Antlion Pit Bookstore: Native American Studies: Contemporary Life and Culture

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Native American Studies: Contemporary Life and Culture

	Native American Women Writers (Women Writers of English and Their Works) by Harold Bloom (Editor), William Golding. Critical essays about Native American writers Paula Gunn Allen, Maria Campbell, Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, E. Pauline Johnson, Wendy Rose, Leslie Marmon Silko, Sarah Winnemucca, and Zitkala-Sa.
	Native Americans and Archaeologists: Stepping Stones to Common Ground by Nina Swidler, Kurt E. Dongoske, Roger Anyon. This collection of essays addresses the complex issues that affect contemporary relationships between Native Americans and archaeologists, including indigenous rights and the role of cultural resource management.
	Pueblo Girls: Growing Up in Two Worlds by Marcia Keegan (Photographer). "Marcia Keegan's colorful photographs provide a very personal guided tour of [two young Pueblo girls'] lives and capture the beauty of their San Ildefonso Pueblo home. With story and pictures that will appeal to both children and adults, Pueblo Girls is a thoughtful reflection on the rewards and challenges of keeping traditional culture alive in the modern world."
	Spider Woman Walks This Land: Traditional Cultural Properties and the Navajo Nation (Contemporary Native American Communities (Paper)) by Kelli Carmean "Spider Woman Walks This Land is a lively and accessible introduction to issues of traditional cultural properties and cultural resource management among native peoples in the United States. Describing her work with the Navajo Nation, Carmean shows how specific geographical locations contain significant cultural and religious meaning to the Navajo people. She evaluates the dilemma of "sustainability" common to many traditional societies as well as to the Navajo Nation, as they undergo the tremendous cultural changes that accompany industrialization and seek a balance between continuity and change."