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From Princess to Chief

Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina

University of Alabama Press

A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina. 
 

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Red Eagle's Children

Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al.

Edited by J. Anthony Paredes and Judith Knight; Introduction by J. Anthony Paredes
University of Alabama Press

Red Eagle’s Children presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window on the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American.

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The Other Movement

Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South

University of Alabama Press

Examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissions

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Building a Nation

Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage

University of Alabama Press

Using museum and heritage sites as places to define itself as a coherent and legitimate contemporary Indian nation, the Chickasaw Nation struggles to remain accurate and yet apace with the evolving nature of museums

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Inside the Eagle's Head

An American Indian College

University of Alabama Press

The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a self-described National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico that is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes. This book looks at the Institute in detail.

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Mayas in Postwar Guatemala

Harvest of Violence Revisited

University of Alabama Press
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Under the Rattlesnake

Cherokee Health and Resiliency

Edited by Lisa J. Lefler; Foreword by Susan Leading Fox
University of Alabama Press

Provides a balanced portrait of Cherokee health issues

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Those Who Remain

A Photographer's Memoir of South Carolina Indians

University of Alabama Press

Through interviews and a generous photograph montage stretching over two decades, reveals the commonality and diversity among these people of Indian identity

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Public Indians, Private Cherokees

Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground

University of Alabama Press

Explores the major economic industry among American Indian tribes—public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues

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The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia

The Drums of Life

University of Alabama Press

Through interviews with 26 Monacans, one Episcopal minister appointed to serve them, one former clerk of the court for Amherst County, and her own story, Whitlock provides first person accounts of what happened to the Monacan families and how their very existence as Indians was threatened.

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Re-Enchanting the World

Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands

University of Alabama Press

Against the backdrop of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 and the rise of the indigenous Maya Movement in the late 1980s, this work provides a unique portrait of social movements, cultural and human rights, and the role that religion plays in relation to the nation-state in post-conflict political processes. Re-enchanting the World fills a niche within the anthropological literature on evangelicals in Latin America during a time of significant social change.

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Chiricahua Apache Enduring Power

Naiche's Puberty Ceremony Paintings

University of Alabama Press

A gripping story of the cultural resilience of the descendants of Geronimo and Cochise

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Eastern Cherokee Fishing

University of Alabama Press

Cherokee identity as revealed in fishing methods and materials.

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Waccamaw Legacy

Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival

University of Alabama Press

An insightful and informative look into the Waccamaw Siouan's quest for identity and survival

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Catawba Indian Pottery

The Survival of a Folk Tradition

University of Alabama Press

Traces the craft of pottery making among the Catawba Indians of North Carolina from the late 18th century to the present

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Cherokee Women In Crisis

Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907

University of Alabama Press

Explains how traditional Cherokee women’s roles were destabilized, modified, recovered, and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil
 

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Choctaw Prophecy

A Legacy for the Future

University of Alabama Press

Explores the power and artistry of prophecy among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, who use predictions about the future to interpret the world around them

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Our Elders Teach Us

Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives

By David Carey; Preface by Allan Burns
University of Alabama Press

 

In this rich and dynamic work, David Carey Jr. provides a new perspective on contemporary Guatemalan history by allowing the indigenous peoples to speak for themselves. Valuable to historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, or anyone interested in Mayan and Latin American studies, this book will inform as well as enchant.

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Anthropologists and Indians in the New South

University of Alabama Press

A clear assessment of the growing mutual respect and strengthening bond between modern Native Americans and the researchers who explore their past
 

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Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians

University of Alabama Press

Long considered the undisputed authority on the Indians of the southern United States, anthropologist John Swanton published this history as the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) Bulletin 103 in 1931. Swanton's descriptions are drawn from earlier records—including those of DuPratz and Romans—and from Choctaw informants. His long association with the Choctaws is evident in the thorough detailing of their customs and way of life and in his sensitivity to the presentation of their native culture.

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