ISBN:
9780817313234
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (301 pages)
Series Statement:
Contemporary American Indian Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Print version Anthropologists and Indians in the New South
DDC:
306.08997075
Keywords:
Anthropology ; Southern States
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Indians of North America ; Legal status, laws, etc ; Southern States
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Indians of North America ; Southern States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 1950s, played upon or retreated from the civil rights movement of the 1960s, seen the proliferation of "wannabe" Indian groups in the 1970s, and created innovative tribal enterprises-such as high-stakes bingo and gambling casinos-in the 1980s. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 stimulated a cultural renewal resulting in tribal museums and heritage programs and a rapprochement with their western kinsmen removed in "Old South" days. Anthropology in the South has changed too, moving forward at the cutting edge of academic theory. This collection of essays reflects both that which has endured and that which has changed in the anthropological embrace of Indians from the New South. Beginning as an invited session at the 30th-anniversary meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society held in 1996, the collection includes papers by linguists, archaeologists, and physical anthropologists, as well as comments from Native Americans. This broad scope of inquiry-ranging in subject from the Maya of Florida, presumed biology, and alcohol-related problems to pow-wow dancing, Mobilian linguistics, and the "lost Indian ancestor" myth-results in a volume valuable to students, professionals, and libraries. Anthropologists and Indians in the New South is a clear assessment of the growing mutual respect and strengthening bond between modern Native Americans and the researchers who explore their past. Rachel A. Bonney is Associate Professor of
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Southeastern Tribal Locations Maps -- Introduction -- I Changing Relationships between Anthropologists and American Indians -- 1 Anthropologists and the Eastern Cherokees -- 2 "Are You Here to Study Us?" Anthropological Research in a Progressive Native American Community -- 3 The Archaeologists'-and Indians'-New World -- II Southeastern Indians and the Law -- 4 Federal Tribal Recognition in the South -- 5 Region and Recognition: Southern Indians, Anthropologists, and Presumed Biology -- III Anthropological Contributions to Native American Communities -- 6 Issues in Alcohol-Related Problems among Southeastern Indians: Anthropological Approaches -- 7 The Newest Indians in the South: The Maya of Florida -- 8 A Disaster: Hurricane Andrew and the Miccosukee -- IV Culture Preservation and Ethnic Identity -- 9 Celebrations and Dress: Sources of Native American Identity -- 10 From Mob to Snob: Changing Research Orientations from Activism to Aesthetics among American Indians -- V Culture Contact and Exchange -- 11 Mobilian Jargon in Southeastern Indian Anthropology -- 12 Hypergamy, Quantum, and Reproductive Success: The Lost Indian Ancestor Reconsidered -- 13 American Indian Life and the 21st-Century University: The "Playful Worldview" and Its Lessons for Leadership in Higher Education -- Conclusions -- Comments -- Notes -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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