Peter N. Jones's Blog (6)

Since the founding of anthropology as a social science in the late 19th century up through the end of the 20th century, the field has been one of the primary brokers of culture and the industry that surrounds it. Beginning with the founding “fathers” of the field and their desire to define culture and its subsequent particulars, up until recently with struggles over identity and who has the right to define that identity, anthropology has played a major role. This is particularly true in countrie… Continue

Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Larry EchoHawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs April 10, 2009 WASHINGTON , D.C.—Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama’s announ… Continue

Environmental Assessment And Saskatchewan's First Nations: A Resource Handbook Christa Rust, and Brenda McLeod, 2008 i. About the Handbook This handbook was developed to assist in building capacity and improving the overall understanding of environmental… Continue

The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (Indigenous Americas) Lisa Brooks 2008 University of Minnesota Press One of the most contentious issues facing indigenous peoples around the world today is the fight to maintain a connection and identity to – and with – tr… Continue

Cultural Contact and Linguistic Relativity Among the Indians of Northwestern California Sean O’Neill 2008 University of Oklahoma Press One of the most perplexing problems in the field of anthropology over the last hundred years has been the relationship… Continue

I just did a review of Brian Gollnicks new book "Reinventing the Lacandon" which may be of interest to some people. The short review can be found on the Indigenous Peoples Issues Today site, while the entire review is on the main… Continue