari Costanzo Kapur
Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice 433
23 Ethnography 435
Peter Whiteley
24 Beyond ”Applied” Anthropology 472
Les W. Field
25 Language 490
James Collins
26 Visual Anthropology 506
Harald E. L. Prins
27 Archaeology 526
Larry J. Zimmerman
Index 542
लेखक के बारे में
Thomas Biolsi is Professor of Native American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. Among his publications are Deadliest Enemies: Law and Race Relations on and Off Rosebud Reservation (2007/2001), Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the Critique of Anthropology (edited with Larry Zimmerman, 1997), and Organizing the Lakota: The Political Economy of the New Deal on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations (1992).
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