Full Description
Clearing a Path offers new models and ideas for exploring Native American history, drawing from disciplines like history, anthropology, and creative writing making this a must-read for anyone interested in the history of indigenous peoples.
Contents
Introduction by Nancy ShoemakerStoriesChapter 1. Oral History, Narrative Strategies and Native American Historiography: Perspectives from the Yukon Territory, Canada by Julie CruikshankChapter 2. The Story of America: A Tribalography by LeAnne Howe Categories of AnalysisChapter 3. Categories by Nancy ShoemakerChapter 4. Some Women are Wiser Than Some Men: Gender and Native American History by Gunlog Fur Political EconomyChapter 5. Marxism and Historical Materialism in American Indian History byPatricia C. AlbersChapter 6. Primary Sources: Indian Goods and the History of American Colonialism and the Nineteenth-Century Reservation by Jacki Thompson Rand Tribal Histories, Indigenous HistoriesChapter 7. Keep Your Thoughts Above the Trees: Ideas on Developing and Presenting Tribal Histories by Craig HoweChapter 8. Life Proceeds From the Name: Indigenous Peoples and the Predicament of Hybridity by James F. Brooks Notes on ContributorsIndex
