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Informationen zum Autor Roger Welsch is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of more than forty books, including Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales and My Nebraska, both available in Bison Books editions. Klappentext Roger Welsch is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln and the author of more than forty books! including Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers! the Sky Bundle! and Other Tales and My Nebraska! both available in Bison Books editions. Zusammenfassung When he was out playing Indian! enacting Hollywood-inspired scenarios! it never occurred to the child Roger Welsch that the little girl sitting next to him in school was Indian. A lifetime of learning later! Welsch's enthusiasm is undimmed! if somewhat more enlightened. In Embracing Fry Bread Welsch tells the story of his lifelong relationship with Native American culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments1. First, a Story2. Introduction3. A Beginning4. Beyond the Handgame5. History, Long and Short6. Who Are We?7. The Call of Curiosity, Keep the Change8. Enter the Wannabes9. What's in a Name10. Who Is "The Indian"?11. Who Is the Wannabe?12. The Contrary Lesson of the Prime Directive13. First Steps14. The Fix Is Out15. Indian Wannabes16. Gottabes17. Becoming New18. How It Goes, How It Went19. The Plot Thickens20. Why?21. Gottabes Again22. The Ways of Foodways23. Carnivores Forever24. Another World25. The Consequences of Incuriosity26. Symbols and Realities27. Indian Humor28. Names and Naming29. The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger of 187730. Names . . . and Names31. Matters of Faith32. Deduction/Induction33. What Is Indian Religion?34. The Sun Dance35. The Native Church36. Inside Native Religion37. Knowing What We Don't Know38. What History Teaches Us39. The Empty Frontier40. Indians Today41. Indians as Americans42. The Land43. The Real Wonder of It44. Eloquence45. From Presumed Inferiority to Rampant Egalitarianism46. Time47. Property and Gifts48. The Gift of Giving49. The Fabric of Sharing50. The Spirit of Giving51. Squaring the Circle52. So, How Different Are We?53. What We See54. Indians and Deeper Truths55. Conclusions56. Repositories of Wisdom57. What's in It for Indians?58. So You Wannabe a Wannabe?...
