Book Description
The Third Edition of An Introduction to Native North America provides a basic introduction to the native peoples of North America, including both Eskimos and Indians.
Beginning with a discussion of the geography of North America, this text delves into the history of research, basic prehistory, the European invasion, and the impact of Europeans on Native cultures. A final chapter covers contemporary Native Americans, including issues of religion, health, and politics. Much of the book is written from the perspective of the ethnographic present, and the various cultures are described as they were at the specific times noted in the text.
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Much of the book is written from the perspective of the ethnographic present, and the various cultures are described as they were at the specific times noted in the text.
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Features an organization designed to be used in conjunction with the Handbook of North American Indians, published by the Smithsonian Institution, and offers detailed descriptions of the culture areas defined in it.
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“Sidelights” throughout the text provide short explanations of interesting aspects of native culture.
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Provides Internet resources for students to supplement reading material.
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Highlights important individuals in the “VIP Profile” mini-biographies.
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Includes examples of Native American views on several important current issues.
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Offers sections on geography, environment, prehistory, history, and ethnography in each chapter.
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Provides a basic introduction to the native peoples of North America, including both Eskimos and Indians.
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Begins with a discussion of the geography of North America
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This text delves into the history of research, basic prehistory, the European invasion, and the impact of Europeans on Native cultures.
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Covers contemporary Native Americans, including issues of religion, health, and politics.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Resource.......2000-01-16
Sutton's book is an excellent resource for both researchers and students of Native North America. Its coverage is complete, and the geographical regions delineated match those used in the Smithsonian's Handbook of North American Indians, making this volume an excellent text. The cross referencing with the Smithsonian's multivolume resource adds a great deal of utility for the use of Sutton's book as a classroom textbook or starting point for research. Sutton's treatment of Native American culture and history is excellent, not excluding contemporary Native American issues and the roots of modern problems. The study of the past may bring us closer to finding solutions to the problems we face today in intercultural relations. I highly reccommend this book to both instructors and researchers who deal with Native American issues, culture, and history.
Customer Reviews:
Native American Literature: A Good Selection.......2000-03-28
This important anthology makes available a range of Native American writings from the early nineteenth century to the present. Genres covered include fiction, poetry, auotobiography, and drama, making this text a fine choice for introduction to literature classes as well as for courses focused specifically on Native American literature. Luther Standing Bear's autobiographical account of his time at the Carlisle school for Indians is a particularly interesting selection for its historical perspective on the push for "Indians" to assimilate via white modes of education. Vizenor's introduction provides a useful historical framework as well. Some of the selections are relatively well-known in the field of Native American literary studies, while others (including Vizenor's own drama) do not appear in other anthologies I've seen. Overall, this anthology represents a fine if somewhat idiosyncratic representation of the broad diversity of Native American literary voices.
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This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this volume presents accounts by early settlers held captive by Native Americans (Mary Rowlandson, John Smith), narratives by African American slaves (Olaudah Equiano, John Marrant), and others. Collected with the real-life accounts are two captivity poems by Lucy Terry and John Rolling Ridge, and several popular tales and legends on the subject.
Customer Reviews:
Subjective stories of "Captivity" in American Life.......2006-01-08
I read this book as part of a English course at UC Berkeley. The two stories that we were 'assigned' were the Rowlandson & Equiano stories. Mary Rowlandson's tale of being the penultimate Puritan Christian who was taken by "savage Indians" is about as far from objectivity as any memoir from George W Bush. Over and over again, she reminds the reader how horrible it was for her to be kidnapped and put to work among the Indians and how great God was to put her in such a challenge. If you are not a hard-lined Christian, you will be hard-pressed to like her narrative as it is far from truth-ful and only expunges stereotypes. The other main story is by Equiano and it is a much better "read" than Rowlandson's tale. However, when one reads Equiano, they get a sense of the veracity of the situation. But most of what Equiano wrote was not truthful at all. But he, as an African-American former slave, is trying to appeal to the slave-holding audience of white America. Either way, this book is so-so. I would never consider it a work of great literary value.
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- GREAT INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN POETRY
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An Introduction to West Indian Poetry
Laurence A. Breiner
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to the poetry of the Caribbean written in English. It offers a comprehensive literary history from the 1920s to the 1980s, with particular attention to the relationship of West Indian poetry to European, African and American literature. Close readings of individual poems give detailed analysis of social and cultural issues at work in the writing. Laurence Breiner's exposition speaks powerfully about the defining forces in Caribbean culture from colonialism to resistance and decolonization.
Customer Reviews:
GREAT INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN POETRY.......2004-12-03
This book is both fascinating and insightful; A crash-course in Caribbean literary/cultural history. Through his extensive research and accessible style, Breiner gives us a clear picture of the influences on the West Indian writer at the moment of poetic creation. A fantastic work!
Understanding Anglophone Caribbean Poetry.......2000-05-05
Laurence A. Breiner's text, An Introduction to West Indian Poetry, is an important resource to the field of Caribbean Literature, specifically, and World Literature, generally. While the book is seen by many scholars and reviewers as a major resource for scholars "new" to the discipline, the text provides a solid, if cursory, historical base for those who touch upon the study of Caribbean poetry/literature in World Literature and Culture classes. Breiner has given the scholar a departure point for further historical investigation of the literature. More importantly, this work should urge scholars to put down their "historical shovels" for a while in the pursuit of a more lucid aesthetic understanding of Caribbean poetry. While the canon of Caribbean poetry dates back to the 18th century, there is still a limited body of critical work on Caribbean Poetics. Perhaps, Breiner's synthesis of the literary history should assist in moving scholars beyond further historicizing into aesthetic and theoretical arenas of investigation.
Dr. Emily Allen Williams Morehouse College Atlanta, GA 30314-3773
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This overview of Grand Canyon prehistory is a comprehensive but popular look at the people who have inhabited the Grand Canyon region for the past twelve thousand years. It includes chapters on the architecture, art, and tools of the prehistoric Puebloan people, as well as information about modern-day Native Americans.
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Long regarded as quaint curiosities or exotic pagan rites, the religious practices of Native Americans make up a rich, enduring legacy deserving of a place among the great spiritual traditions. The volume features a foreword written by Walter R. Echo-Hawk, a senior staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund, whose legal experience includes cases involving religious freedom and reburial rights. This volume is available in paperback for the first time. Featuring more than 1,200 cross-referenced entries, this encyclopedia is a fascinating guide to the spiritual traditions of Native Americans in the United States and Canada, including coverage of beliefs about the afterlife, symbolism, creation myths, and vision quests; important ceremonies and dances; prominent American Indian religious figures; and events, legislation, and tribal court cases that have shaped the development of Native American religions.
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"...recommended."-Booklist
Customer Reviews:
Encyclopedis of Native American Religions.......2000-04-12
In a time of considerable misunderstanding, ignorance, and confusion with regard to the historica religions of Native Americans, this book supplies a much-needed resource for information and correction. I teach a course on Native American History and Culture and will use this book a required reading for my students.
It addresses an area of interest to them. The book will help the reader not only understand traditional beliefs and practices but, also, the impact and consequences of contact with Europeans and other groups who were not Native American upon Native American religions.
This book is a must-read for all serious students of Native American History and Culture.
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Like its highly popular and distinctive predecessor, this new edition of Indians in American History strives to fully integrate Indians into the conventional U.S. history narrative. Meticulously reedited throughout, this beautifully illustrated book features fourteen essays by fifteen authors who speak from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
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If you read only 1 book about the Tlingit this should be it!.......2001-05-16
Wally Olson has succeeded in presenting an extremely thorough introductory book about the Tlingit Indians. While it is not the most comprehensive book ever written, it is a must read for anyone interested in the Tlingit. The book is well organized, stimulating reading, and well illustrated. Many books on this subject are very "dry" reading and detail tends to make comprehension difficult. I would recommend this book for anyone who chose to read just one book on this subject, or as a "primer" before tackling more comprehensive books. In 108 pages, the reader is given a thorough "introduction" to the Tlingit: geography, origin and history, language, culture, beliefs, art and a valuable recommended readings list for those who wish to further explore this fascinating tribe. Charts, maps and illustrations (both black and white and color) go a long way to increasing the comprehension of the literary content of the book. Additionally, information is logically presented as well as accurate.
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Excellent Introduction to Native American Literature.......2007-07-10
That Dr. Lundquist is a most skillful teacher and careful scholar is evident throughout her work. Here, she serves as a welcoming guide for the student interested in approaching multi-cultural studies generally and Native American literature specifically. She avoids the pitfall of overgeneralizing about a diverse body of literature. Instead, she has devised a cultural bridge for the literary student that celebrates the diversity of Native literature and puts it in an accessible context for both the scholar and the casual student. Dr. Lundquist is a pioneer in the nascent genre of Native American literary criticsm, and this book deserves a place in the library of any student interested in the indigenous literature of the Americas.
Stating the obvious.......2006-10-15
While this book may provide decent preliminary overview for someone who knows nothing about Native American literature, it lacks any original incite and critical depth.
One of it's crucial claims states that one should "Read Native American Literature open to the possibility that you might find yourself rethinking your view of the world" (29).
I could have gotten the same message from a fortune cookie. This is definitely not literary criticism.
Coming from someone who has spent significant graduate research on Native American literature, I recommend that you do not waste your time reading this so-called "critical work."
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