Edited by Hanay Geiogamah and Jaye T. Darby, 2000. This reader is the first comprehensive collection to present the views of leading playwrights, directors, scholars, and educators in contemporary Native theater. A ground-breaking collection of recent and earlier writings, it serves as both an overview of the field and a source book for further study … Read more
Edited by Hanay Geiogamah and Jaye T. Darby, 2010. With an introduction by Jace Weaver, this collection of essays analyzes Native theater, dance, and music performances through indigenous critical lenses. Contributors to this volume include both recent and established scholars who offer provocative studies of the ways in which Native performing artists “re-present” American Indian … Read more
Edited by Hanay Geiogamah and Jaye T. Darby, 2010. With an introduction by Jace Weaver, this collection of essays analyzes Native theater, dance, and music performances through indigenous critical lenses. Contributors to this volume include both recent and established scholars who offer provocative studies of the ways in which Native performing artists “re-present” American Indian … Read more
Edited by Troy R. Johnson, 1994. A moving collection of photographs, this book offers a personal look into the days and nights spent by hundreds of American Indians during the occupation of Alcatraz Island. The book provides a stark but powerful visual reminder of this unforgettable grassroots movement of American Indian resistance and history. 160 … Read more
Edited by Troy R. Johnson, 1994. A moving collection of photographs, this book offers a personal look into the days and nights spent by hundreds of American Indians during the occupation of Alcatraz Island. The book provides a stark but powerful visual reminder of this unforgettable grassroots movement of American Indian resistance and history. 160 … Read more
By Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, 1980. Roots of Resistance is a socioeconomic study of the history of northern New Mexico land tenure. Dispelling stereotypes of Mexicans and Pueblo Indian people in the region, this book provides a case study of capitalist development in a colonized area and sheds a critical light on the issue of land use … Read more
Edited by Troy R. Johnson, 1995. The occupation of Alcatraz Island represents the longest continuous occupation of a federal facility by any minority group in US history. Alcatraz set in motion a wave of overtly nationalist Indian militancy that ultimately resulted in abandonment of the US government`s policy of termination and the adoption of a … Read more
Edited by Kristen A. Carpenter, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, and Angela R. Riley, 2012. Congress passed the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 (ICRA) to address civil rights in Indian country. ICRA extended select, tailored provisions of the Bill of Rights-including equal protection, due process, free speech and religious exercise, criminal procedure, and property rights-to tribal … Read more
New from UCLA American Indian Studies Center Press! Drafting and adopting a constitution is a collective journey of self-discovery and reflection for any nation, Indigenous or non-Indigenous. This book is a guide for communities engaged in the process of drafting a constitution and for students who are studying that process. It draws on research, firsthand … Read more
By John E. Smelcer, 2000. In these poems, written in the Ahtna language and then rendered into memorable English, John Smelcer conveys a strong sense of his ancestry (Cherokee/Ahtna), what poet Denise Levertov calls “his constant haunting awareness of indigenous life so grievously wounded yet still alive.” Smelcer speaks from the Alaskan landscape, for the … Read more