A companion to the anthropology of American Indians
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
A companion to the anthropology of American Indians
(Blackwell companions to anthropology, 3)
Blackwell, 2008
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published as hardcover: 2004
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "A companion to the anthropology of American Indians contains 27 original contributions by leading scholars who work actively as researchers in American Indian communities, or on the topic of American Indians. The book summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point"--P. [4] of cover
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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'
Table of Contents
Synopsis of Contents x
Notes 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
by "Nielsen BookData"