American Indian Studies An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues

Name: American Indian Studies An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues
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ISBN: 9780820439167

ISBN-10: 0820439169

ISBN-13: 9780820439167

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Diane Morrison

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"This collection of essays brings to college students and the general public a scholarly, yet accessible and provocative text in Native American Studies. The contributors draw upon their expertise in such diverse disciplines as economics, education, film studies, history, linguistics, literature, museum studies, popular culture, and religion. Each essay highlights a particular aspect of Native American experience, from the oppressive indoctrination of boarding schools to the successful strategic planning of Indian casinos to the exciting creativity of Native American literature. In addition, many of the essays introduce the reader to the disciplines through which we can approach this…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Illustrations


Foreword


Preface


Publisher's Note


Acknowledgments


History, Language, Identity


"In Whose Hands Is the Telling of the Tale?"


The Native Languages of North America: Structure and Survival


Kill the Indian, Save the Child: Cultural Genocide and the Boarding School


Educational Strategies


American Indian Education


The Case for Native American Studies


Why Native American Studies? A Canadian First Nations Perspective


Economic Survival


Taking up the Challenge: Fundamental Principles of Economic Development in Indian Country


American Indians and Gambling: Economic and Social Impacts


Native American Industry: Basket Weaving among the Wabanaki


Spirit and Power


The Catholic Missions to the Native Americans


Stolen Spirits: An Illustrative Case of Indigenous Survival Through Religious Freedom


"The Supreme Law of the Land": Sources of Conflict between Native Americans and the Constitutional Order


Voices and Words


Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures


Native American Imaginative Spaces


Building on the Myth: Recovering Native American Culture in Louise Erdrich's The Bingo Palace


"What Does It Tell Us That We Are So Easily Deceived?" Impostor Indians


Images and Icons


Tomahawkin' the Redskins: "Indian" Images in Sports and Commerce


Reframing the Hollywood Indian: A Feminist Re-reading of Powwow Highway and Thunderheart


Broken Arrows: Images of Native Americans in the Popular Western


"A Usable Indian": The Current Controversy in Museums


The Politics of Repatriation


Museums and American Indians: Ambivalent Partners


Contributors


Index