Anthropologists and Indians in the new South / edited by Rachel A. Bonney and J. Anthony Paredes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonney, Rachel A.

Paredes, J. Anthony (James Anthony), 1939-

Series:

Contemporary American Indian studies.

Contemporary American Indian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Southern States.

Indians of North America.

Anthropology--Southern States.

Anthropology.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2002 An important collection of essays that looks at the changing relationships between anthropologists and Indians at the turn of the millennium. Southern Indians have experienced much change in the last half of the 20th century. In rapid succession since World War II, they have passed through the testing field of land claims litigation begun in the 1950's, played upon or retreated from the civil rights movement of the 1960's, seen the proliferation of ""wannabe"" Indian groups in the 1970's, and created innovative tribal enterprise

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Southeastern Tribal Locations Maps; Introduction; I Changing Relationships between Anthropologists and American Indians; II Southeastern Indians and the Law; III Anthropological Contributions to Native American Communities; IV Culture Preservation and Ethnic Identity; V Culture Contact and Exchange; Conclusions; Comments; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-275) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-1323-0

OCLC:

424522894