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American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum [2 volumes] de Bruce E. Johansen

American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum [2 volumes]: Cultures of the American Mosaic

Editat de Bruce E. Johansen
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This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive historical and demographic overview of American Indians along with more than 100 cross-referenced entries on American Indian culture, exploring everything from arts, literature, music, and dance to food, family, housing, and spirituality.American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum is organized by cultural form (Arts; Family, Education, and Community; Food; Language and Literature; Media and Popular Culture; Music and Dance; Spirituality; and Transportation and Housing). Examples of topics covered include icons of Native culture, such as pow wows, Indian dancing, and tipi dwellings; Native art forms such as pottery, rock art, sandpainting, silverwork, tattooing, and totem poles; foods such as corn, frybread, and wild rice; and Native Americans in popular culture. The extensive introductory section, breadth of topics, accessibly written text, and range of perspectives from the many contributors make this work a must-have resource for high school and undergraduate audiences.
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ISBN-13: 9781440828737
ISBN-10: 1440828733
Pagini: 770
Ilustrații: 50 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 183 x 259 x 61 mm
Greutate: 2.06 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Cultures of the American Mosaic

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Serves to document how many attributes of Native cultures derive from a rich tapestry of American Indian cultural forms, such as very well-known foods like corn, potatoes, turkey, peanuts, and chocolate

Notă biografică

Bruce E. Johansen is Jacob J. Isaacson University Research Professor in communication and Native American studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha, having worked there since 1982.

Cuprins

Preface,Acknowledgments,Introduction,Volume OnePART 1: OVERVIEWPopulation and Demographics,How Many Native People in 1491?,Disease, Depopulation, and Cultural Destruction,Cultural Genocide,Today's Native American Demographics,Nations, Tribes, and Other Native Groups,Alaska Native Corporations,Apache Culture,California's Plethora of Native Peoples,Cherokee Political and Legal Culture,Cheyenne Cultural Context,Nez Perce,Northwest Coast Culture Area,Osage Economic Culture,Pequot Cultural Context,Ponca Culture,Pueblo Cultural Context,Seminole Contemporary Culture,Ute Culture,Wyandot (Huron) Economic Culture,General Historical Considerations,Consensus in Governance as a Cultural Value,The Fur Trade and Cultural Change,Guns and Cultural Change,Horses and Cultural Change,Treaty Diplomacy, Cultural Context,PART 2: CULTURAL FORMSArts,Arts Overview,American Indian Arts and Crafts Fairs,Spotlight: Indian Arts and Crafts Act (1990),Clothing,Cultural Appropriation: Questions and Issues,Spotlight: Paleontology and Appropriation,Cultural Tourism,Spotlight: Culture Bearers,Gorman, Rudolph Carl ("R.C.") (1931-2005),Jemison, G. Peter (1945-),Ledger Art,Luna, James (1950-),Moccasins,Navajo Weaving,Pottery,Spotlight: Martinez, Maria Montoya (1887-1980),Spotlight: Nampeyo (ca. 1859-1942),Rock Art,Sandpainting,Silverwork,Tattoos,Totem Poles,Family, Education, and Community,Family, Education, and Community Overview,Birthing Customs,Buffalo (Bison) Culture,Spotlight: Buffalo Hunt Customs and Protocols,Civic and Military Societies,Spotlight: Coup, Counting Coup,Climate Change and Native Peoples,Spotlight: Climate Change and Alaska Natives,Education: Acculturalization and Boarding Schools,Spotlight: Boarding School Profiles: Chemawa Indian School and St. George's Indian School,Spotlight: Education Revival: A Muckleshoot Case Study,Funerary Customs,Gift-Giving,Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) (1990),Pan-Indianism,Spotlight: Reindigenization,Restorative Justice,Spotlight: Harmony Ethic, Cherokee,Spotlight: Reciprocity,Sexual Orientation,Trade, Cultural Attributes,Urban American Indians,Wampum,Wedding Customs,Women in Native American Cultures,Spotlight: Women in Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Culture,Food,Food Overview,Agriculture,Spotlight: Corn and Culture,Fishing Culture, Pacific Northwest,Food and Culture: North Pacific Coast,Foods and Medicines from Native American Cultures,Spotlight: Examples of Foods Native to the Americas,Spotlight: Native American Vegetal Remedies Used Today,Food Sovereignty,Food Sovereignty: Local and Regional Examples,Spotlight: Seed Recovery: The Iroquois White Corn Project,Spotlight: Frybread,Wild Rice,Volume Two Language and Literature,Language and Literature Overview,Alexie, Sherman Joseph (1966-),Bonnin, Gertrude (Zitkala-Sa) (1876-1938),Spotlight: Cradleboard Teaching Project,Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohíye S'a) (1858-1939),Erdrich, Louise (1954-),Figures of Speech, Native American Origins,Spotlight: Names from Native Cultures,Graphic Novels,Harjo, Joy (1951-),Hobson, Geary (1941-),Humor, as Cultural Attribute,Spotlight: Humor: Today's Reservation Jibes,Language Reclamation: Eastern Tribes,Spotlight: Dakota Language in Rap Music,Language Recovery in Indigenous North America,Spotlight: Indigenous Language Institute,Momaday, N. Scott (1934-),Oratory and Oral Culture,Ortiz, Simon J. (1941-),Owens, Louis (1948-2002),Spotlight: Sequoyah (ca. 1770-1840),Silko, Leslie Marmon (1948-),Treuer, David (1970-),Vizenor, Gerald Robert (1934-),Welch, James (1940-2003),Media, Popular Culture, Sports, and Gaming,Media, Popular Culture, Sports, and Gaming Overview,Beach, Adam (1972-),Eyre, Chris (1968-),Farmer, Gary (1953-),Gambling,George-Kanentiio, Douglas Mitchell (1955-),Indian Country Today Media Network,Lacrosse: Cultural Context,Lucas, Phil (1942-2007),Major League Baseball, Racial Politics, and Native Americans,Mills, Billy (1938-),Museums,Spotlight: National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI),Native American Film: Actors, Actresses, and Stereotypes,Spotlight: Imagining Indians,Spotlight: Smoke Signals,Rogers, Will (1879-1935),Silverheels, Jay (1912-1980),Sixkiller, Alex (Sonny) (1951-),Spencer, Chaske (1975-),Studi, Wes (1947-),Thorpe, James (1888-1953),West, W. Richard (1943-),Wild West Shows and American Indian Cultural Clubs,Music and Dance,Music and Dance Overview,Avery, Dawn Buckholz,Bell, John Kim (1952-),Bitter Tears (Johnny Cash) (1964),Spotlight: Canyon Records,Litefoot (Gary Paul Davis) (1969-),Musical Instrumentation, Traditional and Modern,Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMAA),Pow Wows,Spotlight: Jingle and Hoop Dances,Spotlight: Round Dance,Sainte-Marie, Buffy (1941-),Shenandoah, Joanne (1958-),Sun Dance,Trudell, John (1946-),Spotlight: Ulali,Westerman, Floyd Red Crow (1936-2007),Spirituality,Spirituality Overview,American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978),Dream Catcher,Ghost Dance,Grandfathers (Hadowi): False Faces,"Great Spirit": Reality and Fantasy,Handsome Lake (Gaiwiiyo), Code of,Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk) (1656-1680),Katsinas,Spotlight: Kiva,Mother Earth, as Cultural Theme,Mound Cultures of the Ohio Valley,Native American Church, Peyote Rituals,Peyote,Spotlight: The Sacred Pipe,Seven Drums (Dreamer) Spirituality,The Shakers (Pacific Northwest),Smokehouse (Longhouse) Spirituality,Spirituality: Creek,Spirituality: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois),Sweat Lodge,Thanksgiving,Thunderbird,Vision Quest,Transportation and Housing,Transportation and Housing Overview,Canoe Culture, Pacific Northwest,Canoes and Culture: Eastern North America,Hogan, Navajo,Longhouse (Haudenosaunee/Iroquois),Longhouses (Pacific Northwest),Pueblo Architecture,Tipi,Selected Bibliography,Editor and Contributors,Index,

Recenzii

Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates; general readers.