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  • The American Indian Mind in a Linear World
    Donald L. Fixico
    Now in its second edition, The American Indian Mind in a Linear World examines the persistence of Native peoples in retaining their own worldviews, from the pre-Columbian era into the twenty-first century. ...
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    74,77 €

  • Being Indian and Walking Proud
    Donald L. Fixico
    This book explores the identity of American Indians from an Indigenous perspective and how outside influences throughout history, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the twenty-first century, have affected Native people. ...
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    74,55 €

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Donald L. Fixico
    From 19th-century trade agreements and treatments to 21st-century reparations, this volume tells the story of the federal agency that shapes and enforces U.S. policy toward Native Americans.Bureau of Indian Affairs tells the fascinating and important story of an agency that currently oversees U.S. policies affecting over 584 recognized tribes, over 326 federally reserved lands,...
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    37,94 €

  • Indian Treaties in the United States
    Donald L. Fixico
    This book examines the treaties that promised self-government, financial assistance, cultural protections, and land to the more than 565 tribes of North America (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada).Prior to contact with Europeans and, later, Americans, American Indian treaties assumed unique dimensions, often involving lengthy ceremonial meetings during which gifts were excha...
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    53,14 €

  • 'That’s What They Used to Say'
    Donald L. Fixico
    As a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard 'hvmakimata'-'that’s what they used to say'-a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke Creek, and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creatio...
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    35,36 €

  • Urban Indian Experience in America
    Donald Fixico
    As the first ethnohistory of modern urban Indians, this perceptive study looks at Indians from many tribes living in cities throughout the United States. Fixico has had unparalleled access to Native Americans, particularly their contemporary oral tradition. Through firsthand observations, interviews, and conventional historical sources, he has been able to assess the major impa...
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    42,70 €

  • Rethinking American Indian History
    Donald Lee Fixico
    Writing from the Indian point of view is a central concern to historians today. Not only are new sources needed to understand native peoples, but new questions must be asked--questions based in a deep knowledge of the languages and cultures of Native Americans. The seven essays in this volume present innovative approaches to revising Indian history and understanding native peop...
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    43,24 €

  • Termination and Relocation
    Donald Lee Fixico
    Between the end of the Roosevelt era and the beginning of the Kennedy administration, less traditional Native Americans, congressional leaders, and government administrators developed a policy that they hoped would integrate the Indian population with mainstream America. To this end, they enacted laws to terminate the government’s trusteeship of Indian lands and relocate Indian...
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    42,68 €