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Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians
Häftad, 2001
383 kr
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Long considered the undisputed authority on the Indians of the southern United States, anthropologist John Swanton published this history as the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletin 103 in 1931. Swanton's description is drawn from earlier records - including those …
Our Elders Teach Us
Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives
Av David Carey
Häftad, 2001
455 kr
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Combining the methodologies of anthropology and history, Carey uses both oral interviews and meticulous archival research to construct a history of the last 50 years in Guatemala from the perspective of present-day Mayan people. His research took place over five years, including intensive language …
Choctaw Prophecy
A Legacy of the Future
Av Tom Mould
Häftad, 2003
439 kr
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This intriguing study explores the power and artistry of prophecy among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, who use predictions about the future to interpret the world around them. This book challenges the common assumption that American Indian prophecy was an anomaly of the 18th and 19th …
Other Movement
Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Av Denise Bates
Inbunden, 2012
512 kr
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The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissions. In recalling political activism in the post-World War II South, rarely does one consider the political activities of …
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
Av Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, Patricia Barker Lerch
Inbunden, 2013
399 kr
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A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognised Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina. In From Princess to Chief, Priscilla Freeman Jacobs and Patricia Barker Lerch detail …
Cherokee Women in Crisis
Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907
Av Carolyn Ross Johnston, J.Anthony Paredes
Häftad, 2003
339 kr
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In this study centering on the Cherokee Nation, we learn that three key historical events in the 19th and early 20th centuries - removal, the Civil War and allotment of their lands - forced a radical renegotiation of gender roles and relations in Cherokee society.
Catawba Indian Pottery
The Survival of a Folk Tradition
Häftad, 2003
397 kr
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When Europeans encountered them, the Catawba Indians were living along the river and throughout the valley that carries their name near the present North Carolina-South Carolina border. Archaeologists later collected and identified categories of pottery types belonging to the historic Catawba and …
Chiricahua Apache Enduring Power
Naiche's Puberty Ceremony Paintings
Häftad, 2006
398 kr
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This book reveals the conflicting meanings of power held by the federal government and the Chiricahua Apaches throughout their history of interaction. When Geronimo and Naiche, son of Cochise, surrendered in 1886, their wartime exploits came to an end, but their real battle for survival was only …
Re-enchanting the World
Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands
Av C. Samson
Häftad, 2007
329 kr
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What does it mean to be both Maya and Protestant in Guatemala? Burgeoning religious pluralism in Mesoamerica and throughout Latin America is evident as Protestantism permeates a region that had been overwhelmingly Catholic for nearly five centuries. In considering the interplay between contemporary …
Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia
The Drums of Life
Häftad, 2008
340 kr
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Monacan Indians tell their own story in this title. The contemporary Monacan Nation had approximately 1,400 registered members in 2006, mostly living in and around Lynchburg, Virginia, in Amherst County, but some are scattered like any other large family. Records trace the Monacans of Virginia back …
Public Indians, Private Cherokees
Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground
Av Christina Taylor Beard-Moose
Häftad, 2009
387 kr
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A major economic industry among American Indian tribes is the public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues. Few do it better than the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, whose homeland is the Qualla Boundary of North Carolina. Through extensive …
Under the Rattlesnake
Cherokee Health and Resiliency
Häftad, 2009
273 kr
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For the Cherokee, health is more than the absence of disease; it includes a fully confident sense of a smooth life, peaceful existence, unhurried pace, and easy flow of time. The natural state of the world is to be neutral, balanced, with a similarly gently flowing pattern. States of imbalance, …
Mayas in Postwar Guatemala
Harvest of Violence Revisited
Häftad, 2009
329 kr
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Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact of transnational economic and political policies in Guatemala. However, this work, informed by …
Other Movement
Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Häftad, 2022
340 kr
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Examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissionsIn recalling political activism in the post-World War II South, rarely does one consider the political activities of American Indians as they responded to desegregation, the passing of the …
Red Eagle's Children
Weatherford Vs. Weatherford Et Al.
Av J. Anthony Paredes, Judith Knight
Häftad, 2026
340 kr
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Tracing identity, law, and legacy in an inheritance dispute that reveals the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American. In 1846, in the Chancery Court of Mobile, Alabama, William "Red Eagle" Weatherford's son, by the Indian woman Supalamy, sued his half siblings …
Cherokee Women in Crisis
Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907
Inbunden, 2003
639 kr
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In this study centering on the Cherokee Nation, we learn that three key historical events in the 19th and early 20th centuries - removal, the Civil War and allotment of their lands - forced a radical renegotiation of gender roles and relations in Cherokee society.
Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia
The Drums of Life
Inbunden, 2008
581 kr
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Monacan Indians tell their own story in this title. The contemporary Monacan Nation had approximately 1,400 registered members in 2006, mostly living in and around Lynchburg, Virginia, in Amherst County, but some are scattered like any other large family. Records trace the Monacans of Virginia back …
Under the Rattlesnake
Cherokee Health and Resiliency
Inbunden, 2009
509 kr
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For the Cherokee, health is more than the absence of disease; it includes a fully confident sense of a smooth life, peaceful existence, unhurried pace, and easy flow of time. The natural state of the world is to be neutral, balanced, with a similarly gently flowing pattern. States of imbalance, …
Sounds of Tohi
Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia
Av Lisa J. Lefler, Thomas N. Belt
Inbunden, 2022
570 kr
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Dialogue between a medical anthropologist and a Cherokee linguist about health, well-being, and environmental issues Sounds of Tohi: Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia is the result of almost two decades of work by medical anthropologist Lisa J. Lefler and Cherokee elder and …
Those Who Remain
A Photographer's Memoir of South Carolina Indians
Häftad, 2009
340 kr
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When DeSoto (in 1540) and later Juan Pardo (in 1567) marched through what was known as the province of Cofitachequi (which covered the southern part of today's North Carolina and most of South Carolina), the native population was estimated at well over 18,000. Most shared a common Catawba language, …
