Native American

Texts

The texts listed below are appropriate for an anthropology course (Stebbins) or political science or international relations courses (Restoring) with a focus on the Native American experience. Supplemental materials would be needed for a Native American/Indigenous Studies course taught from an ethnic studies perspective. 

  • Native Peoples of North America (Stebbins, 2013); Native Peoples of North America (Stebbins, 2013) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA) Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter. The text includes suggested readings, videos, and classroom activities.
  • Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches (CC BY-NC) Indigenous peoples around the world find themselves locked in power struggles with dominant states and transnational actors who resist their claims to land, culture, political recognition and other key factors associated with the idea of national self-determination. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – suggesting that an important attitudinal shift might now be taking place internationally. Yet, as this volume’s contributors suggest, much more work is needed in terms of understanding what Indigenous self-determination means in theory and how it is to be achieved in practice.

Primary Sources

We  Shall  Remain:  A  Native  History  of  Utah UW History : Native American: Primary Sources

Open Access Resources, Not Modifiable

This page last updated November 22, 2021.