Aboriginal Land Claims: Media Notes
Recent offerings from the University of New Mexico Press include: LaDonna Harris, Editor and Mentor; Stephen M. Sachs and Barbara Morris, General Authors; Deborah Esquibel Hunt, Gregory A. Cajete, Benjamin Broome, Phyllis M. Gagnier and Jonodev Chaudhuri, Contributing Authors, Recreating the Circle: The Renewal of American Indian Self-Determination (a holistic book examining the original social-political-economic nature of American Indian Tradition, its disruption by colonialism, and what has been done, and still needs to be done – in the authors’ view – to return American Indian Nations to sovereignty, Self-Sufficiency and Harmony. The work also discusses the relevance of American Indian tradition both for Native Americans and the wider world. The volume indicates how the application of traditional Indigenous values appropriately for the current moment, with an eye to future development in the process of returning American Indian Nations to living well, while collaborating with their neighbors, provides excellent models for governance, development, education and other aspects of respectful and harmonious living, over 500 pp. for $75 cloth); plus $5 for the first item and $1 for each additional, shipping, from the University of New Mexico Press, MSC04 2820, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001 (505)272-7777 or (800)249-7737, http://www.unmpress.com/.
Offerings from the University of Arizona Press include: Malcolm D. Benally, Bitter Water: Diné Oral Histories of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute ( 136 pp. for $19.95 paper; By Jeffrey P. Shepherd. We are an Indian Nation: A History of the Hualapai People (320 pp. Paper: $24.95, Cloth: $45.00); Peterson Zah; Peter Iverson, We Will Secure Our Future: Empowering the Navajo Nation (176 pp. for Paper: $17.95, Cloth: $40.00); and Erica Prussing, White Man’s Water: The Politics of Sobriety in a Native American Community (288 pp. for Cloth: $49.95) , all from the University of Arizona Press, 355 S. Euclid Ave., Suite 103, Tucson, AZ 85701, phone/fax (800)426-3797, www.upress.arizona.edu.
Offerings from the University of Oklahoma Pres include: John A. Strong, The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island: A History ($19.95 paper); James N. Leiker, Ramon Powers, The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory ($34.95 cloth); Paul L. Hedren, After Custer:
Loss And Transformation In Sioux Country ($24.95 cloth); and Phillip Carroll Morgan, Judy Goforth Parker, Dynamic Chickasaw Women ($20 cloth), all, plus $5 for first item, $1.50 for each additional, shipping, from the University of Oklahoma Press, Attn: Order Department, 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, OK 73069-8218 (800)627-7377,customerservice@oupress.com, http://www.oupress.com/.
Offerings from the University of Minnesota Press include: Jean M. O’Brien, Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England (296 pp. for $25 paper, $75 cloth); and Setsu Shigematsu and Keneth L. Camacho, Eds., Militarized Currents: Towed a Decolonized Future in Asia and the Pacific (408 pp. for $27.50 paper, $82 cloth), all plus $5 first item, $1 each additional, from: www.upress.umn.edu.
Oxford University Press books include: Steven Pevar, The Rights of Indians and Tribes, fourth Edition (400 pp. for $35 paper); and James Frideres, First Nations in the Twenty-First Century (2782 pp. for $50 paper), all plus $5.50 for first item, $1.50 for each additional, shipping, from: www.oup.com/us.
Claude Chavis, Tribal Historian, Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina, Hiding In Plain Sight: The Pee Dee Indians after Contact is $12.95 paper or Kindle.
Diane Wilson, A Dakota Way of Life concerns: Sustained by richtraditions, ceremonies, advocacy, and education, Dakota families are transforming the legacy of colonization and assimilation into a better way of life for their children. The volume is 224 pp. for $24.95 paper from, Minnesota Historical Society Press, http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfomhspress.cfm?Product_ID=2951.
Adrea Lawrence, Lessons from an Indian Day School: Negotiating Colonization in Northern New Mexico, 1902-1907 is 280 pp. for $34.95 cloth, plus $5 for first item, $1 for each additional, sipping, from University of Kansas Press, www.kansaspress.ku.edu.
Charles C. Mann, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Discovered is 535 pp. for $30.50 from Alfred A. Knopf,
Stephen Corry, Director of Survival International, Tribal Peoples for Tomorrow’s world, an introductory ‘guide’, is 303 pages from Alcester: Freeman Press, available from Survival International for US$12 / £8 / €9, http://survival-international.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b14580b05b832fb959c4ee444&id=267dca9504&e=CqQTrZoCrQ, or as an e-book from Amazon and other online bookstores for US$2.99 / £1.99 / €2.99.
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