Who Owns Native Culture?3 reviews Michael F. Brown Harvard University Press, 2004 An excellent scholarly work + Reasonable, journalistic effort at exploring solutions to some cultural debates + long overdue, but something awry In reading this review, keep in mind that I am a lay person in the truest sense of the word, and so I brought no prior understanding to the subject of "cultural ownership" in reading this book. With that caveat, my review: In Who Owns Native Culture? Brown successfully combines two ...             On the Rez73 reviews Ian Frazier Picador, 2001 The Old Indians, The Now Indians + Sad yet Powerful + Life on the rez + Torn--Can't put it down, yet author slightly smug ...             Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans And The National Parks2 reviews Philip Burnham Island Press, 2000 A superb contribution to Native American studies. Indian Country, God's Country is a freelance expose of development histories of selected national parks and Indian reservations, including Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Reservation, The Badlands and Pine Ridge, Mesa Verde and the Utes, Grand Canyon and the Havasupai and Death Valley ...             The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (Stanford Economics & Finance)4 reviews Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill Stanford Economics and Finance, 2004 Law and Order in the Wild, Wild West + A good read even if not for a class. + Unbelievable - Buy it! + The debate over property rights made fun!             Negotiated Sovereignty: Working to Improve Tribal-State Relations2 reviews Jeffrey S. Ashley, Secody J. Hubbard Praeger Publishers, 2003 Tribal-State Relations This is essential reading for those - Indian and non-Indian - who are working on criminal justice and other issues involving Indian people living on reservations. It is particularly important reading for those working in the judicial system, social services, and law enforcement. I recently ...             Lakota Woman37 reviews Mary Crow Dog Harper Perennial, 1991 Survival Against a World of Cultural Contradictions + An Eye Opener + Lakota Woman + Non Fiction             Indian Country3 reviews Peter Matthiessen Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992 A Postscript to ýBury My Heart at Wounded Kneeý + Good treatment of modern land grabs, but with a hidden agenda that's not the one you think it is + A chronicle of continuing encroachments on Indian country Peter Matthiessen's Indian Country serves as the postscript to Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The threats to Native American societies detailed in this book are less bloody and horrific, but just as real as those perpetrated by the U.S. military. Yes, manifest destiny lives on in the ...             The Ecological Indian: Myth and History24 reviews Shepard Krech III W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A great read, after all + Good review of complicated issues -- don't be misled by simplifications You might want to skip the first chapters on prehistory; they are outside the author's own expertise, fuzzy and incomplete in both arguments and conclusions. The great extinctions, in particular (where the author all but excludes human participation, a mea culpa for what is to follow?), is ...             Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West167 reviews Dee Brown Holt Paperbacks, 2001 The True Story of How the West Was Won + A Shocking, Monumental Work + COWBOYS AND INDIANS + Amazing + A Classic             Tribal Government Today: Politics on Montana Indian Reservations (Westview Special Studies)3 reviews James J. Lopach, Margery Hunter Brown, ... Westview Pr (Short Disc), 1990 A much-needed addition. + Easily the best source on tribal governments + Great book on a largely unexplored topic This compilation provides students and professionals with a fine overview of 20th century politics in Montana. Recommended for upper-level undergrads, graduate students, and those seeking a deeper understanding of a legacy of injustice. A must!             Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (Civilization of the American Indian)19 reviews Vine Deloria University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 Excellent source for the Native American viewpoint + Custer DID die for your sins + Insightful, funny . . . and frustrating Despite the authors name, he has Indian ancestry, as do many contemporary author's do today. Non-Indians expect to see traditional names like Sitting Bull as writers. Due to many reasons, the first Americans have changed names or had them changed for them over a long period of time; a sad fact in ...             American Indian Politics and the American Political System (Spectrum Series)1 review David E. Wilkins Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001 best textbook treatment of American Indians in US political system This is an essential text on role of Indians in US political system, designed to be used by undergraduates. The chapters cover just about every issue, including history, demographics, activism, tribal political systems, federal and state policies toward Indians, and the images of Native Americans ...             American Indian Tribal Governments (Civilization of the American Indian Series)3 reviews Sharon O'Brien University of Oklahoma Press, 1993 Great Focus; exceptional primer + facts, facts, and more facts There is much to say in favor of this book. Its main focus is the operation of tribal governments. Because there is so much variety, the author looks at five representative governments in some detail--the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois League), the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the Teton Sioux, the Pueblos, ...             Killing the White Man's Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century12 reviews Fergus M. Bordewich Anchor, 1997 great + Great overview of modern Indian communities + Exhaustively researched, thoughtfully written and fairly argued... Everything was great . the book was like new when i recieved it! very satisified with my order!             Indian Country3 reviews Peter Matthiessen Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992 A Postscript to ýBury My Heart at Wounded Kneeý + Good treatment of modern land grabs, but with a hidden agenda that's not the one you think it is + A chronicle of continuing encroachments on Indian country Peter Matthiessen's Indian Country serves as the postscript to Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The threats to Native American societies detailed in this book are less bloody and horrific, but just as real as those perpetrated by the U.S. military. Yes, manifest destiny lives on in the ...             Who Owns Native Culture?3 reviews Michael F. Brown Harvard University Press, 2004 An excellent scholarly work + Reasonable, journalistic effort at exploring solutions to some cultural debates + long overdue, but something awry In reading this review, keep in mind that I am a lay person in the truest sense of the word, and so I brought no prior understanding to the subject of "cultural ownership" in reading this book. With that caveat, my review: In Who Owns Native Culture? Brown successfully combines two ...             The Ecological Indian: Myth and History24 reviews Shepard Krech III W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A great read, after all + Good review of complicated issues -- don't be misled by simplifications You might want to skip the first chapters on prehistory; they are outside the author's own expertise, fuzzy and incomplete in both arguments and conclusions. The great extinctions, in particular (where the author all but excludes human participation, a mea culpa for what is to follow?), is ...             Lakota Woman37 reviews Mary Crow Dog Harper Perennial, 1991 Survival Against a World of Cultural Contradictions + An Eye Opener + Lakota Woman + Non Fiction             Indian Country, God's Country: Native Americans And The National Parks2 reviews Philip Burnham Island Press, 2000 A superb contribution to Native American studies. Indian Country, God's Country is a freelance expose of development histories of selected national parks and Indian reservations, including Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Reservation, The Badlands and Pine Ridge, Mesa Verde and the Utes, Grand Canyon and the Havasupai and Death Valley ...             The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (Stanford Economics & Finance)4 reviews Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill Stanford Economics and Finance, 2004 Law and Order in the Wild, Wild West + A good read even if not for a class. + Unbelievable - Buy it! + The debate over property rights made fun!