Savage kin : indigenous informants and American anthropologists /

Savage kin : indigenous informants and American anthropologists / Margaret M. Bruchac ; foreword by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel.

In this provocative new book, Margaret M. Bruchac, an Indigenous anthropologist, turns the word savage on its head. Savage Kin explores the nature of the relationships between Indigenous informants such as Gladys Tantaquidgeon (Mohegan), Jesse Cornplanter (Seneca), and George Hunt (Tlingit), and ear...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bruchac, Margaret M. (Author)
Other Authors: Zobel, Melissa Tantaquidgeon, 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Series:Native peoples of the Americas.
Subjects:
Anthropology > Research > North America.
Indigenous peoples > Research.
Intercultural communication > North America.
Indians of North America > Cross-cultural studies.
Anthropology > Research.
Indians of North America.
Intercultural communication.
North America.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Few Thoughts on Naming
  • 1. Watching the Collectors: Dialogical and Material Encounters
  • 2. Finding Our Dances: George Hunt and Franz Boas
  • 3. Representing Modernity: Beulah Tahamont and Arthur Parker
  • 4. Collaborative Kin: Bertha Parker and Mark Harrington
  • 5. Resisting Red Power: Jesse Cornplanter and William Fenton
  • 6. Indian Stories: Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Frank Speck
  • Conclusion: Restorative Methodologies.

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