The World of Indigenous North America (Routledge Worlds)

The World of Indigenous North America is a comprehensive look at issues that concern indigenous people in North America. Though no single volume can cover every tribe and every issue around this fertile area of inquiry, this book takes on the fields of law, archaeology, literature, socio-linguistics, geography, sciences, and gender studies, among others, in order to make sense of the Indigenous experience. Covering both Canada's First Nations and the Native American tribes of the United States, and alluding to the work being done in indigenous studies through the rest of the world, the volume reflects the critical mass of scholarship that has developed in Indigenous Studies over the past decade, and highlights the best new work that is emerging in the field. The World of Indigenous North America is a book for every scholar in the field to own and refer to often.Contributors: Chris Andersen, Joanne Barker, Duane Champagne, Matt Cohen, Charlotte Cote, Maria Cotera, Vincente M. Diaz, Elena Maria Garcia, Hanay Geiogamah, Carole Goldberg, Brendan Hokowhitu, Sharon Holland, LeAnne Howe, Shari Huhndorf, Jennie Joe, Ted Jojola, Daniel Justice, K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Jose Antonio Lucero, Tiya Miles, Felipe Molina, Victor Montejo, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Val Napoleon, Melissa Nelson, Jean M. O'Brien, Amy E. Den Ouden, Gus Palmer, Michelle Raheja, David Shorter, Noenoe K. Silva, Shannon Speed, Christopher B. Teuton, Sean Teuton, Joe Watkins, James Wilson, Brian Wright-McLeod Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 11 List of Contributors......Page 16 Foreword......Page 23 Acknowledgments......Page 26 PART I: PRELUDES AND THE PRESENT......Page 28 1 Life in a 21st Century Mound City......Page 30 2 The Maya World through its Literature......Page 54 3 “Anasazi” No More: Ancestral Pueblo Cultures of the American Southwest......Page 78 4 Alaska Native Politics Since the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act......Page 94 5 Zapatista Autonomy, Local Governance, and an Organic Theory of Rights......Page 109 PART II: GEOGRAPHIES......Page 130 6 Geographies: Yoeme......Page 132 7 Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole: The History of Tribal Land-Use Planning in the United States......Page 150 8 Urban Landscapes of North America......Page 176 PART III: SURVIVAL AND PERSISTENCE......Page 198 9 The Challenge of Revitalizing Heritage Languages......Page 200 10 Indigenous Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Persistence in Place......Page 215 11 Recognition and Rebuilding......Page 242 12 Food Sovereignty, Food Hegemony, and the Revitalization of Indigenous Whaling Practices......Page 266 PART IV: AESTHETICS......Page 290 13 Songs of Transformation: Music from Screech Songs to Hip Hop......Page 292 14 Indigenous Writing......Page 318 15 A History of Books in Native North America......Page 335 16 American Indian Theater 2013: Not Running on Empty Yet......Page 357 PART V: INSTITUTIONS......Page 374 17 Courts, Police, and the Law......Page 376 18 Education......Page 392 19 Health and Wellness in Native North America......Page 415 20 The Changing Picture of Health for American Indians and Alaska Natives......Page 428 PART VI: AN INDIGENOUS WORLD?......Page 454 21 Resurgence and Resistance in Abya Yala: Indigenous Politics from Latin America......Page 456 22 Māori: Mua Ki Muri, Front to Back......Page 473 23 Race Matters: The “Aborigine” as a White Possession......Page 494 PART VII: A COMPLEX, MODERN WORLD......Page 512 24 Sexuality......Page 514 25 Gender......Page 533 26 Afro-Native Realities......Page 551 27 Indigenous but not Indian? Chicana/os and the Politics of Indigeneity......Page 576 28 Disability in Indigenous North America: In Memory of William Sherman Fox......Page 596 Index......Page 622 "The World of Indigenous North America is a comprehensive look at issues that concern indigenous people in North America. Though no single volume can cover every indigenous group and every issue around this fertile area of inquiry, this book takes on the fields of law, archaeology, literature, sociolinguistics, geography, sciences, and gender studies, among others, in order to make sense of the Indigenous experience. Broadly covering Canada's First Nations and the Native American tribes of the United States, and alluding to the work being done in indigenous studies through the rest of the world, the volume reflects the critical mass of scholarship that has developed in Indigenous Studies over the past decade, and highlights the best new work that is emerging in the field. The World of Indigenous North America is a book for every scholar in the field to own and refer to often"-- Provided by publisher "The World of Indigenous North America is a comprehensive look at issues that concern indigenous people in North America. Though no single volume can cover every tribe and every issue around this fertile area of inquiry, this book takes on the fields of law, archaeology, literature, socio-linguistics, geography, sciences, and gender studies, among others, in order to make sense of the Indigenous experience. Covering both Canada's First Nations and the Native American tribes of the United States, and alluding to the work being done in indigenous studies through the rest of the world, the volume reflects the critical mass of scholarship that has developed in Indigenous Studies over the past decade, and highlights the best new work that is emerging in the field. The World of Indigenous North America is a book for every scholar in the field to own and refer to often"-- Résumé de l'éditeur "The World of Indigenous North America is a comprehensive look at issues that concern indigenous people in North America. Though no single volume can cover every tribe and every issue around this fertile area of inquiry, this book takes on the fields of law, archaeology, literature, socio-linguistics, geography, sciences, and gender studies, among others, in order to make sense of the Indigenous experience. Covering both Canada's First Nations and the Native American tribes of the United States, and alluding to the work being done in indigenous studies through the rest of the world, the volume reflects the critical mass of scholarship that has developed in Indigenous Studies over the past decade, and highlights the best new work that is emerging in the field. The World of Indigenous North America is a book for every scholar in the field to own and refer to often"-- Provided by publisher