American Indians in Transition
Author: Helen W. Johnson
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 50
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Author: Helen W. Johnson
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 35
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Helen W. Johnson
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 37
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marjorie M. Schweitzer
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese nine essays blend documentary history, oral history, and ethnographic observation to shed light on the complex world of grandmothering in Native America. The cultural and emotional resources of their ethnic traditions help grandmothers grapple with the myriad social, economic, cultural, and political challenges they faced in the late twentieth century. Indian grandmothers are almost universally occupied with child care and child rearing at some time, but such variables as lineal descent, clan membership, kinship patterns, individual behavior, and cultural ideology change the definition, role, and status of a grandmother from tribe to tribe. Although late-twentieth-century society often impoverishes and marginalizes them, many Indian grandmothers provide grandchildren with social stability and a cultural link to native indentity, history and wisdom. The contributors' case studies explore grandmothering among Navajos, Puget Sound Salish, Tewas, Hopis, Otoes, Choctaws, and Sioux. In addition to Marjorie Schweitzer, volume contributors include Karen Ritts Benally, Ann Lane Hedlund, Pamela Amoss, Bruce G. Miller, Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Alice Schlegel, Joan Weibel-Orlando, and Pat McCabe. The royalties from this book are donated to the Native American Scholarship Fund, Inc., based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Author: Social Science and Sociological Resources
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 174
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Theda Perdue
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-08-10
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0199746109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, settling throughout North America. They describe hunting practices among different tribes, how some made the gradual transition to more settled, agricultural ways of life, the role of kinship and cooperation in Native societies, their varied burial rites and spiritual practices, and many other features of Native American life. Throughout the book, Perdue and Green stress the great diversity of indigenous peoples in America, who spoke more than 400 different languages before the arrival of Europeans and whose ways of life varied according to the environments they settled in and adapted to so successfully. Most importantly, the authors stress how Native Americans have struggled to maintain their sovereignty--first with European powers and then with the United States--in order to retain their lands, govern themselves, support their people, and pursue practices that have made their lives meaningful. Going beyond the stereotypes that so often distort our views of Native Americans, this Very Short Introduction offers a historically accurate, deeply engaging, and often inspiring account of the wide array of Native peoples in America. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
Author: Carol A. Markstrom
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 0803216211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmpowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling social force in many modern Native communities whose younger generations are wrestling with substance abuse, mental health problems, suicide, and school dropout. Developmental psychologist Carol A. Markstrom reviews indigenous, historical, and anthropological literatures and conveys the results of her fieldwork to provide descriptive accounts of North American Indian coming-of-age rituals. She gives special attention to the female puberty rituals in four communities: Apache, Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa. Of particular interest is the distinctive Apache Sunrise Dance, which is described and analyzed in detail. Also included are American Indian feminist interpretations of menstruation and menstrual taboos, the feminine in cosmology, and the significance of puberty customs and rites for the development of young women.
Author: Leona M. Zastrow
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 26
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anthony Reuben Fairbanks
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 426
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines the journey of being Native American/Alaska Native and experiencing life in two worlds--the Native and non-Native worlds. It provides ways for Native Americans/Alaska Natives to transition between these two worlds, and it explores the major compromises, internal and external conflicts, and challenges for Native Americans/Alaska Natives when transitioning. Suggestions on how Native Americans/Alaska Natives can retain their Native identity is provided.
Author: Karen A. Vande Sande
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 199
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this research was to find ways to help American Indian students transition academically and socially from a tribal school to a public elementary school.