Steve Pavlik

Robert K. Thomas (1925-1991) was a Cherokee nationalist, social scientist, anthropologist, philosopher, teacher, activist, and spiritual leader. The collection of essays in this book range from highly personal accounts of the contributor's relationship with Thomas to scholarly works inspired by his teachings and writings. This book is a tribute to a Cherokee man whose inspiring leadership touched many. Literary Nonfiction. Native American Studies.

Papers in Honor of Robert K. Thomas

A Good Cherokee, a Good Anthropologist

William Tsosie

This text examines the traditional Navajo relationship to the natural world. Specifically, how the tribe once related to the Animal People, and particularly a category of animals, which they collectively referred to as the naatl' eetsoh - the "ones who hunt." These animals, like Native Americans, were once viewed as impediments to progress requiring extermination.

Native American Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnozoology

Navajo and the Animal People

Vine Deloria, Jr.

Billy Frank

The Pacific Northwest was one of the most populated and prosperous regions for Native Americans before the coming of the white man. By the mid-1800s, measles and smallpox decimated the Indian population, and the remaining tribes were forced to give up their ancestral lands. Vine Deloria Jr. tells the story of these tribes’ fight for survival, one that continues today.

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