Nancy Bonvillain

Native Nations

Cultures and Histories of Native North America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable tool to those studying the cultures and current issues of Native peoples today

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1119g
• ISBN-13: 9781538170410
• ISBN-10: 1538170418
• Artikelnr.: 68886098

Autorenporträt

Nancy Bonvillain is a professor of anthropology and linguistics at Bard College at Simon's Rock. She is author of over twenty books on language, culture, and gender, including a series on Native American peoples. In her field work she studied the Mohawk and Navajo, and she has published a grammar and dictionary of the Akwesasne dialect of Mohawk. She received her PhD from Columbia University and has taught at Columbia University, The New School, SUNY Purchase and Stonybrook, and Sarah Lawrence College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Short History
Part I: The Northeast
Chapter 3: Native Nations of the Northeast
Chapter 4: The Mohawks
Chapter 5: The Mi'kmaq
Part II: The Southeast
Chapter 6: Native Nations of the Southeast
Chapter 7: The Choctaws
Part III: The Plains
Chapter 8: Native Nations of The Plains
Chapter 9: The Teton Lakotas
Chapter 10: The Hidatsas
Part IV: The Great Basin
Chapter 11: Native Nations of the Great Basin
Chapter 12: The Shoshones
Part V: The Southwest
Chapter 12: Native Nations of the Southwest
Chapter 14: The Zunis
Chapter 15: Navajos
Part VI: California
Chapter 16: Native Nations of California
Chapter 17: The Pomos
Part VII: The Plateau
Chapter18: Native Nations of the Plateau
Chapter 19: The Nez Perce
Part VIII: The Northwest Coast
Chapter 20: Native Nations of the Northwest Coast
Chapter 21: The Kwakwaka'wakw (or Kwakiutls)
Part IX: The Subarctic and Arctic
Chapter 22: Native Nations of the Subarctic and Arctic
Chapter 23: The Innu (or Montagnais)
Chapter 24: The Inuit 2
Chapter 25: Native Communities Today
Chapter 26: Contemporary Challenges
Chapter 27: The Arts, Pop Culture, and Representation
Index
About the Author