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Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point.
- Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture
- Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks
- Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'
Synopsis of Contents x
Notes on Contributors xviii
Introduction: What is the ‘‘Anthropology’’ of ‘‘American Indians’’? 1
Thomas Biolsi
Part I: Environments and Populations 5
1 Political and Historical Ecologies 7
Kenneth M. Ames
2 Historical Demography 24
Russell Thornton
Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization 49
3 Women and Men 51
Martha C. Knack
4 Politics 69
Loretta Fowler
5 Tribal or Native Law 95
Bruce Granville Miller
6 Culture and Reservation Economies 112
Kathleen Pickering
Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture 131
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