Southern Footprints
Exploring Gulf Coast Archaeology
The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1
The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543
These documents, available here in a two volume set, are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.
Sounds of Tohi
Cherokee Health and Well-Being in Southern Appalachia
Warriors Without War
Seminole Leadership in the Late Twentieth Century
Building a Nation
Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage
Using museum and heritage sites as places to define itself as a coherent and legitimate contemporary Indian nation, the Chickasaw Nation struggles to remain accurate and yet apace with the evolving nature of museums
Inside the Eagle's Head
An American Indian College
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) is a self-described National American Indian Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico that is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency of the U.S. government that has overseen and managed the relationship between the government and American Indian tribes. This book looks at the Institute in detail.
The History of the American Indians
Looking for Lost Lore
Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Iconography
Re-Enchanting the World
Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands
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.
Osceola's Legacy
"Through the newly discovered diary of the surgeon who attended Osceola on his death bed and the innovative use of cultural artifacts and graphic images, this investigation explodes the myth of Osceola and introduces the man in both a historical and an anthropological context."--Book Alert