Native American and Indigenous Studies

Gatherings from the Field

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

419 kr

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Háŋ mitákuyepi, yá'át'ééh, greetings, and welcome to this Native American and Indigenous Studies—or NAIS—textbook. Collectively written by twenty-four Indigenous and allied scholars of the field, the book coheres around four "Rs" that are critical to ethical research and teaching within NAIS: respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility. A fifth R at play here is relationality, which is a practice within most NAIS classrooms. By gathering these contributions—from law to art, education, origin stories, history, and more—this introductory textbook offers an entry-point into the history of NAIS, its professional growth, and its contemporary features.Native American and Indigenous Studies introduces readers to topics, histories, and politics covering the wide range of time and space encompassing the cultural and intellectual community of Native American and Indigenous studies: history, museum studies, literature, popular culture, art, music, Indigenous environmental knowledge, self-determination, food sovereignty, gender and sexuality studies, and sports. The stories contained in this volume offer Indigenous ways of knowing and being in the world that are often place- and land-based. Some chapters also focus on sites of culture, the body, and representation to respond to colonization through examples of activism and resistance past and present. Each chapter tells a story of survival, resilience, innovation, and artistry.Together, these narratives encapsulate the growth and importance of Native American and Indigenous studies as an academic field. The chapters include an overview, are arranged around keywords, and offer study questions. By braiding them together, the textbook allows readers to see the complex fabric of Turtle Island (the US), Oceania, and Abya Yala (South America) more fully—and to come away with a nuanced understanding of their place in the lands they inhabit.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2027-06-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor358
FörlagUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN9780806198163

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Kiara M. Vigil (Dakota descent) is Dean of New Students and Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. She is author of Indigenous Intellectuals: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the American Imagination, 1880 - 1930. Farina King (Diné, Navajo Nation citizen) is Horizon Chair of Native American Ecology and Culture and Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is author of The Earth Memory Compass: Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century and Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Saint Experiences in the Twentieth Century.

"Across the Twenty-First Century, Native American and Indigenous Studies has become a growth field. New courses, programs, academic associations, and prominence increasingly characterize this flourishing discipline. Kiara Vigil and Farina King have brought much of this dynamism into their impressive anthology, one that seeks to bring many of the methods, insights, and findings of the field to new readers. Highly recommended."—Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), author of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction"This volume truly delivers what it promises – a foundational textbook designed for introductory-level courses in Native American and Indigenous Studies with top scholars presenting the best of the field. It fills a major gap, offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and vital and accessible resource."—J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian), author of Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty: Land, Sex, and the Colonial Politics of State Nationalism"Vigil and King have made a welcome and overdue contribution to Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) with this edited textbook. Their work is an impressive, first of its kind NAIS text, offering an excellent introduction to the foundations and latest developments in this interdisciplinary field for students and all interested readers."— Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox (Comanche Nation), co-editor of American Indian Studies: Native PhD Graduates Gift Their Stories