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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462895603321

Autore

Fixico Donald Lee <1951->

Titolo

Call for change [[electronic resource] ] : the medicine way of American Indian history, ethos, and reality / / Donald L. Fixico

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, NB, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8032-4624-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

970.004/97

Soggetti

Indian philosophy - North America

Indians of North America - Historiography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The complexity of American Indian history -- Native ethos of "seeing" and a natural democracy -- The first dimension of Indian-white relations -- The second dimension of interacting Indian-white relations -- The third dimension of physical and metaphysical reality -- A cross-cultural bridge of understanding -- Oral tradition and language -- Power of earth and woman -- Coming full circle.

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Donald L. Fixico is Distinguished Foundation Professor of History, Affiliate Faculty of American Indian studies, and Affiliate Faculty in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including <I>The American Indian Mind in a Linear World: American Indian Studies and Traditional Knowledge</I> and <I>The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century: Tribal Natural Resources and American Capitalism</I>. </DIV>