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Author |
: Robert S. McPherson |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 333 |
Release |
: 2014-03-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806145693 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806145692 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Viewing the Ancestors by : Robert S. McPherson
The Anaasází people left behind marvelous structures, the ruins of which are preserved at Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Canyon de Chelly. But what do we know about these people, and how do they relate to Native nations living in the Southwest today? Archaeologists have long studied the American Southwest, but as historian Robert McPherson shows in Viewing the Ancestors, their findings may not tell the whole story. McPherson maintains that combining archaeology with knowledge derived from the oral traditions of the Navajo, Ute, Paiute, and Hopi peoples yields a more complete history. McPherson’s approach to oral tradition reveals evidence that, contrary to the archaeological consensus that these groups did not coexist, the Navajos interacted with their Anaasází neighbors. In addition to examining archaeological literature, McPherson has studied traditional teachings and interviewed Native people to obtain accounts of their history and of the relations between the Anaasází and Athapaskan ancestors of today’s Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo peoples. Oral history, McPherson points out, tells why things happened. For example, archaeological findings indicate that the Hopi are descended from the Anaasází, but Hopi oral tradition better explains why the ancient Puebloans may have left the Four Corners region: the drought that may have driven the Anaasází away was a symptom of what had gone wrong within the society—a point that few archaeologists could derive from what is found in the ground. An important text for non-Native scholars as well as Native people committed to retaining traditional knowledge, Viewing the Ancestors exemplifies collaboration between the sciences and oral traditions rather than a contest between the two.
Author |
: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture |
Publisher |
: University of Washington Press |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822040749723 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Spirit of the Ancestors by : Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Published in association with the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art, Burke Museum, Seattle, Washington.
Author |
: Gary Robinson |
Publisher |
: No Series Linked |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016-09-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798988786214 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lands of Our Ancestors by : Gary Robinson
This historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old Chumash boy and his family who become captives in a California Spanish mission sometime more than 200 years ago. This is historical fiction based entirely on historical fact that reveals the devastating impact the missions had on California Native peoples. Written for fourth, fifth and sixth graders, the story ends on a hopeful note as a small group of Native children are able to escape their captors and begin a journey to join other Native escapees in a remote mountain village. As mandated by the California Department of Education, every 4th grader is taught the "Mission Unit," which perpetuates the "idyllic mission myth" that glorifies the priests, denigrates California Indians and fails to mention that Indians were actually treated as slaves held captive by a Spanish colonial institution. The manuscript has been reviewed and approved by the Director of the Santa Ynez Chumash Culture Department and a member of the California American Indian Education Oversight Committee. It has the endorsement of a fourth grade teacher in California who has shared the story with her class and a local librarian who is excited about sharing the story with elementary age children through the library. It has also been endorsed by the local library branch manager and a former professor of Anthropology within the University of California system.
Author |
: William Maxwell |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 325 |
Release |
: 1995-01-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780679759294 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0679759298 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancestors by : William Maxwell
The National Book Award-winning author of So Long, See You Tomorrow offers an astonishing evocation of a vanished world, as he retraces, branch by branch, the history of his family, taking readers into the lives of settlers, itinerant preachers, and small businessmen, examining the way they saw their world and how they imagined the world to come.
Author |
: Eugene E. Harris (Professor) |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199978038 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199978034 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancestors in Our Genome by : Eugene E. Harris (Professor)
Geneticist Eugene Harris presents us with the complete and up-to-date account of the evolution of the human genome.
Author |
: Frederick Matthew Wiseman |
Publisher |
: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105114125383 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reclaiming the Ancestors by : Frederick Matthew Wiseman
Reclaiming the Ancestors sets the record straight about the early history of the Wabanaki - the Abenaki, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Malecite, and Mi'kmaq. Wiseman proposes a sovereigntist approach to understanding the current archaeological understanding of Abenaki prehistory. He begins with an overview of the conflicting views of First Nations and archaeologists regarding Indigenous history and how he developed his research design model. Over the next 10 chapters the book explores and discusses the periods of Wabanaki prehistory. The final chapter takes the history to the beginning of the early contact period. The author makes he point that documentation of Wabanaki territory is of vital importance in today’s political climate of Vermont. The Wabanaki face major obstacles as politicians utilize archaeological evidence against the Wabanaki’s push for self-governance and recognition. The book contains limited black and white photographs of artifacts because the author made a conscious choice to respect items that were from grave sites. A fascinating history that dispels many previously-held academic viewpoints of the Wabanaki First Nations.
Author |
: Alice Roberts |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2021-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781471188039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1471188035 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancestors by : Alice Roberts
An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today. ‘This is a terrific, timely and transporting book - taking us heart, body and mind beyond history, to the fascinating truth of the prehistoric past and the present’ Bettany Hughes We often think of Britain springing from nowhere with the arrival of the Romans. But in Ancestors, pre-eminent archaeologist, broadcaster and academic Professor Alice Roberts explores what we can learn about the very earliest Britons, from burial sites and by using new technology to analyse ancient DNA. Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went and how we came to be on this island. It explores forgotten journeys and memories of migrations long ago, written into genes and preserved in the ground for thousands of years. This is a book about belonging: about walking in ancient places, in the footsteps of the ancestors. It explores our interconnected global ancestry, and the human experience that binds us all together. It’s about reaching back in time, to find ourselves, and our place in the world. PRE-ORDER CRYPT, THE FINAL BOOK IN ALICE ROBERTS' BRILLIANT TRILOGY – OUT FEBRUARY 2024.
Author |
: Harriet Rohmer |
Publisher |
: Children's Book Press |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0892391588 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780892391585 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Honoring Our Ancestors by : Harriet Rohmer
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.
Author |
: Lara Medina |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 457 |
Release |
: 2019-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816539567 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816539561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Voices from the Ancestors by : Lara Medina
Voices from the Ancestors brings together the reflective writings and spiritual practices of Xicanx, Latinx, and Afro-Latinx womxn and male allies in the United States who seek to heal from the historical traumas of colonization by returning to ancestral traditions and knowledge. This wisdom is based on the authors’ oral traditions, research, intuitions, and lived experiences—wisdom inspired by, and created from, personal trajectories on the path to spiritual conocimiento, or inner spiritual inquiry. This conocimiento has reemerged over the last fifty years as efforts to decolonize lives, minds, spirits, and bodies have advanced. Yet this knowledge goes back many generations to the time when the ancestors understood their interconnectedness with each other, with nature, and with the sacred cosmic forces—a time when the human body was a microcosm of the universe. Reclaiming and reconstructing spirituality based on non-Western epistemologies is central to the process of decolonization, particularly in these fraught times. The wisdom offered here appears in a variety of forms—in reflective essays, poetry, prayers, specific guidelines for healing practices, communal rituals, and visual art, all meant to address life transitions and how to live holistically and with a spiritual consciousness for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Author |
: Maurice Chatelain |
Publisher |
: Dell Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 1979-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0440166543 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780440166542 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Ancestors Came from Outer Space by : Maurice Chatelain