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Overview
Moving into the 21st century, Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities remain culturally vibrant and politically innovative as they continue to struggle for survival on many fronts. Editor Troy R. Johnson has assembled a volume of top scholarship from which emerge the complexity and diversity of Native American political life. Each topical section is introduced by the editor's own commentaries, which provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. These are followed by informative and critical studies, many drawn from the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, which offer grounded experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native American political settings.Synopsis
Moving into the 21st century, Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities remain culturally vibrant and politically innovative as they continue to struggle for survival on many fronts. Editor Troy R. Johnson has assembled a volume of top scholarship from which emerge the complexity and diversity of Native American political life. Each topical section is introduced by the editor's own commentaries, which provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. These are followed by informative and critical studies, many drawn from the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, which offer grounded experiences and perspectives from a variety of Native American political settings.
Editorials
Ethnic and Racial Studies
This is an excellent addition to the literature on Native American politics, useful in undergraduate courses, as well as, one would hope, to the many academics in political science and elsewhere whose knowledge of the subject is scant.— Frank Wilmer, (Montana State University)
Journal Of Ethnic History
Although there are several anthropological textbooks on Native Americans, a collection discussing contemporary sociological issues for classroom use is sorely missing. Champagne and Johnson are addressing this lack. In their two-volume collection of essays, the editors are providing a broad range of topics facing Native American communities at this time.— Annette Kuhlman, (University of Wisconsin, Baraboo)
Practicing Anthropology
These two volumes (with Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues, ed Champagne) succeed in conveying the complexity of Native American needs and the cultural context in which they are embedded.— Niels W. Braroe, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)