This collection of essays brings to college students and the general public a scholarly yet
accessible and provocative text in Native American Studies. The contributors draw upon their
expertise in such diverse disciplines as economics education film studies history
linguistics literature museum studies popular culture and religion. Each essay highlights a
particular aspect of Native American experience from the oppressive indoctrination of boarding
schools to the successful strategic planning of Indian casinos to the exciting creativity of
Native American literature. In addition many of the essays introduce the reader to the
disciplines through which we can approach this important and fascinating topic engagingly
taking the reader through the process of how historians or economists or literary scholars go
about their work.
