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Native Nations - Nancy Bonvillain

Native Nations

Cultures and Histories of Native North America
Buch | Hardcover
528 Seiten
2024 | Third Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7040-3 (ISBN)
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Native Nations is an ethnographic and historical study of the Indigenous nations of North America. It emphasizes the historical processes that affected and continue to affect Native societies and the People’s responses both in the past and the present to confirm their traditions and protect their sovereignties.
Combining historical background with discussion of contemporary Native nations and their living cultures, this comprehensive text introduces students to some of the many indigenous peoples in North America. The book is organized into parts corresponding to regional divisions within which similar, though not identical, cultural practices developed. Each part opens with an overview of the topography, climate, and natural resources in the area, and describes the range of cultural practices and beliefs grounded in the area. Subsequent chapters are devoted to specific tribal groups, their history, and the conditions of contemporary Native communities.

Nancy Bonvillain provides context for the regional and tribe-specific chapters through a brief overview of Native American history beginning around 1500 and covering the early period of European exploration and colonization. She details both U.S. and Canadian policies affecting the lives, cultures, and survival of more than five hundred Native nations on this continent. Finally, she offers up-to-date demographics and addresses significant social, economic, and political issues concerning Native communities.

The second edition featured new material throughout, including a new two-chapter section on the Native nations of the Plateau, expanded introductory material addressing topics such as climate change and recent Supreme Court decisions, up-to-date demographic and economic data, and more.



In this updated and revised new edition, Nancy Bonvillain has expanded and improved the existing text, updating the data with the latest research, and adding a new chapter that discusses contemporary issues that effect and crosscut reservation, national and international boundaries.

Nancy Bonvillain received her PhD from Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, with specialties in Linguistics and Native American studies. She is currently a professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She has written four textbooks in cultural anthropology, language and culture, gender studies, and Native American studies. She is also the author of 20 separate ethnographies of some Indigenous societies and has written articles dealing with aspects of Iroquoian and Mohawk languages.

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: A Short History

Part I: The Northeast

Chapter 3: Native Nations of the Northeast

Chapter 4: The Mohawks

Chapter 5: The Mi’kmaq

Part II: The Southeast

Chapter 6: Native Nations of the Southeast

Chapter 7: The Choctaws

Part III: The Plains

Chapter 8: Native Nations of The Plains

Chapter 9: The Teton Lakotas

Chapter 10: The Hidatsas

Part IV: The Great Basin

Chapter 11: Native Nations of the Great Basin

Chapter 12: The Shoshones

Part V: The Southwest

Chapter 12: Native Nations of the Southwest

Chapter 14: The Zunis

Chapter 15: Navajos

Part VI: California

Chapter 16: Native Nations of California

Chapter 17: The Pomos

Part VII: The Plateau

Chapter18: Native Nations of the Plateau

Chapter 19: The Nez PercePart VIII: The Northwest Coast

Chapter 20: Native Nations of the Northwest Coast

Chapter 21: The Kwakwaka’wakw (or Kwakiutls)

Part IX: The Subarctic and Arctic

Chapter 22: Native Nations of the Subarctic and Arctic

Chapter 23: The Innu (or Montagnais)

Chapter 24: The Inuit 2

Chapter 25: Native Communities Today

Chapter 26: Contemporary Challenges

Chapter 27: The Arts, Pop Culture, and Representation

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 211 x 260 mm
Gewicht 1229 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-5381-7040-X / 153817040X
ISBN-13 978-1-5381-7040-3 / 9781538170403
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