Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Darkness in El Dorado Darkness in El Dorado Patrick Tierney Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes. OL15835650W
Pathways to self-determination Pathways to self-determination Leroy Little Bear,Menno Boldt Presents the native viewpoints on issues related to the government of status Indians such as aboriginal rights, treaty rights and Indian-provincial relationships. OL17029744W
A century of dishonor A century of dishonor Helen Hunt Jackson A Century of Dishonor exposes how various people, from the military personnel to the government official, viewed Native Americans. Jackson outlines treaties between the federal government and various… OL1800219W
Two spirits Two spirits Toby Johnson,Walter L. Williams Twenty years after publishing his groundbreaking The Spirit and the Flesh, anthropologist Walter L. Williams breaks his silence and publishes another book on Native Americans by teaming up with award… OL18786506W
Thundersticks Thundersticks David J. Silverman The adoption of firearms by Native Americans between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples--a cultural earthquake so pro… OL20040655W
Resistance and contradiction Resistance and contradiction Charles R. Hale "This interesting ethnography follows the contradictions of Miskitu ethnicity as the population (caught between US imperialism and the Sandinistas) struggles to become part of the nation while mainta… OL3923305W
Conquest Conquest Andrea Smith "In this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence -- perpetrated by the state and by society… OL5723744W
La Indianidad La Indianidad Hernan Horna "Mayan manuscripts and stone glyphs from pre-Columbian times are among the few historical documents by or about early Native Americans. Many other native artifacts have been destroyed and their memor… OL8856715W