More than just a book about the National Museum of the American Indian, this publication--written by a curator who served as a lead researcher in the curatorial department of the NMAI from 1999 to 200
Highlighting the contradictions and disadvantages of creating written materials for a language that historically had no written language, this study charts the development of written indigenous langua
This study of 500 years of Pueblo social history doubles as a call to return anthropology to its roots. The author emphasizes the connection between ethnography and archaeology, and argues for the com
According to the US census, the Native American population grew by an astounding 349 percent between 1960 and 2000, a figure that is inexplicable unless it is reflective of what Sturm (anthropology, U
Challenging the widely held view of the Hopi Indians of Arizona as a sober, peaceful, and cooperative people with an egalitarian social organization, Levy examines the 1906 split in the Third Mesa vil
Arriving in New Mexico in 1899, Kenneth Milton Chapman took on all manner of projects: mapping archaeological ruins, judging Pueblo pottery, teaching art, and studying ancient and modern Indian design
Although extreme winter events have always threatened herders on the Central Asian steppe, the frequency and severity of these disasters have increased since Mongolia's transition from a socialist Sov
Like human groups everywhere, Wauja people construct their identity in relation to others. This book tells the story of the Wauja group from the Xingu Indigenous Park in central Brazil and its relatio
