Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues

Duane Champagne is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time.

• Chapter 1 Duane Champagne, IntroductionPart 2 I. Native IdentityChapter 3 1. D. Mihesuah, American Indian Identities: Issues of Individual Choices and DevelopmentChapter 4 2. W. Churchill, The Crucible of American Indian Identity: Native Tradition versus Colonial Imposition in Postconquest North AmericaPart 5 II. GenderChapter 6 3. K.B. Chiste, Aboriginal Women and Self-GovernmentChapter 7 4. B. Brant, The Good Red Road: Journeys of Homecoming in Native Women's WritingChapter 8 5. B.G. Miller, Contemporary Tribal Codes and Gender IssuesPart 9 III. Contemporary PowwowChapter 10 6. M. Mattern, The Powwow as a Public ArenaChapter 11 7. L.E. Lassiter, Southwestern Oklahoma, the Gourd Dance, and "Charlie Brown"Part 12 IV. Film and Other MediaChapter 13 8. L.A. Whitt, Cultural Imperialism and the Marketing of Native AmericaChapter 14 9. S. Leuthold, Native Media's CommunitiesChapter 15 10. L.P. Brumbaugh, Ethnical Issues for Photographers of Native AmericansPart 16 V. HealthChapter 17 11. P.A. May, Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse among Native AmericansChapter 18 12. C.M. Pego et al., Tobacco, Culture, and Health among Native AmericansChapter 19 13. M.C. Mahoney and A.M. Michalek, Cancer Control Research among American Indians and Alaska NativesPart 20 VI. Environmental IssuesChapter 21 14. D. Waller, Friendly Fire: When Environmentalists Dehumanize American IndiansChapter 22 15. J. Wolfley, Ecological Risk Assessment and ManagementChapter 23 16. R. L. Spieldoch, Uranium Is In My BodyChapter 24 IndexChapter 25 AcknowledgmentsChapter 26 About the Editor