American Indian studies
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary issues
By: Dane Morrison, editor ; foreword by Ron Welburn.
Contributors: Morrison, Dane Anthony.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Study and teaching.; Indians of North America -- History.; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
Description: This collection of essays brings to college students and the general public a scholarly, yet accessible and provocative text in Native American Studies. The contributors draw upon their expertise in such diverse disciplines as economics, education, film studies, history, linguistics, literature, museum studies, popular culture, and religion.

Each essay highlights a particular aspect of Native American experience, from the oppressive indoctrination of boarding schools to the successful strategic planning of Indian casinos to the exciting creativity of Native American literature. In addition, many of the essays introduce the reader to the disciplines through which we can approach this important and fascinating topic, engagingly taking the reader through the process of how historians or economists or literary scholars go about their work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.