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Place Called Grand Canyon
For most people, "e;Grand Canyon"e; signifies that place of scenic wonder identified with Grand Canyon National Park. Beyond the boundaries of the park, however, extends …
Yaqui Easter
The Yaqui Indian Easter Ceremony--from the initial events of Ash Wednesday through the final "e;Circle"e; on Easter Sunday--briefly described and interpreted by a long-time …
Mexican Americans and Language
When political activists rallied for the abolition of bilingual education and even called for the declaration of English as an official language, Mexican Americans and other …
Precolumbian Water Management
Among ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern peoples, water was as essential as maize for sustenance and was a driving force in the development of complex society. Control of water …
Forty Miles from the Sea
While the literature on Atlantic history is vast and flourishing, few studies have examined the importance of inland settlements to the survival of Atlantic ports. This book …
Our Fight Has Just Begun
Our Fight Has Just Begun is a timely and urgent work. The result of more than a decade of research, it revises history, documents anti-Indianism, and gives voice to victims of …
Edible Medicines
Chile pepper is used today as a flavoring, but Aztecs also applied it for toothache, sore throat, and asthma. The tonic properties of coffee have been recorded in Islamic …
Reflections in Place
Woven together in Donna Deyhle s ethnohistory are three generations and twenty-five years of friendship, interviews, and rich experience with Navajo women. Through a skillful …
Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert
Winner of the Society for Economic Botany s Mary W. Klinger Book AwardThe seemingly inhospitable Sonoran Desert has provided sustenance to indigenous peoples for centuries. …
Resistance and Survival
In her analysis of some of the most interesting and important children s literature from Central America and the Caribbean, Ann Gonzalez uses postcolonial narrative theory to …
Archaeology of Environmental Change
Water management, soil conservation, sustainable animal husbandry . . . because such socio-environmental challenges have been faced throughout history, lessons from the past can …
Cultural Transmission and Material Culture
How and why people develop, maintain, and change cultural boundaries through time are central issues in the social and behavioral sciences in generaland anthropological archaeology …