The Praeger handbook on contemporary issues in Native America

v. 1. Linguistic, ethnic, and economic revival

Foreword / Philip J. Deloria

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Dedication : on the passing of Vine Deloria Jr.

1. Back from the (nearly) dead : reviving indigenous languages across North America

2. Where has all the money gone?

3. Economic revival : up from the bottom on the reservation

4. High-stakes genealogy : when is a Pequot not a Pequot?

5. Names and games : the controversy regarding "Indian" sports mascots and place-names

Comprehensive index

v. 2. Legal, cultural, and environmental revival

Introduction

1. Cast among the living dead : banishment is back

2. Beyond a reasonable doubt : the curious conviction of Leonard Peltier

3. Grandfathers of Akwesasne Mohawk revitalization : Ray Fadden and Ernest Benedict

4. Mestizo Nation : La Plaza de Seattle

5. Back to bushmeat and berries

6. The new Inuit

7. The high price of uranium in Navajo and Dene Country

8. Catharsis vis-à-vis oppression : contemporary Native American political humor

Selected bibliography

Comprehensive index.