A Companion to American Indian History

Copyright © Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2002

A Companion to American Indian History

Editor(s): Philip J. Deloria, Neal Salisbury

Published Online: 30 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631209751

Online ISBN: 9780470996461

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996461

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A Companion to American Indian History captures the thematic breadth of Native American history over the last forty years. Twenty-five original essays by leading scholars in the field, both American Indian and non-American Indian, bring an exciting modern perspective to Native American histories that were at one time related exclusively by Euro-American settlers.


  • Contains 25 original essays by leading experts in Native American history.
  • Covers the breadth of American Indian history, including contacts with settlers, religion, family, economy, law, education, gender issues, and culture.
  • Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic.
  • Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–viii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–5)

    1. Chapter 1

      Historiography (pages 6–24)

      Philip J. Deloria

  4. Part One: Contacts

    1. Chapter 2

      First Contacts (pages 26–45)

      John E. Kicza

    2. Chapter 3

      Wag the Imperial Dog: Indians and Overseas Empires in North America, 1650–1776 (pages 46–67)

      Gregory Evans Dowd

    3. Chapter 4

      Health, Disease, and Demography (pages 68–84)

      Russell Thornton

  5. Part Two: Native Practice and Belief

    1. Chapter 5

      Native American Systems of Knowledge (pages 85–102)

      Clara Sue Kidwell

    2. Chapter 6

      Native American Spirituality: History, Theory, and Reformulation (pages 103–120)

      Lee Irwin

    3. Chapter 7

      Indians and Christianity (pages 121–138)

      Willard Hughes Rollings

    4. Chapter 8

      Kinship, Family Kindreds, and Community (pages 139–153)

      Jay Miller

    5. Chapter 9

      American Indian Warfare: The Cycles of Conflict and the Militarzation of Native North America (pages 154–174)

      Tom Holm

  6. Part Three: Language, Identity and Expression

    1. Chapter 10

      Languages: Linguistic Change and the Study of Indian Languages from Colonial Times to the Present (pages 173–192)

      Regna Darnell

    2. Chapter 11

      Performative Traditions in American Indian History (pages 193–205)

      L. G. Moses

    3. Chapter 12

      Indigenous Art: Creating Value and Sharing Beauty (pages 209–233)

      Nancy Parezo

    4. Chapter 13

      Native American Literatures (pages 234–247)

      P. Jane Hafen

    5. Chapter 14

      Wanted: More Histories of Indian Identity (pages 248–266)

      Alexandra Harmon

  7. Part Four: Exchange and Social Relations

    1. Chapter 15

      Labor and Exchange in American Indian History (pages 267–286)

      Patricia Albers

    2. Chapter 16

      The Nature of Conquest: Indians, Americans, and Environmental History (pages 287–306)

      Louis S. Warren

    3. Chapter 17

      Gender in Native America (pages 307–320)

      Betty Bell

    4. Chapter 18

      Métis, Mestizo, and Mixed-Blood (pages 321–338)

      Jennifer Brown and Theresa Schenck

    5. Chapter 19

      Transforming Outsiders: Captivity, Adoption, and Slavery Reconsidered (pages 339–356)

      Pauline Turner Strong

    6. Chapter 20

      Translation and Cultural Brokerage (pages 357–375)

      Eric Hinderaker

  8. Part Five: Governmental Relations

    1. Chapter 21

      Federal and State Policies and American Indians (pages 377–396)

      Donald Fixico

    2. Chapter 22

      Native Americans and the United States, Canada, and Mexico (pages 397–421)

      R. David Edmunds

    3. Chapter 23

      American Indian Education: by Indians versus for Indians (pages 422–440)

      K. Tsianina Lomawaima

    4. Chapter 24

      Indian Law, Sovereignty, and State Law: Native People and the Law (pages 441–459)

      Sidney L. Harring

    5. Chapter 25

      Sovereignty (pages 460–474)

      Taiaiake Alfred

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      Bibliography (pages 475–494)

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      Index (pages 495–513)

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