A Forest of Time: American Indian Ways of History
Native American historiography has been dominated by the  writings of non-Natives, who have allowed their preconceived  notions and prejudices to color their writings. In recent  decades, there has been a concerted effort to balance the  literature by providing the "Indian" perspective. The problem  is, as brilliantly demonstrated in this work by Nabokov  (American Indian studies and world arts and cultures, UCLA;  Native American Architecture), there is no monolithic "Indian"  perspective. Essentially an expansion of an essay titled "Native  Views of History" that was published in The Cambridge History of  the Native Peoples of the Americas. Vol. 1: North America, this  multidisciplinary intellectual history describes the many ways  that individual Native American groups have defined their  histories for their own purposes. By bringing these varying  Native perspectives to the fore, Nabokov has performed a service  that will only enrich future research into the history of Native  American groups. This path-breaking work is highly recommended  for all academic libraries and should be strongly considered by  public libraries as well. John Burch, Campbellsville Univ. Lib.,  KYCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.