A historical survey of the Indians of the United States, including the Eskimos and Aleuts of Alaska.

"In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit...

"Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities,...

"In this richly detailed cultural and political history, David Narrett shows how Cherokee nationhood emerged from the pressures of colonial encounter. Cherokee diplomats - primarily women - take...

As a government-backed expedition makes its way west--sent to America's Indian reservations to extol the virtues of U.S. citizenship--photographs of the poor conditions on the reservations, the work...

Le xixe siècle est une période de grands changements pour les Algonquins septentrionaux qui, en l'espace de quelques décennies, connaissent l'arrivée des missionnaires catholiques, le développement...

In Daniels v. Canada the Supreme Court determined that Métis and non-status Indians were "Indians" under section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, one of a number of court victories that has...

How resistance to extraction shaped Indigenous demands for autonomy, integration, or assimilation From the onset of colonialism, Indigenous communities have faced seizure of their land, labor, and...

A political and economic analysis of how and why the Sun dance came into being as a response to Indian deprivation by the whites.

Elilal, exile, is the condition of thousands of Mayas who have fled their homelands in Guatemala to escape repression and even death at the hands of their government. In this book, Victor Montejo,...

The Zuni Man-Woman focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian...

Compiled from primary documents and oral accounts, this anthology chronicles 500 years of Native American history from a tribal perspective.

This book chronicles the history of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and its leader, Po'pay, with commentaries on the historical and cultural importance of these events. This is the first time Pueblo...

Offers a strong critique of traditional anthropological studies from an Indigenous and postcolonial perspective. In Mayalogue, Native Mayan scholar Victor Montejo provides an alternative reading and...

Based on the correspondence of missionaries in the field, this book offers valuable insight unto understanding Protestant attitudes toward the American Indians in the nineteenth century. By focusing...

Through dramatic comparisons of Native American and early colonial politics, history, and religion, historian Russell Bourne offers a complete and insightful look at how these two disparate groups...

This unprecedented anthology has quickly become the classic text for all who want to understand the problems confronted by native people in North America. Includes, among other topics, treaty rights...

"A stunning work of narrative non-fiction from one of the most powerful young Native American writers at work today-We Survived the Night combines investigative journalism, folklore, and a deeply...

" ... Anthropologist Peter Nabokov presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen through Indian eyes and told through Indian voices: a record spanning more than five hundred years...

Indian women's autobiographies have been slighted because of the assumption that women had a secondary and insignificant role in Indian society. Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands...