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Preface | |
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Learning about Native Americans | |
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Bison and Americans | |
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Indians in Popular Culture | |
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Who Is a Native American? | |
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Population Figures | |
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Where Did Native Americans Originate? | |
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Synopsis of Pre-Columbian Archaeology North of Mexico | |
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How Have Native American Cultures Been Studied? | |
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What Do Non-Natives Know about Indigenous American Languages? | |
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Grouping Tribes | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Indian-Non-Indian Relations | |
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Early Contact | |
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Destruction and Displacement of Peoples | |
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U.S. Treaties | |
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Canada, the First Nations | |
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Greenland in Brief | |
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Administration of U.S. Indian Affairs | |
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Forces Fostering Native American Identity | |
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Recent History | |
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Native Americans and Anthropologists | |
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Comparing Cultures | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Netsilik: Seal Hunting and Snowhouse Eskimos | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Recent Changes | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Chipewyan: Subarctic Hunters | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Becoming Modern at Snowdrift (Lutselk'e, Lutsel K'e) | |
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Contemporary Lutselk'e | |
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Sayisi Band | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Lower Kootenai: Plateau Fishers and Hunters | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Select Comparisons | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Western Shoshone: Subduers of the High Desert | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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The Battle Mountain Colony | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Crow: Plains Raiders and Bison Hunters | |
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Baseline Ethnography | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Later History | |
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Other Dimensions | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Cahuilla: Gatherers in the Desert | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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The Agua Caliente Band | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Tlingit: Alaskan Salmon Fishers | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Early History | |
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Later History | |
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Regional Corporation | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Hopi: Farmers of the Desert | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Becoming Modern | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Navajo: Transformations among a Desert People | |
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Background | |
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Historical Developments | |
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Earlier Reservation Years | |
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The Recent Past | |
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The Contemporary Scene | |
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Additional Issues | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Iroquois: Warriors and Farmers of the Eastern Woodlands | |
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Early Historic Life | |
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Historical Developments | |
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The Six Nations Reserve | |
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Sovereignty | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Eastern Cherokee: Farmers of the Southeast | |
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People, Population, and Language | |
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Ethnographic Background | |
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Historical Developments | |
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee | |
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The Contemporary Scene | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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The Natchez: Sophisticated Farmers of the Deep South | |
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Traditional Life | |
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Ceremonies | |
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Tattooed Serpent's Oration | |
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Natchez History | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Overviews | |
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Indian Gaming Highlights | |
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Federal Administration | |
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Relocation Programs | |
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Unrecognized Tribes | |
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Diabetes and Native Americans | |
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Indians as Environmentalists | |
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Tribalism | |
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National Museum of the American Indian | |
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Tribal Sovereignty | |
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Summarizing Thoughts | |
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Additional Sources | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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A Material Culture Sample | |
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Additional Native American Resources | |
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Glossary | |
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Pronunciation Guide | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |