History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations
Title | History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations PDF eBook |
Author | John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 1876 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier Between the English and French in that Part of the World
Title | The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier Between the English and French in that Part of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Cadwallader Colden |
Publisher | |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Iroquois Indians |
ISBN |
Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians, Volume I
Title | Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians, Volume I PDF eBook |
Author | George Catlin |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2012-10-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 048614531X |
Volume 1 of the classic account of life among Plains Indians includes fascinating information on ceremonies, rituals, the hunt, warfare, and much more. Total in set: 312 plates.
Traditions of the North American Indians
Title | Traditions of the North American Indians PDF eBook |
Author | James Athearn Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Going Native
Title | Going Native PDF eBook |
Author | Shari M. Huhndorf |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2015-01-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0801454433 |
Since the 1800's, many European Americans have relied on Native Americans as models for their own national, racial, and gender identities. Displays of this impulse include world's fairs, fraternal organizations, and films such as Dances with Wolves. Shari M. Huhndorf uses cultural artifacts such as these to examine the phenomenon of "going native," showing its complex relations to social crises in the broader American society—including those posed by the rise of industrial capitalism, the completion of the military conquest of Native America, and feminist and civil rights activism. Huhndorf looks at several modern cultural manifestations of the desire of European Americans to emulate Native Americans. Some are quite pervasive, as is clear from the continuing, if controversial, existence of fraternal organizations for young and old which rely upon "Indian" costumes and rituals. Another fascinating example is the process by which Arctic travelers "went Eskimo," as Huhndorf describes in her readings of Robert Flaherty's travel narrative, My Eskimo Friends, and his documentary film, Nanook of the North. Huhndorf asserts that European Americans' appropriation of Native identities is not a thing of the past, and she takes a skeptical look at the "tribes" beloved of New Age devotees. Going Native shows how even seemingly harmless images of Native Americans can articulate and reinforce a range of power relations including slavery, patriarchy, and the continued oppression of Native Americans. Huhndorf reconsiders the cultural importance and political implications of the history of the impersonation of Indian identity in light of continuing debates over race, gender, and colonialism in American culture.
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians
Title | Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians PDF eBook |
Author | George Catlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1841 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Natives and Newcomers
Title | Natives and Newcomers PDF eBook |
Author | James Axtell |
Publisher | New York : Oxford University Press |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195137705 |
Natives and Newcomers describes the major encounters between Indians and Europeans -- first contacts, communications, epidemics, trade and gift-giving, social and sexual mingling, work, conversions, military clashes -- and probes the short- and long-term consequences for both cultures. The end result is an accessible and often witty book which shows how encounters between Indians and Europeans ultimately shaped a distinctly American identity.