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"Original contributions by leading scholars in the field summarize the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point."@en
""A companion to the anthropology of American Indians contains 27 original contributions by leading scholars who work actively as researchers in American Indian communities, or on the topic of American Indians. The book summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point"--Page 4 of cover."@en
""A companion to the anthropology of American Indians contains 27 original contributions by leading scholars who work actively as researchers in American Indian communities, or on the topic of American Indians. The book summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point"--P. [4] of cover."
"The status of American Indians has long been rooted in a view of Indians as members of indigenous polities with distinct cultures. Often, these cultures have been characterized by dominant colonial authorities as "savage" or "primitive," and it is the discipline of anthropology that, willingly and wittingly, or not, helped to make the idea of "the primitive" into a social reality."@en