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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778047603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8173-1323-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American Indian studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BonneyRachel A

ParedesJ. Anthony <1939-> (James Anthony)

Disciplina

306.08997075

975/.00497

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Southern States

Anthropology - Southern States

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

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 (p. [241]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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