A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: What is the 'Anthropology' of 'American Indians'?: Thomas Biolsi (University of California, Berkeley).

Part I: Environments and Populations:.

1. Political and Historical Ecologies: Kenneth M. Ames (Portland State University).

2. Historical Demography: Russell Thornton (University of California, Los Angeles).

Part II: Political, Social, and Economic Organization:.

3. Women and Men: Martha C. Knack (University of Nevada, Las Vegas).

4. Politics: Loretta Fowler (University of Oklahoma).

5. Tribal or Native Law: Bruce Granville Miller (University of British Columbia).

6. Culture and Reservation Economies: Kathleen Pickering (Colorado State University).

Part III: Knowledge and Expressive Culture:.

7. Knowledge Systems: Eugene S. Hunn (University of Washington, Seattle).

8. Oral Traditions: Rodney Frey (University of Idaho).

9. Religion: Raymond Bucko (Creighton University).

10. Music: Luke Eric Lassiter (Marshall University).

11. Art: Rebecca J. Dobkins (Willamette University).

Part IV: Colonialism, Native Sovereignty, Law, and Policy:.

12. Political and Legal Status ("Lower 48" States): Thomas Biolsi (University of California, Berkeley).

13. Political and Legal Status (Alaska): Caroline L. Brown (University of Chicago).

14. Federal Indian Policy and Anthropology: George Pierre Castile (Whitman College).

15. Contemporary Globalization and Tribal Sovereignty: Randel D. Hanson (Arizona State University).

16. Treaty Rights: Larry Nesper (University of Wisconsin, Madison).

17. Education: Alice Littlefield (Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant).

Part V: Cultural Politics and the Colonial Situation:.

18. Representational Practices: Pauline Turner Strong (University of Texas, Austin).

19. The Politics of Native Culture: Kirk Dombrowski (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY).

20. Cultural Appropriation: Tressa Berman (Independent Curator; Affliated Scholar, Women’s Leadership Institute at Mills College; and Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences).

21. Community Healing and Cultural Citizenship: Renya K. Ramirez (University of California, Santa Cruz).

22. Native Hawai‘ians: Cari Costanzo Kapur (Stanford University).

Part VI: Anthropological Method and Postcolonial Practice:.

23. Ethnography: Peter Whiteley (American Museum of Natural History, New York).

24. Beyond “Applied” Anthropology: Les W. Field (University of New Mexico).

25. Linguistic Anthropology: James Collins (University at Albany, SUNY).

26. Visual Anthropology: Harald E. L. Prins (Kansas State University).

27. Archaeology: Larry J. Zimmerman (Minnesota Historical Society).

Index