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Author : Herbert Cecil Taylor
Release : 1984
Genre : Indians of North America
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Book Synopsis Western Washington Indian Socio-economics by : Herbert Cecil Taylor
Download or read book Western Washington Indian Socio-economics written by Herbert Cecil Taylor. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel H. Usner
Release : 2009-04-27
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 493/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Indian Work by : Daniel H. Usner
Download or read book Indian Work written by Daniel H. Usner. This book was released on 2009-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representations of Indian economic life have played an integral role in discourses about poverty, social policy, and cultural difference but have received surprisingly little attention. Daniel Usner dismantles ideological characterizations of Indian livelihood to reveal the intricacy of economic adaptations in American Indian history. Officials, reformers, anthropologists, and artists produced images that exacerbated Indians’ economic uncertainty and vulnerability. From Jeffersonian agrarianism to Jazz Age primitivism, European American ideologies not only obscured Indian struggles for survival but also operated as obstacles to their success. Diversification and itinerancy became economic strategies for many Indians, but were generally maligned in the early United States. Indians repeatedly found themselves working in spaces that reinforced misrepresentation and exploitation. Taking advantage of narrow economic opportunities often meant risking cultural integrity and personal dignity: while sales of baskets made by Louisiana Indian women contributed to their identity and community, it encouraged white perceptions of passivity and dependence. When non-Indian consumption of Indian culture emerged in the early twentieth century, even this friendlier market posed challenges to Indian labor and enterprise. The consequences of this dilemma persist today. Usner reveals that Indian engagement with commerce has consistently defied the narrow choices that observers insisted upon seeing.
Author : Alexandra Harmon
Release : 2000-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 852/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Indians in the Making by : Alexandra Harmon
Download or read book Indians in the Making written by Alexandra Harmon. This book was released on 2000-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A compelling survey history of Pacific Northwest Indians as well as a book that brings considerable theoretical sophistication to Native American history. Harmon tells an absorbing, clearly written, and moving story."—Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon "This book fills a terribly important niche in the wider field of ethnic studies by attempting to define Indian identity in an interactive way."—George Sánchez, University of Southern California
Author : Don Newman Taylor
Release : 1969
Genre : Indians of North America
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Book Synopsis Changes in the Economy of the Lummi Indians of Northwest Washington by : Don Newman Taylor
Download or read book Changes in the Economy of the Lummi Indians of Northwest Washington written by Don Newman Taylor. This book was released on 1969. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparison and contrast of the Lummi Indian economy of northwest Washington between pre-white culture contact times and the present reveals a radical shift in the support base. There has been a decline in the traditional sustenance of fishing, and a movement toward industrial occupations as a means of livelihood. These new endeavors are spatially oriented away from the reservation. The purpose of this study is to confirm this trend and to analyze pertinent causal factors in the changing emphasis.
Author : Brian Hosmer
Release : 2004-11-15
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Native Pathways by : Brian Hosmer
Download or read book Native Pathways written by Brian Hosmer. This book was released on 2004-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has American Indians' participation in the broader market - as managers of casinos, negotiators of oil leases, or commercial fishermen - challenged the U.S. paradigm of economic development? Have American Indians paid a cultural price for the chance at a paycheck? How have gender and race shaped their experiences in the marketplace? Contributors to Native Pathways ponder these and other questions, highlighting how indigenous peoples have simultaneously adopted capitalist strategies and altered them to suit their own distinct cultural beliefs and practices. Including contributions from historians, anthropologists, and sociologists, Native Pathways offers fresh viewpoints on economic change and cultural identity in twentieth-century Native American communities. Foreword by Donald L. Fixico.
