Unlearning the language of conquest : scholars expose anti-Indianism in America : deceptions that influence war and peace, civil liberties, public education, religion and spirituality, democratic ideals, the environment, law, literature, film, and happiness

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Unlearning the language of conquest : scholars expose anti-Indianism in America : deceptions that influence war and peace, civil liberties, public education, religion and spirituality, democratic ideals, the environment, law, literature, film, and happiness / edited by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), aka Don Trent Jacobs.

Jacobs, Donald Trent, 1946- (Added Author).

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ISBN: 0292706545 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780292706545 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0292713266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780292713260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 284 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Edition: First Edition 2006.
Publisher: Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Prologue: Red road, red lake -- red flag! / Four Arrows -- Introduction / Four Arrows -- Ch. 1. Happiness and indigenous wisdom in the history of the Americas / Frank Bracho -- Ch. 2. Adventures in denial: ideological resistance to the idea that the Iroquois helped shape American democracy / Bruce E. Johansen -- Ch. 3. Burning down the house: Laura Ingalls Wilder and American colonialism / Waziyatawin Angela Cavender Wilson -- Ch. 4. (Post) colonial plainsongs: toward native literary worldings / Jodi A. Byrd -- Ch. 5. Conquest masquerading as law / Vine Deloria Jr. -- Ch. 6. Traditional native justice: restoration and balance, not "punishment" / Rudy Al James (ThlauGooYailthThlee-the First and Oldest Raven) -- Ch. 7. Where are your women? Missing in action / Barbara Alice Mann -- Ch. 8. Peaceful versus warlike societies in pre-Columbian America: what do archaeology and anthropology tell us? / James DeMeo -- Ch. 9. Ecological evidence of large-scale silviculture by California Indians / Lee Klinger -- Ch. 10. Preserving the whole: principles of sustainability in Mi'kmaw forms of communication / Trudy Sable -- Ch. 11. The language of conquest and the loss of the commons / Chet Bowers -- Ch. 12. Overcoming hegemony in native studies programs / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Ch. 13. The question of whitewashing in American history and social science / David N. Gibbs -- Ch. 14. Before predator came: a plea for expanding First Nations scholarship as European shadow work / David Gabbard -- Ch. 15. Roy Rodgers, twin heroes, and the Christian doctrine of exclusive salvation / Four Arrows -- Ch. 16. Western science and the loss of natural creativity / Gregory Cajete -- Ch. 17. On the very idea of "a worldview" and of "alternative worldviews" / Bruce Wilshire -- Epilogue / Four Arrows -- Appendix. Essays from "The Encyclopedia of American History" by Four Arrows. The myth of the noble savage -- Indian education and social control -- American Indian worldviews and values.