Abstract: This volume is a product of one in a series of symposia produced as part of the National Museum of Natural Historys commemoration of the Columbus Quincentenary which was held November 2-3 1989 in Washington D.C. This particular symposium was entitled Disease and Demography in the Americas Changing Patterns Before and After 1492. The 27 papers included examine both the impact of imported diseases on the Native American population as well as the diseases that affected that population before European arrival. The general approach is interdisciplinary. Several papers focus on questions of population size and the demographic impact of the European conquest including such questions as "the size of the aboriginal population fluctuation in population size prior to European contact the extent to which disease impact preceded actual population contact the magnitude and severity of the epidemics and regional or local variability in the timing and rate of population decline." (EXCERPT)

Abstract: This volume contains summaries of 20 papers commissioned by the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force. Dased on research, testimony, and written materials submitted to the Task Force by hundreds of educational practitioners and concerned citizens, the papers provide in-depth analyses of current conditions in Native education and set forth rationale, plans, and strategies for the improvement of American Indian and Alaska Native education. The focus is on action to ensure high quality academic programs that are delivered in a Native cultural context.. The topics of the 20 papers are: current conditions in American Indian and Alaska Native communities; current demographics and trends in Native American education; responsibilities and roles of governments and Native people in Native education; funding and resources; Native and non-Native teachers and administrators for schools serving Native students; continuous evaluation of Native education programs; early childhood education in Native communities; plans for dropout prevention and special school support services; improving parent participation; incorporating Native languages and culture irto the curriculum; strategic plans for use of modern technologies Native education; curricula for reading and language arts, mathematics and science, and :Listory and social studies; gifted and talented Native students; Native Americans with disabilities; Native higher education; tribal cclleges; adult literacy and vocational and technical education; and a concluding prospectus on change and development for Native eaucation. This volume contains information about the authors and the work of the task force, and instructions for obtaining the full-length papers. (SV) Edited by Patricia Cahape.and Craig B. Howley

Abstract: Cahokia and the Hinterlands explores cultural interactions among Cahokians and other Middle Mississippian populations across the Midcontinent, covering topics as diverse as economic modeling, craft specialization, settlement patterns, agricultural and subsistence systems, and the development of social ranking. Proposing sophisticated and innovative models for the growth, development, and decline of Mississippian culture at Cahokia and elsewhere, this volume also provides insight into the rise of chiefdoms and stratified societies and the development of trade throughout the world.

Abstract: In his earlier work, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, J.R. Miller explored the history of relations between whites and native peoples in Canada. Sweet Promises is a companion volume. It brings together the work of a number of scholars on a wide range of issues in Indian-white relations, and develops many of the themes identified in the earlier work. The articles, all previously published, are concerned with developments in the various regions of Canada from the days of New France to the present. They deal with the early military alliances, relations at the time of the fur trade, civil Indian policy, treaties and reserves, the Northwest Rebellion, the impact of religion and agricultural and educational policies, the emergence of native political organization, differing attitudes towards the environment, and the struggle for aboriginal rights and contemporary land claims disputes. In a new introduction Miller provides an overview of the history of Indian- white relations over five centuries, and in the conclusion he draws together the themes discussed in the volume.

Abstract: Among native peoples of the North American Plains there is a long history of making representational imagery, both sacred and personal. This lavishly illustrated book explores this tradition, setting a large variety of objects in their social context and against a background of sweeping historical change. 442 illustrations, 143 in color.

Abstract: The same small ruling class of economic and political elite has monopolized power in Central America since the time of the Spanish Conquest. Planters, cattle ranchers, doctors, lawyers, industrialists and presidents are all descendents of a group of conquistadors upon whom the Spanish crown bestowed power and privileges in the 16th century. The dynasty of conquerors has persisted across national boundaries through family alliances that are evident in contemporary political organizations. This study demonstrates that the regimes of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are rooted in a common ancestry. Samuel Stone's genealogical history of the Central American ruling families raises questions, in the second part of the book, as to why the five countries are so different. The ways in which the ruling classes came to organize production in their respective territories led to the development of separate classes and national values, in spite of trans-national family ties. Stone connects scarcity and abundance with the fostering of either democratic or authoritarian systems of government. In addition, he considers how the divisions of ruling classes, effacing kinship and common social background have led to the bloody power struggles of recent years.

Abstract: This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and essays by noted contributors.

Abstract: \"Downum's book provides a comprehensive overview of prehistoric settlement patterns within the Los Robles region of southern Arizona. . . . An important contribution to understanding the prehistoric patterns of settlement for the project area and surrounding region.\"—Journal of the West \"Downum's carefully done volume is an important contribution to Hohokam archaeology. . . . Clearly written and illustrated.\"—AM Indian Quarterly

Abstract: The pre-Columbian culture of the Mississippi woodlands has received surprisingly little attention from historians. Studying this culture, which was in many respects highly advanced, opens an entirely new perspective on what we are used to thinking of as "American" history. This essay by a distinguished historian and teacher is aimed at world history classes and other classes that cover the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.

Abstract: Preface Part One. Persistence, Change, and History 1. Perspectives on Persistence and Change 2. The Western Pueblo and the Hopis Part Two. A Hopi Social History 3. Regional Abandonments and the Western Pueblo (A.D. 1450-1539) 4. Colonial Contact, Disease, and Population Decline in the Western Pueblo Region (A.D. 1540-1679) 5. Hopi Resistance to Subjugation and Change (A.D. 1680-1879) 6. Village Fission at Old Oraibi (A.D. 1880-1909) 7. Accommodation to the Modern World (A.D. 1910-1990) Part Three. Process, Explanation, and Social History 8. Environment, Population, and Cultural Contact: The Exogenous Processes of Persistence and Change 9. Social Structure, Culture, and Human Agency: The Endogenous Processes of Persistence and Change 10. Explanation and Hopi Social History Notes References Index

Abstract: tutional issues and circumstances that influence tribal-federal affairs. A central feature of this dynamic dialogue is the incongruous relationship between the United States Congress's exercise of plenary power and the tribes' efforts to exercise their sovereign political rights. This essay traces the historical, legal, and political origins and transformation of this pivotal concept from 1886 to 1914, an important period in its development. Analysis of 107 federal court cases and of the plenary power concept reveals that congressional plenary power has several distinctive definitions. Depending on which definition is used by the court and whether the term is based on constitutional or extra-constitutional doctrine, determines whether the court's decision will adversely or positively affect tribal sovereignty, political rights, and resources. One of the perennial puzzles in intergovernmental relations and constitutional law is the following question: What is the relationship between American Indian tribal governments, that exercise certain sovereign rights, and the United States government which presumes a plenary power with regard to tribes? Despite the federal government's presumptioni of vast authority over tribes,2 plenary power remains a problematic concept, particularly when paired with the doctrine of tribal sovereignty.

Abstract: CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen Greenblatt Margarita Zamora Inga Clendinnen Rolena Adorno Anthony Pagden Sabine MacCormack Frank Lestringant David Damrosch Sara Castro-Klaren Louis Montrose Mary C. Fuller David Quint Jeffrey Knapp Luce Giard Michel de Certeau

Abstract: Part 1 Problems of National Policy: A Historical Context for Evaluation, US Commission on Human Rights Organizational Change and Conflict - A Case Study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Duane Champagne The Reagan Indian Policy, C. Patrick Morris The Alaska Native Land Claims, Gary C. Anders. Part 2 Pathologies of Indian-White Relations: The American Genocide, Lyman H. Legters Federal Indian Identitification Policy, M. Annette Jaimes Boarding School Language Policy, Guillermo Bartelt. Part 3 Questions of Legal Sovereignty: Implications of Treaty Relationships, Ward Churchill Indian Tribal Taxation, Anne McCullogh. Part 4 Native Resources and Economy: Indian Resources and the National Economy, Russel Lawrence Barsh Multicriterion Decision-Making in a Tribal Context, Ronald L. Trosper American Indians and Nuclear Waste Storage, Richard W. Stoffle and Michael J. Evans. Part 5 Challenge to Research: Policy Research in Indian Affairs, Nicholas C. Peroff The Values Project Northwest, Kurt Russo and Steven Zubalik Value Orientations in Public Decision-Making, Fremont J. Lyden Rediscovering Respect for the Land and Its Inhabitants, Dave Somers The Washington Timber/Fish/Wildlife Agreement, Northwest Renewable Resources Center.

Abstract: Introduction Trends in American Indian Homicide The Social Causes of American Indian Homicide as Revealed by the Life Experiences of Offenders An Statistical Analysis of American Indian Homicide: A Test of Social Disorganization and Economic Deprivation at the Reservation County and State Levels Alternative Explanations of American Indian Homicide Violence in American Indian Families When Aggression is Turned Inward Policy Implications Appendix A: Interview Questionnaire Appendix B: Indian Affairs Organizations Bibliography Index