This Land Was Theirs
A Study of Native North Americans
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Product details:
- Edition number 9
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 12 February 2009
- ISBN 9780195367409
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages544 pages
- Size 231x165x22 mm
- Weight 907 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 84 halftones, 68 line illustrations, and 16 maps 0
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Short description:
This Land Was Theirs examines the traditional and contemporary lifeways of twelve North American Indian tribes. Ranging from the Netsilik hunters who straddle the Arctic Circle to the Natchez farmers of the lower Mississippi River area, the tribes represent each culture area and various levels of socioeconomic complexity among Native Americans. Each chapter focuses on a specific group and culture area, providing students with a detailed portrait of the geographical and cultural adaptations of that region. The author traces each tribe's story, from aboriginal life through historical changes to its current place among the native nations, and he makes visible the connections between each group along the way.
MoreLong description:
Since its original publication in 1966, This Land Was Theirs has continued to offer a different approach to the study of Native Americans living north of Mexico. Designed for undergraduate courses in Native North Americans, the emphasis was, and continues to be, on both traditional and contemporary Indian lifeways. Oswalt looks at 12 North American Indian tribes, ranging from the Netsilik hunters of the Arctic Circle to the Natchez farmers of the Mississippi; the groups represent the major culture areas and levels of socioeconomic complexity among North American Indians. The author traces each tribe's story, from aboriginal life through historical changes to its current place among the native nations, and he makes visible the connections between each group along the way.
In its ninth edition, the author devotes more attention to the Navajo, the most populous tradition-oriented tribe. He has tightened the ethnohistorical text and presented it in easy-to-read tables; increased discussion of methadone use, domestic violence, and crime on reservations; and added detail on the first transcontinental railroad's impact on Western Indian life.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1 Learning about Native Americans
Chapter 2 Indian-Non-Indian Relations
Chapter 3 The Netsilik: Seal Hunting and Snowhouse Eskimos
Chapter 4 The Chipewyan: Subarctic Hunters
Chapter 5 The Lower Kootenai: Plateau Fishers and Hunters
Chapter 6 The Western Shoshone: Subduers of the High Desert
Chapter 7 The Crow: Plains Raiders and Bison Hunters
Chapter 8 The Cahuilla: Gatherers in the Desert
Chapter 9 The Tlingit: Alaskan Salmon Fishers
Chapter 10 The Hopi: Farmers of the Desert
Chapter 11 The Navajo: Transformations among a Desert People
Chapter 12 The Iroquois: Warriors and Farmers of the Eastern Woodlands
Chapter 13 The Eastern Cherokee: Farmers of the Southeast
Chapter 14 The Natchez: Sophisticated Farmers of the Deep South
Chapter 15 Overviews
Appendix A: A Material Culture Sample
Appendix B: Additional Native American Resources
Glossary
Pronunciation Guide
Name Index
Subject Index
