{"product_id":"native-peoples-of-the-southwest-9780826319081","title":"Native Peoples of the Southwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive look at Native American groups in the southwestern United States is one of the first to provide both ethnographic research and Native American viewpoints. Included are chapters on the Pueblos  the Hopi  and the Zuni; the Pimans  the Yaqui  and the River Yumans; the Upland Yumans  the Apache  the Navajo  and the Southern Paiute. It explores each groups environmental adaptation  linguistic affiliation  social organization  history  world view  material culture  and ceremonial institutions. Native Americans speak about contemporary issues such as the repatriation of sacred objects  reservation gambling  preservation of native plants  and the philosophy behind tribal colleges.  \"The combination of a scholarly and lyrical style makes Native Peoples of the Southwest highly informative and a pleasure to read. Reminiscent in its historical truthfulness of Dee Browns Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee  this is a scholarly text that American Indians would want for their own childrens higher education. And a must read for non-Indians who want to understand the true history of Southwestern American Indians. Native Peoples of the Southwest authoritatively answers why Indian people persistently and proudly are committed to preserving and maintaining their language  culture  and traditions within a society that nearly annihilated them  and provides hope that those who read it will join American Indians in cherishing and supporting the preservation of these living cultural treasures that bless this great land known for a short historical time as America.\"--Glenn Johnson  M. Ed. (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789516693557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0826319084","price":48.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826319081.jpg?v=1784693059","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/native-peoples-of-the-southwest-9780826319081","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}