Mapping Indigenous Presence - North Scandinavian and North American Perspectives

Presents a set of comparative indigenous studies essays with contemporary perspectives, attesting to the importance of the roles indigenous people have played as overseers of their own lands and resources, as creators of their own cultural richness, and as political entities capable of governing themselves.

About the author

Kathryn W. Shanley is a professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana-Missoula and has published widely in Native American literary studies, especially on the work of Blackfeet/Gros Ventre writer James Welch. Dr. Shanley served as president of the Native American Studies Association (2011-2013).

Bjørg Evjen is a professor at the University of Tromsø in Norway and has served as coordinator for its Master's Programme in Indigenous Studies, Centre for Sámi Studies, from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Evjen's research publications include Sámi history, the history of research, women's history, polar history, industrial and labor history, and local history.

Summary

Presents a set of comparative indigenous studies essays with contemporary perspectives, attesting to the importance of the roles indigenous people have played as overseers of their own lands and resources, as creators of their own cultural richness, and as political entities capable of governing themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn (EDT)/ Evjen Shanley
• Assisted by: Bjørg Evjen (Editor), Bjorg Evjen (Editor), Bjørg Evjen (Editor), Bjrg Evjen (Editor), Kathryn Shanley (Editor), Kathryn W Shanley (Editor), Kathryn W. Shanley (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9780816531523
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3152-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Critical Issues in Indigenous; Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies; Critical Issues in Indigenous; Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology