Native American and Indigenous Studies

North Country The Making of Minnesota Mary Lethert Wingerd 2010 Spring

The untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota

X-Marks Native Signatures of Assent Scott Richard Lyons 2010 Spring

A provocative and deeply personal exploration of contemporary Indian identity, nationalism, and modernity

Firsting and Lasting Writing Indians out of Existence in New England Jean M. O’Brien 2010 Spring

Tracing the origins of the persistent myth of the vanishing Indian

The Mishomis Book The Voice of the Ojibway Edward Benton-Banai 2010 Fall

For young readers, the collected wisdom and traditions of Ojibway elders

Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance Raymond D. Austin 2009 Fall

The only book on the world’s largest tribal court system and Navajo common law

The Networked Wilderness Communicating in Early New England Matt Cohen 2009 Fall

Significantly broadens our ideas of literacy, writing, and communication in early America

Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong Paul Chaat Smith 2009 Spring

Forceful and eloquent essays on the American Indian in culture and history

The Truth About Stories A Native Narrative Thomas King 2008 Fall

Illuminates the relationship between storytelling and the Native North American experience

The Inner Life of Mestizo Nationalism Estelle Tarica 2008 Spring

A timely examination of narratives of interethnic intimacy in twentieth-century Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru

Taxidermic Signs Reconstructing Aboriginality Pauline Wakeham 2008 Spring

A fascinating study of how taxidermy reinforces racial stereotypes of aboriginality

Engraving the Savage The New World and Techniques of Civilization Michael Gaudio 2008 Spring

How engravings reveal the meaning of “savage” and “civilized”

Circuits of Culture Media, Politics, and Indigenous Identity in the Andes Jeff D. Himpele 2007 Fall

A surprising study of how images of Andean Indianness have been popularized in Bolivian media

The People Have Never Stopped Dancing Native American Modern Dance Histories Jacqueline Shea Murphy 2007 Fall

Addresses the Indian, absent and present, in modern dance studies

The Third Space of Sovereignty The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations Kevin Bruyneel 2007 Fall

The struggle between indigenous resistance and American colonialism—within its own borders

Deadliest Enemies Law and Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2007 Spring

How U.S. federal law creates racial conflict between Native American and white people

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