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The Other Movement
Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817356910
Pub Date: November 2022
Format: Paperback
Examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissions
Sounds of Tohi
Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9780817321192
Pub Date: September 2022
Format: Hardcover
Dialogue between a medical anthropologist and a Cherokee linguist about health, well-being, and environmental issues
Those Who Remain
A Photographer's Memoir of South Carolina Indians
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817381202
Pub Date: June 2011
Format: eBook
Through interviews and a generous photograph montage stretching over two decades, reveals the commonality and diversity among these people of Indian identity When DeSoto (in 1540) and later Juan...
Mayas in Postwar Guatemala
Harvest of Violence Revisited
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817355364
Pub Date: May 2009
Format: Paperback
Like the original Harvest of Violence, published in 1988, this volume reveals how the contemporary Mayas contend with crime, political violence, internal community power struggles, and the broader impact...
Public Indians, Private Cherokees
Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817355135
Pub Date: January 2009
Format: Paperback
Explores the major economic industry among American Indian tribes—public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues
Waccamaw Legacy
Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817351243
Pub Date: November 2004
Format: Paperback
An insightful and informative look into the Waccamaw Siouan's quest for identity and survival
The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia
The Drums of Life
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817354886
Pub Date: August 2008
Format: Paperback
Through interviews with 26 Monacans, one Episcopal minister appointed to serve them, one former clerk of the court for Amherst County, and her own story, Whitlock provides first person accounts of what happened to the Monacan families and how their very existence as Indians was threatened.
Re-Enchanting the World
Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817354275
Pub Date: July 2007
Format: Paperback
Against the backdrop of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 and the rise of the indigenous Maya Movement in the late 1980s, this work provides a unique portrait of social movements, cultural and human rights, and the role that religion plays in relation to the nation-state in post-conflict political processes. Re-enchanting the World fills a niche within the anthropological literature on evangelicals in Latin America during a time of significant social change.
Chiricahua Apache Enduring Power
Naiche's Puberty Ceremony Paintings
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817381349
Pub Date: April 2011
Format: eBook
A gripping story of the cultural resilience of the descendants of Geronimo and Cochise. This book reveals the conflicting meanings of power held by the federal government...
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817317973
Pub Date: August 2013
Format: Hardcover
A collaborative life history of Priscilla Freeman Jacobs, From Princess to Chief tells the story of the first female chief (from 1986 to 2005) of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan Indian Tribe of North Carolina.

The Other Movement
Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817356910
Pub Date: November 2022
Format: Paperback
Sounds of Tohi
Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9780817321192
Pub Date: September 2022
Format: Hardcover
Those Who Remain
A Photographer's Memoir of South Carolina Indians
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817381202
Pub Date: June 2011
Format: eBook
Mayas in Postwar Guatemala
Harvest of Violence Revisited
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817355364
Pub Date: May 2009
Format: Paperback
Public Indians, Private Cherokees
Tourism and Tradition on Tribal Ground
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817355135
Pub Date: January 2009
Format: Paperback
Explores the major economic industry among American Indian tribes—public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues
Waccamaw Legacy
Contemporary Indians Fight for Survival
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817351243
Pub Date: November 2004
Format: Paperback
An insightful and informative look into the Waccamaw Siouan's quest for identity and survival
The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia
The Drums of Life
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817354886
Pub Date: August 2008
Format: Paperback
Re-Enchanting the World
Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780817354275
Pub Date: July 2007
Format: Paperback
Against the backdrop of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 and the rise of the indigenous Maya Movement in the late 1980s, this work provides a unique portrait of social movements, cultural and human rights, and the role that religion plays in relation to the nation-state in post-conflict political processes. Re-enchanting the World fills a niche within the anthropological literature on evangelicals in Latin America during a time of significant social change.
Chiricahua Apache Enduring Power
Naiche's Puberty Ceremony Paintings
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817381349
Pub Date: April 2011
Format: eBook
From Princess to Chief
Life with the Waccamaw Siouan Indians of North Carolina
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780817317973
Pub Date: August 2013
Format: Hardcover