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Phoenix Indian School
The Phoenix Indian School was a boarding school founded in 1891 with the goal of fostering the assimilation of Native Americans into white society. The school served as a federal …
Rules and Precepts of the Jesuit Missions of Northwestern New Spain
An exceptionally valuable research tool for scholars. The noted Jesuit historian has translated the rules and precepts that governed the mission expansion in the 1600s and 1700s …
Food, Fiber, and the Arid Lands
From the Foreword The world s dramatic awakening to the impact of ecology on the quality of human life, and a new awareness of the potential for exploitation of the desert …
Grenville Goodwin Among the Western Apache
Grenville Goodwin was one of the leading field anthropologists during a crucial period in American Indian research the 1930s. His letters from the field provide original source …
The Mountainway of the Navajo
The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists
Capitalism, the economic system of Western Europe and the United States at the turn of the century, had a major impact on every country of the Third World. In the Western …
Arid Lands in Perspective
These articles represent the combined efforts of many people with varied orientations to summarize aspects of current research and knowledge relevant for the multitudes attempting …
Sonoran Strongman
Sonoran Strongman provides an in-depth look at a turbulent period in Mexico's history. During this era, Sonora was plagued with domestic unrest and threatened by foreign invasion. …
Piman Shamanism and Staying Sickness (Ká:cim Múmkidag)
Piman shamanism is based on the belief that morality and some forms of sickness are interrelated. The shaman, or medicine man, has a dual role in the Piman Indian culture. He is …
The Changing Mile
Dramatically presents the changes man, climate, cattle, fire, and other factors have wrought upon the natural landscape within a vertical mile over a large region-the northern …
The Chicanos
Thirteen Chicano scholars draw upon their personal experiences and expertise to paint a vivid, colorful portrait of what it means to be a Chicano."We have come a long way," says …
Where the Strange Roads Go Down
"Strange Roads is a small gem of travel literature in the tradition of works by John Van Dyke, Carl Lumholtz, Charles Lummus, Mary Austin, Edward Hoagland, and Bruce Chatwin. But …