Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary

Author:   Bruce E. Johansen, Ph.D.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780313355547


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   22 June 2010
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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This engaging collection of Native American profiles examines these individuals' unique life experiences within the larger context of U.S. history. Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary focuses on the lives of contemporary Native Americans. Such treatments are rare, as most Native American biographies are historical (pre-1900) and cover familiar figures. Profiles collected here are written to be enjoyable as well as instructive, presented as examples of personal storytelling that should be savored not only for their factual content, but also for the humanity they evoke. The book spotlights Native American lives in the United States and Canada, mainly after 1900, though a few older figures are included because their lives evoke strikingly modern themes. The author, an expert on all things Native American, knows (or knew) several of the people in the entries, adding a special vibrancy to the writing. Among those profiled are former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, activist Eloise Cobell, and controversial political prisoner Leonard Peltier, as well as writers, artists, and musicians. The compilation also includes non-Native Americans whose lives and careers impacted Indian life.

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Author:   Bruce E. Johansen, Ph.D.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.851kg
ISBN:  

9780313355547


ISBN 10:   0313355541
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   22 June 2010
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Entries Preface Introduction Individuals by Field of Endeavor Individuals by Nationality Native Americans Today Selected Bibliography About the Author and Contributors Index

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<p> This volume is best suited to readers in high-school, public, and college libraries as an introduction to the persons represented. -<p>Booklist


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Bruce E. Johansen has been professor of communication and Native American studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha since 1982 and is the author of 32 books.

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