K12> Tools for Columbus Day - 2 msgs [native american]
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From: nativea...@cornell.edu (Native Americas Journal)
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Subject: Tools for Columbus Day
The following "Cultural Encounter Series" titles are available from
Akwe:kon Press at Cornell University's American Indian Program. These
titles are highly-recommended for any library, classroom or person wanting
to extend their periodical collection to include the most important and
substantive educational tools on contemporary Native issues. Orders may be
placed at http://www.nativeamericas.com,
http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress, or by calling (800)
9-NATIVE.
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"A turning point in Native-white historical understanding Sshould be
required reading for every student or scholar seeking to understand the
foundations of American democracy."
-MultiCultural Review on Indian Roots of American Democracy
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INDIAN CORN OF THE AMERICAS: GIFT TO THE WORLD
Corn-perhaps the most significant American Indian contribution to world
civilization-holds deep spiritual and cultural meanings for Indigenous
peoples. This volume-based on the proceedings of a conference held at
Cornell University in 1988-explores corn's many layers of importance
through tradition, cosmology, agriculture, economics, and language.
6:1, 2 Spring/Summer 1989. 96 pp. $10.00
(ISSN 0897-2354)
order at http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress
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VIEW FROM THE SHORE: AMERICAN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE QUINCENTENARY
Articles, interviews, and essays examine the effects of Columbus's arrival
on Indigenous peoples-the "other set of eyes" looking out from the New
World shores on the eve of contact. Contributors include Dave Warren, Ted
Jojola, and John Mohawk, with commentary from N. Scott Momaday, Tim
Coulter, Ladonna Harris, and others.
7:3 Fall 1990. 96 pp. $10.00
(ISSN 0897-2354)
order at http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress
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UNBROKEN CIRCLES: TRADITIONAL ARTS OF CONTEMPORARY WOODLAND PEOPLES
This volume takes a look at continuing forms of artmaking within Native
communities of the northeast that-like stories handed down from generation
to generation-carry culture over time. Features articles on beadworking,
basketmaking, antler carving, textiles, corn husk dolls, storytelling, and
Native Art History.
7:4 Winter 1990. 96 pp. $10.00
(ISSN 0897-2354)
order at http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress
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INDIAN ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
When Europeans arrived on this continent, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
helped them find their way in the new land, taught them to raise food, and
introduced them to the Iroquois rule of law, the Great Law of Peace. This
book explores Iroquois influences on the formation of American government
in the eighteenth century and on the development of women's rights
movements in the early nineteenth century. John Mohawk, Oren Lyons, Audrey
Shenandoah, Richard Hill, Donald Grinde, and Sally Roesch Wagner are among
the featured authors.
Paper, 1992. 209 pp. $12.00
(ISBN: 1-881178-00-5)
order at http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress
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INDIGENOUS ECONOMICS: TOWARD A NATURAL WORLD ORDER
Indigenous Nations throughout the hemisphere share common values and face
similar challenges in developing sustainable economies. This issue focuses
on analysis of environmental and developmental issues from indigenous
perspectives and includes articles prepared for the Rio Summit (UNCED
'92). Rebecca Adamson, Winona LaDuke, Martha Johnson, Garnet Joseph, Simon
Brascoupe, Jorge Quintana, and others incorporate traditional knowledge
into the discussion of potential solutions for environmental and economic problems.
9:2 Summer 1992. 112 pp. $10.00
(ISSN 0897-2354)
order at http://formsite.com/akwekonpress/akwekonpress
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"Nowhere else will you be able to get such powerful, knowledge-filled writing."
-Wilma Mankiller, Former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
"Native Americas is the representative voice of indigenous peoples of the
Western Hemisphere."
-Gwich'in Athabascan, 1999
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From: ke...@zzzshsmedia.com (Kevin Killion)
Here are three more great sources for information about the collision of
Native America and the Europeans. If you're looking for more than the
fluff that is passed around so often, these are great choices. All should
be available in your local library.
"The Ecological Indian" by Shepard Krech
The author maintains that it is racist and dehumanizing to treat native
Americans as though they were preternaturally beyond the everyday needs
and desires of mankind everywhere.
In that spirit, the book does a marvelous job in dissecting the mythology
and realities of Indian cultures and their relationships to wildlife and
the environment.
"Plagues Of The Mind: The New Epidemic Of False Knowedge" by Bruce S. Thorton
This scholarly book dissects how unsubstantiated Romantic notions of a
"Golden Age" infect our understanding of history. A few specific areas are
targetted for special coverage: they include belief in a pre-technological
age of peace and plenty, the "noble savage" idealization of Native
American history, and what Thorton calls "Romantic environmentalism".
And, of course, a classic:
"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond
The book is a masterpiece: it gives a detailed, rational view of what led
up to the meeting of Native Americans and Europeans. The Europeans had
better weapons, more lethal diseases, better food, better beasts of
burden, and far better military communications. Diamond gives a
thoughtful, reasonable view as to how this came to be, demolishing any
need for a racist explanation.
-- Kevin Killion