The American Indian Today 014021139X, 9780140211399

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The American Indian Today Edited by Stuart Le' and Nancy O. Lurie

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SAN FRANCISCO. CA

EDITED BY STUART LEVINE

AND NANCY OESTREICH LURIE

PENGUIN BOOKS INC BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

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Penguin Books Inc,

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Ambassador Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, U.S.A.

by Midcontinent American Studies Journal^ Volume VI, 2, Fall, 1965 Revised and expanded edition published by Everett/Edwards, Inc., April, 1968 Published in Pelican Books 1970

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SBN 14 021 139 X

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Copyright by Midcontinent American Studies Association, 1965 Revised edition copyright by Stuart Levine, 1968

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That portion of the material published

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in this

book which was

originally published in

1965, Midcontinent American Studies Journal has been extensively expanded. Permission to use this material has been granted by the Editorial 2, Fall

and Board of the M.A.S.A., Edward F. Grier, Chairman; Stuart Levine, Editor

Printed in the United States of America by Kingsport Press, Inc. Set in Linotype Georgian

Photographs with permission of K. U. Potawatomi Study. Photography by James A. Clifton and Robert L. Bee

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CONTENTS FOREWORD Stuart Levine.

The

Survival of Indian Identity

9

THE BACKGROUND Nancy

Oestreich Lurie. Historical Background

49

Elizabeth Clark Rosenthal. 'Culture' and the American

Indian

Community

Shirley Hill Witt.

82

CURRENT TENDENCIES Nationalistic Trends Among American

Indians

93

Robert K. Thomas. Pan-Indianism

128

CASES IN POINT Harriet

J.

Kupferer.

The

Isolated Eastern Cherokee

Carol K. Rachlin. Tight Shoe Night:

143

Oklahoma Indians

Today

1

60

James A.Clifton. Factional Conflict and the Indian Community: The Prairie Potawatomi Case

Ann

Fischer. History

and Current Status

184 of the

Houma

Indians

Deward

Some Limitations of the Renascence Concept in Acculturation: The Nez Perce Case Rosalie and Murray Wax. Indian Education for What? Henry F. Dobyns. Therapeutic Experience of Responsible

212

E. Walker, Jr.

Democracy

236 257

268

Contents

Nancy

Oestreich Lurie.

AFTERWORD An American

cence?

Indian Renas295

About the Authors

329

Bibliography

333 337

Index

MAP Map

of the Distribution of

North American Indians, 1950

Inside back cover

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