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Raven Eye

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Edward P. Dozier

The Paradox of the American Indian Anthropologist

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Brave New West

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When Jim Stiles moved west from Kentucky in the 1970s to make Moab, Utah, his home, that corner of the rural West had already endured decades of obscurity, a uranium boom and then a bust, and was facing an identity crisis. What kind of economy would prevent Moab from becoming yet another ghost town? For more than two decades, ...

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Hurricanes and Carnivals

Essays by Chicanos, Pochos, Pachucos, Mexicanos, and Expatriates

Edited by Lee Gutkind; Introduction by Ilan Stavans
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Zion Canyon

A Storied Land

By Greer K. Chesher; By (photographer) Michael Plyler
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Unnatural Landscapes

Tracking Invasive Species

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Tribal Policing

Asserting Sovereignty, Seeking Justice

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What does it mean to be a tribal police officer? What are the complexities of that role? And how do tribal communities, tribal police departments, and other law enforcement agencies collaborate to address the alarmingly high rate of violent crime in Indian country? Author Eileen Luna-Firebaugh answers these and other questions in this well-documented text about tribal government and law enforcement in America. Based on extensive research with tribal police departments conducted over a period of eight years, Tribal Policing reveals the complicated role of police officials in Indian country and the innovative methods they are developing to address crime within their borders and to advance tribal sovereignty in the United States.

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Asylum in the Grasslands

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Weathering Risk in Rural Mexico

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From floods and droughts to tsunamis and hurricanes, recent years have seen a distressing and often devastating increase in extreme climatic events. While it is possible to study these disasters from a purely scientific perspective, a growing preponderance of evidence suggests that changes in the environment are related to both a shift in ...

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Precolumbian Water Management

Ideology, Ritual, and Power

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Dangerous Speech

A Social History of Blasphemy in Colonial Mexico

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Adobe Odes

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The Sonoran Desert Tortoise

Natural History, Biology, and Conservation

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