Native American Studies

Unsettling America explores the cultural politics of Indianness in the 21st century. It concerns itself with representations of Native Americans in popular culture, the news media, and political debate and the ways in which American Indians have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681342337Author Charles Alexander EastmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

Going Native or Going Naive? is a critical analysis of an esoteric-Indian movement, called white shamanism. This movement, originating from the 1980's New Age boom, redefines the phenomenon of playing Indian. For white shamans and their followers,...

Through qualitative analysis of individuals, Kathleen J. Fitzgerald studies the social construction of racial and ethnic identity in Beyond White Ethnicity. Fitzgerald focuses on Native Americans, who despite a previously unacknowledged and uncelebrated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632936295Author Roberta Carol HarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 776Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 1102g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589638037Author Mabel PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Fredonia Books (NL)Publisher Fredonia Books (NL)Weight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934594292Author Robert BigartFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Salish Kootenai CollegePublisher Salish Kootenai CollegeWeight(grams) 178g

American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance presents an original critical and theoretical analysis of American Indian rhetorical practices in both canonical and previously overlooked texts: autobiographies, memoirs, prophecies, and oral storytelling...

Irrigation, Timber, and Hydropower is the story of the Flathead Irrigation Project and the Flathead Lake Dam, two early twentieth-century enterprises whose consequences are still felt today on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. The Flathead...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959401982Author Franz BoasFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Reprint PublishingPublisher Reprint PublishingWeight(grams) 585g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959401968Author Franz BoasFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Reprint PublishingPublisher Reprint PublishingWeight(grams) 617g

On September 6, 1995, Dudley George was shot by Ontario Provincial Police officer Kenneth Deane. He died shortly after midnight the next day. George had been participating in a protest over land claims in Ipperwash Provincial Park, which had been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632934109Author Teresa PijoanFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 304g

The twelve essays that make up Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations illustrate the development in thought by one of Canada's leading scholars in the field of Native history - J.R. Miller. The collection, comprising pieces that were written over a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498194020Author Daniel Garrison BrintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935228288Author John HeckewelderFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Evolution Publishing & ManufacturingPublisher Evolution Publishing &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781512813449Author Vincenzo PetrulloFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768273130Author Ernesto SaquiFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Produccicones de La HamacaPublisher Produccicones de La HamacaWeight(grams) 152g

The history of Aboriginal people in Canada taught in schools and depicted in the media tends to focus on Aboriginal displacement from native lands and the consequent social and cultural disruptions they have endured. Collectively, they are portrayed as...

A decade ago, a landmark study by Indian law affairs specialist Rupert Ross suggested that alternative methods of crime prevention based on traditional Aboriginal values would lower crime rates in Native communities. Since then, reform measures that have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681342412Author Sandy White HawkFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

In clear and straightforward language, Justin B. Richland and Sarah Deer discuss the history and structure of tribal justice systems; the scope of criminal and civil jurisdictions; and the various means by which the integrity of tribal courts is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959401975Author Franz BoasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Reprint PublishingPublisher Reprint PublishingWeight(grams) 388g

The documents collected in this book provide a window into a challenging and dangerous period in the history of the Salish and Pend d'Oreille Indians of western Montana. Although all of these sources were written or recorded by white people, used...

Published by the Salish Kootenai College Press Peter Ronan (1839-93) was the government agent for the Salish and Kootenai tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana from 1877 until his death. It was a period of rapid cultural and...

This volume introduces the oral literature of Native American peoples in Puget Salish-speaking areas of western Washington. Seven stories told by Lushootseed elders are transcribed and translated into English, accompanied by information on narrative...

As the environmental justice movement slowly builds momentum, Diane J. Purvis highlights the work of Indigenous peoples in Alaska’s small rural villages, who have faced incredible odds throughout history yet have built political clout fueled by vigorous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632936516Author Roberta Carol HarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 90Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 281g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496225887Author Diane J PurvisFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint University of Nebraska PressPublisher University of Nebraska Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494078638Author Frances DensmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476702650Author Harvey ArdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Unsettling America explores the cultural politics of Indianness in the 21st century. It concerns itself with representations of Native Americans in popular culture, the news media, and political debate and the ways in which American Indians have...

For too long, Native American people in the United States have been stereotyped as vestiges of the past, invisible citizens in their own land obliged to remind others, “We are still here!” Yet today, Native leaders are at the centre of social change,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774858479Author Helaine WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bella FrostPublisher Bella FrostWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897453261Author Michael B. DavieFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914312250Author History Brought AliveFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Fortune PublishingPublisher Fortune PublishingWeight(grams) 254g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275782433Author John West, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Gale, Sabin AmericanaPublisher Gale, Sabin AmericanaWeight(grams) 413g

On October 15, 1964 Billy Mills became the only American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for the 10,000 meters. It was but one notable triumph in sports by a Native American. Yet, unlike Mills's achievement, most significant contributions from Native...