Native American Studies category: 1415 books

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When the Caribou Do Not Come

Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptive Management in the Western Arctic

by Brenda L. Parlee, Ken J. Caine
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018

In the 1990s, headlines about declining caribou populations grabbed international attention. Were caribou the canary in the coal mine for climate change, or did declining numbers reflect overharvesting or failed attempts at scientific wildlife management? Grounded in community-based research in northern...
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Framing Chief Leschi

Narratives and the Politics of Historical Justice

by Lisa Blee
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014

In 1855 in the South Puget Sound, war broke out between Washington settlers and Nisqually Indians. A party of militiamen traveling through Nisqually country was ambushed, and two men were shot from behind and fatally wounded. After the war, Chief Leschi, a Nisqually leader, was found guilty of murder...
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Learning and Teaching Together

Weaving Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Education

by Michele TD Tanaka
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Across Canada, new curriculum initiatives require teachers to introduce students to Aboriginal content. In response, many teachers unfamiliar with Aboriginal approaches to learning and teaching are seeking ways to respectfully weave this material into their lessons. At the same time, many teachers...
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Morningstar

A Warrior's Spirit

by Morningstar Mercredi
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006

?Morningstar Mercredi was born and lived in the north – Fort Chipewayan and Fort McMurray in Alberta, Uranium City in Saskatchewan, and a number of small communities. Sexually abused from an early age, by family members and the boyfriends she turned to for consolation, she was promiscuous, alcoholic...
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The Corner of the Living

Ayacucho on the Eve of the Shining Path Insurgency

by Miguel La Serna
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012

Peru's indigenous peoples played a key role in the tortured tale of Shining Path guerrillas from the 1960s through the first decade of the twenty-first century. The villagers of Chuschi and Huaychao, high in the mountains of the department of Ayacucho, have an iconic place in this violent history....
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People of Substance

An Ethnography of Morality in the Colombian Amazon

by Carlos Londono-Sulkin
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012

People of Substance is a lively, accessible ethnography of a complex indigenous group of people of the Colombian Amazon who call themselves ‘People of the Center. ’ Carlos David Londoño Sulkin examines this group's understandings and practices relating to selfhood, social organization, livelihood,...
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by Vine Deloria, Jr., Daniel Wildcat
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Vine Deloria Jr., named one of the most influential religious thinkers in the world by Time, shares a framework for a new vision of reality. Bridging science and religion to form an integrated idea of the world, while recognizing the importance of tribal wisdom, The Metaphysics of Modern Existence delivers a revolutionary view of our future and our world.

Oka

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Oka

A Political Crisis and Its Legacy

by Harry Swain
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2010

On July 11, 1990, tension between white and Mohawk people at Oka, just west of Montreal, took a violent turn. At issue was the town's plan to turn a piece of disputed land in the community of Kanesatake into a golf course. Media footage of rock-throwing white residents and armed, masked Mohawk Warriors...
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Telling Our Stories

Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay

by Louis Bird
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005

Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree) communities along western Hudson and James Bays. In nine chapters, he presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection,...
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Sand In A Whirlwind, 30Th Anniversary Edition

The Paiute Indian War Of 1860

by Ferol Egan
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

Sand in a Whirlwind is a dramatic account of the events surrounding hostilities between settlers and Pyramid Paiutes in the spring of 1860. Thirty years after its publication Ferol Egan’s now classic tale continues to enlighten and engage readers.
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He Moved A Mountain

The Life of Frank Calder and the Nisga’a Land Claims Accord

by Joan Harper
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013

Dr. Frank Arthur Calder of BC’s Nisga’a First Nation was the first aboriginal person to be elected to any Canadian governing body. For twenty-six years he served as an MLA in the legislature of British Columbia. He was the driving force behind Canada’s decision to grant recognition of aboriginal...
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Postcolonial Sovereignty?

The Nisga’a Final Agreement

by Tracie Lea Scott
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012

In 1999 the Nisga’a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia signed a landmark agreement which not only settled their land claim but outlined significant powers that could be exercised by its government. The Nisga’a Final Agreement granted powers over land, resources, education, and cultural...
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Tarahumara

Where Night is the Day of the Moon

by Bernard L. Fontana
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016

Inhabiting the Sierra Madre Occidental of southwestern Chihuahua in Mexico, the Tarahumara (or Rarámuri) are known in their language as the "foot runners" due to the way in which they must navigate their rugged terrain. This book offers an accessible ethnography of their history, customs,...
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Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples

Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011

Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The distinguished group of scholars whose work is showcased here, however, shows that our understanding of where the concept of Aboriginal title came from – and...
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