Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1986
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes

Rock Art and Sacred Landscapes
Author: Donna L. Gillette
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1461484065

Social and behavioral scientists study religion or spirituality in various ways and have defined and approached the subject from different perspectives. In cultural anthropology and archaeology the understanding of what constitutes religion involves beliefs, oral traditions, practices and rituals, as well as the related material culture including artifacts, landscapes, structural features and visual representations like rock art. Researchers work to understand religious thoughts and actions that prompted their creation distinct from those created for economic, political, or social purposes. Rock art landscapes convey knowledge about sacred and spiritual ecology from generation to generation. Contributors to this global view detail how rock art can be employed to address issues regarding past dynamic interplays of religions and spiritual elements. Studies from a number of different cultural areas and time periods explore how rock art engages the emotions, materializes thoughts and actions and reflects religious organization as it intersects with sociopolitical cultural systems.

Blood Struggle

Blood Struggle
Author: Charles F. Wilkinson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393051490

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A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest

A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Robert H. Ruby
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2013-02-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0806189509

The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse peoples. Now, in the wake of renewed tribal self-determination, this revised edition reflects the many recent political, economic, and cultural developments shaping these Native communities. From such well-known tribes as the Nez Perces and Cayuses to lesser-known bands previously presumed "extinct," this guide offers detailed descriptions, in alphabetical order, of 150 Pacific Northwest tribes. Each entry provides information on the history, location, demographics, and cultural traditions of the particular tribe. Among the new features offered here are an expanded selection of photographs, updated reading lists, and a revised pronunciation guide. While continuing to provide succinct histories of each tribe, the volume now also covers such contemporary—and sometimes controversial—issues as Indian gaming and NAGPRA. With its emphasis on Native voices and tribal revitalization, this new edition of the Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest is certain to be a definitive reference for many years to come.

Termination and Relocation

Termination and Relocation
Author: Donald Lee Fixico
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1990-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826311917

A major study of the effects on American Indians of the termination and relocation policies instituted during the Truman and Eisenhower era.