"A milestone in U.S. historiography, Haunted by Empire brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role…
Joseph Iron Eye Dudley is a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and an ordained United Methodist minister. Joseph was raised by his grandparents and this is the story of them.
Finger is a descendant of the tribal remnant that avoided removal in the 1830s and instead remained in North Carolina. Most now live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Finger is a descendant of the tribal remnant that avoided removal in the 1830s and instead remained in North Carolina. Most now live on a reservation adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Traces the history of Native American participation in the U.S. armed forces, focusing on the contributions of the Navajo and Comanche Code Talkers to the World War II effort.
"This is an explosive collection of essays, written by leading scholars of North American Indians, most of them heavily involved in service and applied work, often on behalf of Indian clients, communities, and organizations. In an area saturated with deadening, consciously polit…
"Before their massacre by Massachusetts Puritans in 1637, the Pequots were preeminent in southern New England. Their location on the eastern Connecticut shore made them important producers of the wampum required to trade for furs from the Iroquois. They were also the only Connec…
In contrast to most accounts of Puritan-Indian relations, New England Frontier argues that the first two generations of Puritan settlers were neither generally hostile toward their Indian neighbors nor indifferent to their territorial rights. Rather, American Puritans - especial…
Reconstructs the development of the Tainos before Columbus and how they declined after his arrival.
This book is intended to reconstruct some important moments in Dene history in order to answer the question of how these northern people have been able to maintain a sense of cultural distinctiveness in the face of economic, cultural and politcial pressures from European newcome…
This book is intended to reconstruct some important moments in Dene history in order to answer the question of how these northern people have been able to maintain a sense of cultural distinctiveness in the face of economic, cultural and politcial pressures from European newcome…
This annual publication examines political, legal, social, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples around the world in 1998-99. Part I highlights news events and ongoing situations in specific countries. In North America, these include court decisions on the legal s…
This annual publication (published separately in English and Spanish) examines political, legal, social, environmental, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples around the world during 1997-98. Part I highlights news events and ongoing situations in specific countrie…
