Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues

by Duane Champagne (Editor)

Overview

Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. Introductions to each topical section provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. The informative and critical studies that follow offer experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native settings. Topics include identity, gender, the powwow, mass media, health and environmental issues. This book and its companion volume, Contemporary Native American Political Issues, edited by Troy R. Johnson, are ideal teaching tools for instructors in Native American studies, ethnic studies, and anthropology, and important resources for anyone working in or with Native communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780585201269
Publisher:	AltaMira Press
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Contemporary Native American Communities , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Duane Champagne is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Duane Champagne, Introduction
Chapter 2 I. Native Identity
Chapter 3 1. D. Mihesuah, American Indian Identities: Issues of Individual Choices and Development
Chapter 4 2. W. Churchill, The Crucible of American Indian Identity: Native Tradition versus Colonial Imposition in Postconquest North America
Chapter 5 II. Gender
Chapter 6 3. K.B. Chiste, Aboriginal Women and Self-Government
Chapter 7 4. B. Brant, The Good Red Road: Journeys of Homecoming in Native Women's Writing
Chapter 8 5. B.G. Miller, Contemporary Tribal Codes and Gender Issues
Chapter 9 III. Contemporary Powwow
Chapter 10 6. M. Mattern, The Powwow as a Public Arena
Chapter 11 7. L.E. Lassiter, Southwestern Oklahoma, the Gourd Dance, and Charlie Brown
Chapter 12 IV. Film and Other Media
Chapter 13 8. L.A. Whitt, Cultural Imperialism and the Marketing of Native America
Chapter 14 9. S. Leuthold, Native Media's Communities
Chapter 15 10. L.P. Brumbaugh, Ethnical Issues for Photographers of Native Americans
Chapter 16 V. Health
Chapter 17 11. P.A. May, Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse among Native Americans
Chapter 18 12. C.M. Pego et al., Tobacco, Culture, and Health among Native Americans
Chapter 19 13. M.C. Mahoney and A.M. Michalek, Cancer Control Research among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Chapter 20 VI. Environmental Issues
Chapter 21 14. D. Waller, Friendly Fire: When Environmentalists Dehumanize American Indians
Chapter 22 15. J. Wolfley, Ecological Risk Assessment and Management
Chapter 23 16. R. L. Spieldoch, Uranium Is In My Body
Chapter 24 Index
Chapter 25 Acknowledgments
Chapter 26 About the Editor

Editorial Reviews

These two volumes (with Contemporary Native American Political Issues, ed. Johnson) succeed in conveying the complexity of Native American needs and the cultural context in which they are embedded.

Practicing Anthropology - Niels W. Braroe

Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time.

Journal Of Ethnic History - Annette Kuhlmann

Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time.

These two volumes (with Contemporary Native American Political Issues, ed. Johnson) succeed in conveying the complexity of Native American needs and the cultural context in which they are embedded.

From the Publisher

Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time.
— Annette Kuhlmann, (University of Wisconsin, Baraboo)

Journal Of Ethnic History