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  • Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power

    by Thomas E. Emerson ...
    Examines the authority a ruling elite exercised over the surrounding countryside through a complex of social, political, and religious symbolismThis study uses the theoretical concepts of agency, power, and ideology to explore the development of cultural complexity within the hierarchically organized Cahokia Middle Mississippian society of the American Bottom from the 11th to the 13th centuries. ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink

    Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast

    by Aaron Deter-Wolf, Rachel V. Briggs, Stephen B. Carmody, Thomas E. Emerson, Kandace D. Hollenbach, Megan C. Kassabaum, Scot Keith, Nicolas Laracuente, Kelly L. Ledford, Thomas J. Pluckhahn0, Neill J. Wallis1, Lauren A. Walls2, Elic M. Weitzel3, Tanya M. Peres Lemons5 ...
    Series series Archaeology of Food
    Discover the deep cultural roots of Southern cuisine through archaeology.Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast, however, is the first collection devoted exclusively to southeastern foodways ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

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  • Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer

    by Wooden Leg, thomas B. Marquis ...
    Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer is a book by Thomas Bailey Marquis about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of George Armstrong Custer. The book is of great value to historians, not only for its eye-witness ... Read more

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  • My Life as an Indian

    The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet

    by J. W. Schultz ...
    A fascinating memoir of a white man who gained access to the private lives of the Blackfeet Indians.First published in 1907, My Life as an Indian is the memoir of J. W. Schultz’s life as a young white man among the Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory. Inspired by the journals of Lewis and Clark and George Catlin’s depictions of Indian life in his paintings, Schultz journeyed to the American ... Read more

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  • Separate Beds

    A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s

    by Maureen K. Lux ...
    Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada’s system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the “Indian Hospitals” were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring ... Read more

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  • White Lies About the Inuit

    by John Steckley ...
    Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
    The Inuit are a familiar part of Canadian identity but also exotic residing in the remote Arctic. The mix of the familiar and the exotic has resulted in the creation and perpetuation of a number of "White Lies." These are stories that have been developed over long periods of time, reproduced in classrooms, anthropology and sociology textbooks, and other media, but have been rarely challenged, ... Read more

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  • Indigenous in the City

    Contemporary Identities and Cultural Innovation

    Edited by Evelyn Peters, Chris Andersen ...
    Research on Indigenous issues rarely focuses on life in major metropolitan centres. Instead, there is a tendency to frame rural locations as emblematic of authentic or "real" Indigeneity. While such a perspective may support Indigenous struggles for territory and recognition, it fails to account for large swaths of contemporary Indigenous realities, including the increased presence of Indigenous ... Read more

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  • Indeh

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    by Eve Ball, Nora Henn, Lynda A. Sánchez ...
    "A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache history and to the history of the Southwest....The book should appeal to a very wide audience. It also should be well received by the Native ... Read more

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  • The Cherokee Full Circle

    A Practical Guide to Ceremonies and Traditions

    by J. T. Garrett, Michael Tlanusta Garrett ...
    A comprehensive overview of Native American spiritual principles and their application for personal spirit-healing.• Includes traditional sacred exercises, teaching tales, case studies, and suggested rituals for individual and group healing.• Outlines the core principals of Native American traditional values and teaches how to apply them to the contemporary path of wellness and healing.• ... Read more

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    by Nelson Haydamacker, Alan D. Millar ...
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    by Bill Adler, Ines Hernandez, Patricia Riley ...
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