Visions of an Enduring People : A Reader in Native American Studies

by Fleming, Walter C.; Watts, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780787274399
• ISBN10: 0787274399
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement
Introduction
Part One: Culture
Everything Has to Be in Balance	3	(8)
Audrey Shenandoah
Men Who Are of the Good Mind	11	(8)
Tom Porter
Crow Kinship Systems	19	(12)
Dale Old Horn
From Blue Horses Rush In	31	(6)
Luci Tapahonso
``Sometimes On Summer Evenings''
``Notes for the Children''
Shadow of a Nation: The Crows, Once Proud Warriors, Now Seek Glory---but Often Find Tragedy---in Basketball	37	(18)
Gary Smith
Kenneth Jarecke
A Woman of the People	55	(12)
Gary Smith
Meatless Pemmican: Indian Tribes, Identity, and Pan Indianism in 20th Century Culture	67	(20)
Joseph R. McGeshick
American Indian Identities: Issues of Individual Choices and Development	87	(30)
Devon A. Mihesuah
This is How They Were Placed for Us	117	(6)
Luci Tapahonso
Part Two: History, Policy and Law
Commentary: The Cost of Columbus	123	(14)
Robert Venables
Federal Indian Policy: A Summary	137	(12)
Walter C. Fleming
In 1864	149	(4)
Luci Tapahonso
Politics of Allotment	153	(18)
Burton M. Smith
A Clear signal from Congress is Needed on Indian Rights	171	(6)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
Indian Rights Deserve International Protections	177	(8)
Robert T. Coulter
Sacred Lands and Religious Freedom	185	(14)
Vine Deloria, Jr.
Part Three: Contemporary Issues
Native Americans at a Glance	199	(8)
Walter C. Fleming
The Reburial of American Indian Remains and Funerary Objects	207	(8)
Donald A. Grinde, Jr.
The Tribe Called Wannabee: Playing Indian in America and Europe	215	(34)
Rayna Green
Notes from Indian Country: Mascots	249	(4)
Tim Giago
``Pepsico Stand Against Mascots Is the Right One Baby''
``Mascot Issue Won't Go Away and Neither Will Indian People''
Prophets for Profit	253	(46)
Avis Little Eagle
``Lakota Rituals Being Sold''	253	(2)
``Medicine Men for Rent''	255	(4)
``Sacred Pipe Keeper Fears Feds Will Step In''	259	(4)
``After The Sweat: Caviar, Wine and Cheese''	263	(2)
``False Prophets Will Suffer''	265	(2)
``Oh Shinnah; Prophet for Profit''	267	(5)
``Paid Ads Call Her `Medicine Woman' ''	272	(2)
``Sun Dances Take Place on Artificial Turf''	274	(3)
``Is Lame Deer Society of Europe Real?''	277	(4)
``Sacred Pipe Center of Debate''	281	(5)
`` `Ticket to Ride' on the Good Red Road''	286	(3)
``Patchwork of Rituals for Sale''	289	(2)
`` `Spiritual Orphans' Peddle Religion in Great Round''	291	(4)
`` `Real Sex' Offends Cherokee''	295	(4)
Gaming: The Apex of a Long Struggle	299	(20)
Wayne J. Stein
Diabetes Among Native Americans Initiative for Minority Student Development	319	(18)
The State and the American Indian: Who Gets the Indian Child?	337	(18)
Troy R. Johnson
The Fragile Grandparent	355	(20)
John G. Watts
Reading the Clouds: Native Perspectives on Southwestern Environments	375
Valerie Taliman