Media filters and personal preconceptions can make it hard to get a clear view of present-day Indian America. The reality is that the 500+ Native nations in the United States confront many of the same
Trends in Linguistics is a series of books that publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bri
Dominant history would have us believe that colonialism belongs to a previous era that has long come to an end. But as Native people become mobile, reservation lands become overcrowded and the state s
This study is the first to show how state courts enabled the mass expulsion of Native Americans from their southern homelands in the 1830s. Our understanding of that infamous period, argues Tim Alan G
Viatori (anthropology, Iowa State U.) tells the story of the Zapara, one of the smallest native nationalities in Ecuador at about 200 members, and how they organized and emerged in the country's indig
Englebrecht (emeritus anthropology, Buffalo State U.) traces the development of the five nations of the New York Iroquois over the past millennium, drawing on archaeology, oral tradition, historic doc
Hauptman (history, State U. of New York-New Paltz) offers a supplementary textbook for a course on the history of New York State, or on Native American studies. He does not attempt a comprehensive his
The land of Louisiana has nourished Native American people since 4000 B.C. Not often thought of as "Indian country," this southern state has some of the oldest and best-preserved Indian burial sites
While the sovereign nation-state is considered the world’s political norm, millions of colonial subjects, immigrants, refugees, and native peoples appear to be without sovereignty. What claims h
Although many Indian nations fought in the Civil War, general history often underrepresents the role of Native Americans in the conflict. Indian nations did, in fact, suffer a higher percentage of cas
Although many Indian nations fought in the Civil War, historians have given little attention to the role Native Americans played in the conflict. Indian nations did, in fact, suffer a higher percentag
The Seneca and Tuscarora Indians, most of whom live today in New York State, are the westernmost members of the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy. Haas's annotated bibliography on both tribes includ
This engaging collection surveys and clarifies the complex issue of federal and state recognition for Native American tribal nations in the United States. Den Ouden and O'Brien gather focused and teac
The six tribes that make up the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee) dominated the land that’s now New York State for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Though united as the Six Nations, the
