Giving an analysis of the struggle to protect not only natural resources but also a way of life, this title serves as a suitable tool for students or those interested in Native American history and the government policy with regard to Indian lands or the environment.
Using innovative methodologies and theories to rethink American Indian history, this book challenges previous scholarship about Native Americans and their communities.
Currently, there are three approaches to studying American Indians: from how white Americans approach Indian studies, from the dynamics or exchange of Indian-white relations and from the Indian point of view. Donald Fixico, an American Indian, has been teaching and writing history for a quarter of a century. This book is the direct result of his experience as a scholar who 'thinks like an Indian' in an academic environment created predominantl...
Discusses aspects of daily life, including domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational and religious, of Native Americans during the 20th century.