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In this volume some of the leading scholars working in Native North America explore contemporary perspectives on Native culture, history, and representation. Written in honor of the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson, the volume charts the currents of contemporary scholarship while offering an invigorating challenge to researchers in the field. The essays employ a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches and range widely across time and space. The introduction and first section consider the origins and legacies of various strands of interpretation, while the second part examines the relationship among culture, power, and creativity. The third part focuses on the cultural construction and experience of history, and the volume closes with essays on identity, difference, and appropriation in several historical and cultural contexts. Aimed at a broad interdisciplinary audience, the volume offers an excellent overview of contemporary perspectives on Native peoples.

Ethnology --- Ethnohistory --- Indians of North America --- Ethnohistorical method --- Historical anthropology --- Historical ethnology --- Anthropology --- Social life and customs. --- History --- Customs --- Methodology --- Fogelson, Raymond. --- North America --- Turtle Island (Continent)

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California's earliest European colonists-Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries-depended heavily on Native Americans for labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of the past-including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations-to present a vivid new view of how native cultures fared under these two colonial systems. Kent Lightfoot's innovative work, which incorporates the holistic methods of historical anthropology, explores the surprising ramifications of these long-ago encounters for the present-day political status of native people in California.Lightfoot weaves the results of his own significant archaeological research at Fort Ross, a major Russian mercantile colony, into a cross-cultural comparison, showing how these two colonial ventures-one primarily mercantile and one primarily religious-contributed to the development of new kinds of native identities, social forms, and tribal relationships. His lively account includes personal anecdotes from the field and a provocative discussion of the role played by early ethnographers, such as Alfred Kroeber, in influencing which tribes would eventually receive federal recognition. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants takes a fascinating, yet troubling, look at California's past and its role in shaping the state today.

Indians of North America --- Federally recognized Indian tribes --- Federal aid to Indians --- First contact with other peoples --- Missions --- History. --- Commerce --- Franciscans --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Social policy. --- Race relations. --- alfred kroeber. --- american colonialism. --- american history. --- archaeology. --- california. --- californian history. --- colonial systems. --- colonialism. --- ethnography. --- ethnohistory. --- fort ross. --- historical anthropology. --- historical. --- history. --- indigenous peoples. --- labor. --- native americans. --- native cultures. --- native identity. --- native peoples. --- oral history. --- political. --- religion. --- retrospective. --- russian mercantile colony. --- russian merchants. --- social formations. --- spanish missionaries. --- united states of america.