Contemporary Native American cultural issues
Moving into the 21st century, Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities remain culturally vibrant and deeply engaged in struggles for survival on many fronts. Editor Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship from which emerge the complexity and diversity of Native American life. Each topical section is introduced by the editor's own commentaries, which provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. These are followed by informative and cr…
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- Full title :Contemporary Native American cultural issues / edited by Duane Champagne.
Summary
Moving into the 21st century, Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities remain culturally vibrant and deeply engaged in struggles for survival on many fronts. Editor Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship from which emerge the complexity and diversity of Native American life. Each topical section is introduced by the editor's own commentaries, which provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. These are followed by informative and critical studies, many drawn from the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, which offer grounded experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native American cultural settings.
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- Publication Date:©1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Altamira Press
- Place of Publication:Walnut Creek, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:326 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0761990585, 9780761990581, 0761990593, 9780761990598
- oclc:ocm39922844
- LC Classification:E98.S67
- Dewey Decimal:305.897
Table of Contents
American Indian identities: issues of individual choices and development / Devon A. Mihesuah -- The crucible of American Indian identity: native tradition versus Colonial imposition in postconquest North America / Ward Churchill -- Aboriginal women and self-government: challenging Leviathan / Katherine Beaty Chiste -- The good red road: journeys of homecoming in native women's writings / Beth Brant -- Contemporary tribal codes and gender issues / Bruce G. Miller -- The Powwow as a public arena for negotiating unity and diversity in American life / Mark Mattern -- Southwestern Oklahoma, the gourd dance, and "Charlie Brown" / Luke E. Lassiter -- Cultural imperialism and the marketing of Native America / Laurie Anne Whitt -- Native media's communities / Steven Leuthold -- Shadow catchers or snatchers?: ethical issues for photographers of Native Americans / Lee Philip Brumbaugh -- The epidemiology of alcohol abuse among Native Americans: the mythical and real properties / Philip A. May -- Tobacco, culture and health among Native Americans: a historical review / Christina M. Pego [and others] -- Cancer control research among American Indians and Alaska natives: a paradigm for research …
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