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Daily Life of Native Americans in the Twentieth Century
Donald Fixico
ISBN: 0-313-33357-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33357-6
288 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2006
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Discount Price: $24.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [F]or students in middle and high school and general readers, shows what life was really like for ordinary people....[t]hroughout history.
    —Multicultural Review     Spring 2007
  • Fixico presents an introduction to the big picture of Native American life in the 21st century while also providing the historical context for the primary issues faced by the members of some 500 Indian tribal groups living on 200-plus reservations and in every major city in the western U.S. Coverage includes family and women's roles; economics and urbanization; language and education; aspects of material life; aspects of political and public life; recreational life, outdoors, and sports; religious practices and morality; art, artifacts, music, and entertainment; Native Americans in literature and the media; nature, environment, home spaces, and resources; humor; the gaming industry; and health care. The text reveals the complexities of sustaining the communities and practices of a minority group while also working, living, and playing in a mainstream world.
    —Reference & Research Book News/Art Book News Annual     November 2006
Description: Donald Fixico, one of the foremost scholars on Native Americans, details the day-to-day lives of these indigenous people in the 20th century. As they moved from living among tribes in the early 1900s to the cities of mainstream America after WWI and WWII, many Native Americans grappled with being both Indian and American. Through the decades they have learned to embrace a bi-cultural existence that continues today. In fourteen chapters, Fixico highlights the similarities and differences that have affected the generations growing up in 20th-century America. Chapters include details of daily life such as education; leisure activities & sports; reservation life; spirituality, rituals & customs; health, medicine & cures; urban life; women's roles & family; bingos, casinos & gaming.

Greenwood's Daily Life through History series looks at the everyday lives of common people. This book explores the lives of Native Americans and provides a basis for further research. Black and white photographs, maps and charts are interspersed throughout the text to assist readers. Reference features include a timeline of historic events, sources for further reading, glossary of terms, bibliography and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Chronology
    Domestic Life, Family, Women's Roles and Sexuality
    Economic Life, Rural, Urban, Taxation, Trade and Transportation
    Intellectual Life, Language, Oral Tradition and Education
    Material Life, Clothing, Food, and Housing
    Political Life, Government, Social Structure, Warfare, and Tribal Law
    Recreational Life, Sports, and Outdoors
    Religious Life, Deities, Creeds, Rituals and Morality
    Art, Artifacts, Music and Fine Art Performance
    Literature and Media of American Indians
    Nature, Environment, Home Spaces and Resources
    Indian Humor Then and Now
    Bingos, Casinos and Indian Gaming
    Health, Medicine and Cures
    Being Indian in the Twentieth Century
    Glossary
    Further readings
About the Author: DONALD FIXICO is Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous articles and several books including Termination and Relocation: Federal Indian Policy, 1945-1960 (1986), The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century American Capitalism and Tribal Natural Resources (1998), The Urban Indian Experience in America (2000), and The American Indian Mind in a Linear World: Traditional Knowledge and American Indian Studies (2003).
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