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Indigenous peoples of North America : a concise anthropological overview
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Book
Creators
Muckle, Robert James
Description
"Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America."

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
9781442603561
Statement of Responsibility
Robert J. Muckle.
Publication Information
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Physical Description
xviii, 198 p. : ill., maps, ports. 23 cm.
Notes
Includes glossary.
Contents
1. Situating the Indigenous Peoples of North America -- 2. Studying the Indigenous Peoples of North America through the lens of anthropology -- 3. Comprehending North American archaeology -- 4. Studying population, languages, and cultures in North America as they were at AD 1500 -- 5. Overview of traditional lifeways -- 6. Understanding the colonial experience -- 7. Contemporary conditions, nation-building, and anthropology -- Epilogue: Final comments -- Appendices -- 1. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- 2. Excerpts from the Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association (2009) -- 3. Excerpts from the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) -- 4. Excerpts from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- 5. Apology for Residential Schools -- 6. Apology to the Native Peoples of the United States -- 7. Studying Indigenous Peoples of North America.
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