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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface | |
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A Note on Classification, Terminology, and Spelling | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Situating the Indigenous Peoples of North America | |
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Introduction | |
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North America Defined | |
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Indigenous, Indian, Native American, First Nation, Aboriginal, and Other Labels | |
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Overview of the Indigenous Peoples of North America Today s Indigenous Peoples of North America in a Global Perspective | |
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Suggested Readings | |
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Studying the Indigenous Peoples of North America Through the Lens of Anthropology | |
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Introduction | |
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The Anthropological Perspective | |
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Brief History of the Anthropological Study of Indigenous Peoples in North America | |
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Indigenous Anthropologists arid Critique | |
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The Anthropological Study of the Indigenous Peoples of North America in a Global Perspective | |
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Comprehending North American Archaeology | |
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Introduction | |
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Concepts of Time | |
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The Nature of North American Archaeology | |
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Outline of North American Prehistory | |
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Historical Archaeology | |
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North American Archaeology and Prehistory in a Global Perspective | |
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Studying Population, Languages, and Cultures in North America as they Were at AD 1500 | |
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Introduction | |
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Population at AD 1500 | |
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Indigenous Languages at AD 1500 | |
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Studying Traditional Lifeways | |
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Major Areas of Interest in the Study of Traditional Lifeways at AD 1500 | |
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Studying Population, Languages, and Traditional Lifeways in a Global Perspective | |
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Overview of Traditional Lifeways | |
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Introduction | |
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Subsistence Strategies and Diet | |
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Social Systems | |
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Political Systems | |
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Ideology | |
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The Arts | |
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Health and Healing | |
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Technology and Material Culture | |
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Traditional Lifeways in a Global Perspective | |
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Understanding the Colonial Experience | |
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Introduction | |
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Continental Diplomacy in North America | |
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Principal Policies, Practices, and Agents of Change | |
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Processes of Change | |
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Indigenous Reactions to Change | |
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Understanding the Colonial Experience in a Global Perspective | |
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Contemporary Conditions, Nation-Building, and Anthropology | |
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Introduction | |
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Overview of the Economic and Social Conditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America | |
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Nation-Building | |
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Contemporary Anthropology with Indigenous Communities | |
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Battling Misunderstandings | |
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Contemporary Conditions, Nation-Building, and Anthropology in a Global Perspective | |
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Epilogue: Final Comments | |
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Appendices | |
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | |
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Excerpts from the Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association (2009) | |
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Excerpts from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) | |
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Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 | |
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Apology for Residential Schools | |
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Apology to the Native Peoples of the United States | |
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Studying the Indigenous Peoples of North America | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |