"Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Sioux or Dakota Native Americans, covering their daily activities, customs, family life, religion, history, and government."
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Apache people, covering their daily life, customs, and relations with the government and others.
Indigenous groups are facing unprecedented global challenges in this time of unparalleled environmental and geopolitical change, a time that has intensified human rights concerns and called for politi
Discusses the history of Native Americans in the Northeastern part of the United States, including the Mohicans, the Iroquois Confederacy, and the Powhatan Empire.
Unlike better-known regions of the Amazon, Guayana—a broad cultural region that includes the countries of Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana, as well as parts of eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil—
From Tribute to Communal Sovereignty examines both continuity and change over the last five centuries for the indigenous peoples of central western Mexico, providing the first sweeping and comprehensi
Archaeology at El Peru-Waka’ is the first book to summarize long-term research at this major Maya site. The results of fieldwork and subsequent analyses conducted by members of the El Peru-Waka’ Regio
The flat, dry reaches of the northern Yucatán Peninsula have been largely ignored by archaeologists drawn to the more illustrious sites of the south. This book is the first volume to focus enti
The history of Indian, Anglo, and Hispanic interaction in the American Southwest is largely based on the people's reliance on the key resources of land and water. For all peoples on all continents wat
This book is the first in any language to provide an overview of Gran Chaco societies in Argentina in both historical and contemporary perspectives. It depicts a variety of strategies and actions util
This second volume of teaching materials for the Hocak language illuminates the intricacies of the spoken language by showing how the words and grammatical information given in volume 1 are used in a
German doctoral students Hartmann (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) and Marschke (U. of Erfurt) text is the second in a two-volume work on Hocak, a highly-endangered North
The most comprehensive dictionary of the Hocak language (formerly known as Winncbago) to date, this bidirectional Hocak-English/English-Hocak dictionary contains approximately 4,000 entries. Hocak is
The story of Georgia’s Indians from elephant hunts to the European invasion.Spanning 12,000 years, this scientifically accurate and very readable book guides readers through the prehistoric and histor
The Powhatans - Native Americans of Virginia's coastal plains and the people of the legendary Pocahontas - played an integral role in shaping the Williamsburg and Jamestown settlements. Before and aft
"Ancient Miamians places a prehistoric face on a Miami that too often is regarded as a modern postscript to Flagler's railroad. McGoun paints 10,000 years of human history onto a missing piece of Flor
"Gibson, the grand old man of Poverty Point archaeology, has presented his personal reflections on his and others' extensive work at this mysterious and awe-inspiring site. He recounts (in his equally
Who are Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians? Where did they come from? How and why are they different from one another, and what cultural and historical features do they share?Brent Weisman expl
"Outstanding. . . . Brings to life the Apalachee and their Spanish conquerors. In clear, concise prose it paints a picture of the Apalachee and their society and shows how their interactions with Span
This complete overview of the Choctaw people, from ancient times to the present, includes sections on history, cuisine, music and dance, current issues, oral traditions and language, social relations
A new addition to the Culture and Customs of Native Peoples in America series, this book examines the traditions and contemporary culture of the Sioux Indians.
Written for high school students and general readers alike, this insightful treatment links the storied past of various Apache tribes with their life in contemporary times.
This book provides the first comprehensive history of the Native Peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how Native Peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. It also examines the development of a pan-Indian identity since the nineteenth century and provides a unique comparison not found in other histories of how Native Peoples have fared in Canada and the United States.
This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American India
