Native American Studies

Name: Native American Studies
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ISBN: 9780803278295

ISBN-10: 0803278292

ISBN-13: 9780803278295

Edition: 2005

Authors: Clara Sue Kidwell, Alan Velie, Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Clara Kidwell, Clara Kidwell

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This guide to Native American history and culture outlines new ways of understanding American Indian cultures in contemporary contexts. Native American Studiescovers key issues such as the intimate relationship of culture to land; the nature of cultural exchange and conflict in the period after European contact; the unique relationship of Native communities with the United States government; the significance of language; the vitality of contemporary cultures; and the variety of Native artistic styles, from literature and poetry to painting and sculpture to performance arts. This thematic approach places history, culture, and intellectual production in the contexts of politics and…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.19" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Alan Velie is David Ross Boyd Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. Author of several books including American Indian Literature (The University of Oklahoma Press, 1979; revd edn, 1991) and Native American Perspectives on Literature and History (The University of Oklahoma Press, 1995).



Acknowledgments (and apologies)


Series Editor's Foreword


Preface



Introduction



Land and Identity



Historical Contact and Conflict



Tribal Sovereignty



Language



Indian Aesthetics: Literature



Indian Aesthetics: Art and Expressive Culture



The Current Status of Native American Studies


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index