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Preface | |
Learning about Native Americans | p. 1 |
Bison and Americans | p. 2 |
Indians in Popular Culture | p. 4 |
Who Is a Native American? | p. 6 |
Population Figures | p. 9 |
Where Did Native Americans Originate? | p. 10 |
Synopsis of Pre-Columbian Archaeology North of Mexico | p. 13 |
How Have Native American Cultures Been Studied? | p. 16 |
What Do Non-Natives Know about Indigenous American Languages? | p. 19 |
Grouping Tribes | p. 20 |
Additional Sources | p. 27 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 27 |
Indian-Non-Indian Relations | p. 30 |
Early Contact | p. 31 |
Destruction and Displacement of Peoples | p. 34 |
U.S. Treaties | p. 36 |
Canada, the First Nations | p. 39 |
Greenland in Brief | p. 40 |
Administration of U.S. Indian Affairs | p. 41 |
Forces Fostering Native American Identity | p. 44 |
Recent History | p. 52 |
Native Americans and Anthropologists | p. 60 |
Comparing Cultures | p. 62 |
Additional Sources | p. 64 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 64 |
The Netsilik: Seal Hunting and Snowhouse Eskimos | p. 67 |
Traditional Life | p. 70 |
Historical Developments | p. 93 |
Recent Changes | p. 97 |
Additional Sources | p. 101 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 101 |
The Chipewyan: Subarctic Hunters | p. 103 |
Traditional Life | p. 105 |
Historical Developments | p. 117 |
Becoming Modern at Snowdrift (Lutselk'e, Lutsel K'e) | p. 119 |
Contemporary Lutselk'e | p. 126 |
Sayisi Band | p. 132 |
Additional Sources | p. 134 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 135 |
The Lower Kootenai: Plateau Fishers and Hunters | p. 138 |
Traditional Life | p. 141 |
Historical Developments | p. 155 |
Select Comparisons | p. 165 |
Additional Sources | p. 167 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 167 |
The Western Shoshone: Subduers of the High Desert | p. 169 |
Traditional Life | p. 172 |
Historical Developments | p. 183 |
The Battle Mountain Colony | p. 189 |
Additional Sources | p. 197 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 197 |
The Crow: Plains Raiders and Bison Hunters | p. 200 |
Baseline Ethnography | p. 201 |
Historical Developments | p. 222 |
Later History | p. 224 |
Other Dimensions | p. 231 |
Additional Sources | p. 234 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 235 |
The Cahuilla: Gatherers in the Desert | p. 237 |
Traditional Life | p. 238 |
Historical Developments | p. 254 |
The Agua Caliente Band | p. 256 |
Additional Sources | p. 263 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 263 |
The Tlingit: Alaskan Salmon Fishers | p. 265 |
Traditional Life | p. 266 |
Early History | p. 290 |
Later History | p. 293 |
Regional Corporation | p. 297 |
Additional Sources | p. 301 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 301 |
The Hopi: Farmers of the Desert | p. 304 |
Traditional Life | p. 305 |
Historical Developments | p. 325 |
Becoming Modern | p. 328 |
Additional Sources | p. 334 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 334 |
The Navajo: Transformations among a Desert People | p. 336 |
Background | p. 338 |
Historical Developments | p. 340 |
Earlier Reservation Years | p. 344 |
The Recent Past | p. 360 |
The Contemporary Scene | p. 363 |
Additional Issues | p. 369 |
Additional Sources | p. 370 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 371 |
The Iroquois: Warriors and Farmers of the Eastern Woodlands | p. 374 |
Early Historic Life | p. 375 |
Historical Developments | p. 394 |
The Six Nations Reserve | p. 397 |
Sovereignty | p. 406 |
Additional Sources | p. 409 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 409 |
The Eastern Cherokee: Farmers of the Southeast | p. 412 |
People, Population, and Language | p. 413 |
Ethnographic Background | p. 413 |
Historical Developments | p. 420 |
The Eastern Band of Cherokee | p. 428 |
The Contemporary Scene | p. 433 |
Additional Sources | p. 437 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 437 |
The Natchez: Sophisticated Farmers of the Deep South | p. 440 |
Traditional Life | p. 441 |
Ceremonies | p. 450 |
Tattooed Serpent's Oration | p. 456 |
Natchez History | p. 457 |
Additional Sources | p. 460 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 460 |
Overviews | p. 462 |
Indian Gaming Highlights | p. 463 |
Federal Administration | p. 468 |
Relocation Programs | p. 471 |
Unrecognized Tribes | p. 474 |
Diabetes and Native Americans | p. 476 |
Indians as Environmentalists | p. 477 |
Tribalism | p. 478 |
National Museum of the American Indian | p. 480 |
Tribal Sovereignty | p. 481 |
Summarizing Thoughts | p. 484 |
Additional Sources | p. 484 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 485 |
A Material Culture Sample | p. 487 |
Additional Native American Resources | p. 495 |
Glossary | p. 501 |
Pronunciation Guide | p. 511 |
Name Index | p. 515 |
Subject Index | p. 520 |
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