Savage kin : indigenous informants and American anthropologists

Bruchac, Margaret M. (author.). Zobel, Melissa Tantaquidgeon, 1960- (author of foreword.).

Summary: "Illuminating the complex relationships between tribal informants and twentieth-century anthropologists such as Boas, Parker, and Fenton, who came to their communities to collect stories and artifacts"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816539390
ISBN: 0816539391
Physical Description: print
xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-251) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : a few thoughts on naming -- Watching the collectors : dialogical and material encounters -- Finding our dances : George Hunt and Franz Boas -- Representing modernity : Beulah Tahamont and Arthur Parker -- Collaborative kin : Bertha Parker and Mark Harrington -- Resisting Red Power : Jesse Cornplanter and William Fenton -- Indian stories : Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Frank Speck -- Conclusion : restorative methodologies.