Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Three Nations, One Place
1st Edition
By Martha McCollough
June 09, 2014
An intensive exploration of the changes experienced by the Comanches and Caddoans during Spain's occupation of the Southern Plains (1689-1921), McCollough focuses on the relationship between political and economic conditions and patterns of settlement, production and social reproduction. ...
Native American Pedagogy and Cognitive-Based Mathematics Instruction
1st Edition
By Judith T. Hankes
December 01, 1998
Native American Pedagogy details a study that investigated the teaching of mathematics to Oneida Indian kindergartners. This study proves that Native American children who are taught with culturally sensitive methods will perform more successfully on mathematical problem solving tasks, and that ...
Townsite Settlement and Dispossession in the Cherokee Nation, 1866-1907
1st Edition
By Brad A. Bays
November 01, 1998
In response to the influx of white settlement after the Civil War, the Cherokee nation devised a regional development plan which allowed whites to establish farms and build towns while reinforcing Cherokee tribal sovereignty over the territory. The presence of sizeable towns and numerous villages ...