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Indians --- Indigenous people --- Languages.
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Spanning time from the prehistoric to the present, the thirteen essays in this volume attest to the variety of mathematical development present in the Americas.
Indians --- Indigenous people --- Mathematics.
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"For hundreds of years, American artisanship and American authorship were entangled practices rather than distinct disciplines. Books, like other objects, were multisensory items all North American communities and cultures, including Native and settler colonial ones, regularly made and used. All cultures and communities narrated and documented their histories and imaginations through a variety of media. All created objects for domestic, sacred, curative, and collective purposes. In this innovative work at the intersection of Indigenous studies, literary studies, book history, and material culture studies, Caroline Wigginton tells a story of the interweavings of Native craftwork and American literatures from their ancient roots to the present. Focused primarily on North America, especially the colonized lands and waters now claimed by the United States, this book argues for the foundational but often-hidden aesthetic orientation of American literary history toward Native craftwork. Wigginton knits this narrative to another of Indigenous aesthetic repatriation through the making and using of books and works of material expression. Ultimately, she reveals that Native craftwork is by turns the warp and weft of American literature, interwoven throughout its long history."--
Indian aesthetics. --- Indians of North America --- Indigenous people --- Indigenous people of North America --- Indigenous peoples --- Colonization.
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Indians of South America --- Languages. --- Languages --- Indigenous people --- Indigenous people of South America --- Indigenous peoples
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In this book, Gustavo G. Politis and Luis A. Borrero explore the archaeology and ethnography of the indigenous people who inhabited Argentina's Pampas and the Patagonia region from the end of the Pleistocene until the 20th century. Offering a history of the nomadic foragers living in the harsh habitats of the South America's Southern Cone, they provide detailed account of human adaptations to a range of environmental and social conditions. The authors show how the region's earliest inhabitants interacted with now-extinct animals as they explored and settled the vast open prairies and steppes of the region until they occupied most of its available habitats. They also trace technological advances, including the development of pottery, the use of bows and arrows, and horticulture. Making new research and data available for the first time, Politis and Borrero's volume demonstrates how geographical variation in the Southern Cone generated diverse adaptation strategies.
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One of today’s most important documentary filmmakers, Alanis Obomsawin has dedicated her life’s work to shining a light on the injustices experienced by Canada’s Indigenous peoples. This retrospective monograph features an extensive interview with Obomsawin and includes images and written reflections on her entire career, including her most recent series devoted to the rights of Indigenous children. Never shying away from controversy, Obomsawin’s films have played a critical role in exposing ongoing systemic bias toward Indigenous populations—from fishing rights and education to health care and treaty violations. Obomsawin is also a graphic artist, and she incorporates her often dream-inspired etchings and prints into many of her films. The book includes illuminating essays exploring Obomsawin’s practice and mission as well as personal commentary from collaborators, archival material, and photographs from the filmmaker’s personal life and professional practice. As Obomsawin approaches her ninth decade of life—fifth behind the camera—this beautifully illustrated record of her astounding body of work is an inspiring celebration of the power of film to change the course of history. Authors include Karrmen Crey, Richard Fung, Monika Kin Gagnon, Candice Hopkins, Jessica L. Horton, Elizabeth Povinelli, Lisa Steele, and Jesse Wente.
Obomsawin, Alanis --- Graphic arts --- Film --- indigenous people --- Canada
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Sociology of culture --- Tourism --- cultural tourism --- indigenous people --- cultuurmanagement
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Ethnology --- Indigenous people --- Angola --- Social life and customs. --- Indigenous peoples
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Wilhelm von Humboldts theoretische und sprachvergleichende Studien zu den Indianersprachen Amerikas werden in diesem Band auf der Basis der Handschriften veröffentlicht. Humboldt plante eine vergleichende Studie zu den amerikanischen Sprachen. Wie dieses nur in Ansätzen realisierte Projekt hätte aussehen können, dokumentieren die Texte »Inwiefern läßt sich der ehemalige Culturzustand der eingebornen Völker Amerikas aus den Ueberresten ihrer Sprachen beurtheilen?« und die »Einleitung« zur »Tabelle der Buchstabenlaute«. Der Vergleich der Phoneme amerikanischer Sprachen, die Abhandlung »Ueber das Verbum in den amerikanischen Sprachen« und die landeskundliche Studie »Monumente der Nationen Amerika’s« sind Versuche der Umsetzung. Die »Materialien zur allgemeinen Abhandlung« sind sprachliche Kollektaneen mit dem Nahuatl als derjenigen Sprache, mit der alle anderen verglichen werden. Der Band bildet den Abschluss von Abteilung 3 »Amerikanische Sprachen« der Humboldt-Edition.
Indians --- Languages. --- America --- Central America --- Mexico --- Indigenous people
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