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Ten Leading Native Scholars Examine The State Of Scholarly Research And Writing On Native Americans. Their Distinctive Perspectives And Telling Arguments Lend Clarity To The Heated Debate About The Purpose And Direction Of Native American Scholarship. All Too Frequently, Native Americans Have Little Control Over How They And Their Ancestors Are Researched And Depicted In Scholarly Writings. The Relationship Between Native Peoples And The Academic Community Has Become Especially Rocky In Recent Years. Both Groups Are Grappling With Troubling Questions About Research Ethics, Methodology, And Theory In The Field And In The Classroom. In This Timely And Illuminating Anthology, Ten Leading Native Scholars Examine The State Of Scholarly Research And Writing On Native Americans. They Offer Distinctive, Frequently Self-critical Perspectives On Several Important Issues: The Representativeness Of Native Informants, The Merits Of Various Methods Of Data Collection, The Veracity And Role Of Oral Histories, The Suitability Of Certain Genres Of Scholarly Writing For The Study Of Native Americans, The Marketing Of Native Culture And History, And Debates About Cultural Essentialism. Some Contribut

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Author

Devon A. Mihesuah (ed.)

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803282438

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social Sciences

Rating

4.9 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14