This volume presents six major issues that have been divisive in and out of the Native American community. Readers will learn about the varied cultural, political, social, and economic dimensions of contemporary Native America and will be prompted to consider the complexity and complications of ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States.
Where do you stand on the issue of sports teams named after Native Americans? Are tribal claims on ancestral remains and sacred objects in museums valid? The contemporary issues that Native Americans struggle with are critical concerns for all...
This volume presents six major issues that have been divisive in and out of the Native American community. Readers will learn about the varied cult...
The emerging environmental justice movement has created greater awareness among scholars that communities from all over the world suffer from similar environmental inequalities. This volume takes up the challenge of linking the focussed campaigns and insights from African American campaigns for environmental justice with the perspectives of this global group of environmentally marginalized groups. The editorial team has drawn on Washington's work, on Paul Rosier's study of Native American environmentalism, and on Heather Goodall's work with Indigenous Australians to seek out wider...
The emerging environmental justice movement has created greater awareness among scholars that communities from all over the world suffer from similar ...
Code Talkers and Warriors chronicles Native American life during World War II. This volume covers issues such as draft resistance on the basis of religion and sovereignty; the relocation of Native Americans to West Coast defense plants; how the war facilitated assimilationist thinking: and Native American contributions to the war effort.
Code Talkers and Warriors chronicles Native American life during World War II. This volume covers issues such as draft resistance on the basis of reli...
In 1863, the Navajo faced transformations to their way of life with the Americans' determination to first subjugate and then remove them to a reservation in order to begin their assimilation to American culture.
In 1863, the Navajo faced transformations to their way of life with the Americans' determination to first subjugate and then remove them to a reservat...
In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized President Andrew Jackson to move eastern Indian Tribes west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory.
In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized President Andrew Jackson to move eastern Indian Tribes west of the Mississippi River...
On June 25, 1876, the U.S. Army suffered the worst defeat of all its battles with Native Americans. Allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors successfully turned back a surprise attack on their village near the Little Bighorn River in Montana.
On June 25, 1876, the U.S. Army suffered the worst defeat of all its battles with Native Americans. Allied Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors succes...
Drawing on interviews, democratic theory, and extensive archival research, Paul C. Rosier focuses on the internal political, economic, and ethnic forces shaping the Blackfeet Nation during the first half of the twentieth century. Incorporating Blackfeet voices throughout his study, Rosier shows how transformations were not imposed on the Blackfeet but were the result of their continuing efforts to create a community of their own design and to reorganize relations with outsiders on their own terms. Rebirth of the Blackfeet Nation, 1912-1954 illuminates a pivotal time in modern Indian-white...
Drawing on interviews, democratic theory, and extensive archival research, Paul C. Rosier focuses on the internal political, economic, and ethnic forc...
"The Landmark Events in Native American History" set explores significant events in Native American history from the 17th through 20th centuries. Presented from a Native American perspective, each book in this unique set offers a wealth of features, including introductions, biographical sketches, sidebars, and documents that humanize these important events, which not only shaped Native American history, but also helped define the American experience.
"The Landmark Events in Native American History" set explores significant events in Native American history from the 17th through 20th centuries. Pres...
Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts.
Battles over the place of Indians in the fabric of American life took place on reservations, in wartime service, in cold war rhetoric, and in the courtroom. The Society of American Indians, founded in 1911, asserted that America needed Indian cultural and spiritual values. In World War II, Indians fought for their ancestral homelands and...
Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces ...
