American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century

by Shoemaker, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780826322890
• ISBN10: 0826322891
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

Although the general public is not widely aware of this trend, American Indian population has grown phenomenally since 1900, their demographic nadir. No longer a vanishing race, Indians have rebounded to 1492 population estimates in nine decades. Until now, most research has focused on catastrophic population decline, but Nancy Shoemaker studies how and why American Indians have recovered. Her analysis of the social, cultural, and economic implications of the family and demographic patterns fuelling the recovery compares five different Indian groups: the Seneca Nation in New York State, Cherokees in Oklahoma, Red Lake Ojibways in Minnesota, Yakamas in Washington State, and Navajos in the Southwest. Marshalling individual-level census data, Shoemaker places American Indians in a broad social and cultural context and compares their demographic patterns to those of Euroamericans and African Americans in the United States.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Preface	xi
An Overview of American Indian Demographic History	1	(14)
The Population Histories of Five Tribes	15	(24)
Mortality and Fertility in 1900	39	(18)
The Economic and Cultural Context for Population Growth	57	(18)
Postscript to Recovery	75	(24)
Conclusion	99	(6)
Appendix: Data	105	(8)
Notes	113	(20)
Bibliography	133	(16)
Index	149