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The Nez Perce or Nez Percé (pronounced /nɛz pɝs/, or /ne pɛr'se/ as in French) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of the United States at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Nez Perce's name for themselves is Ni-Mii-Puu (pronounced nee-mee-poo), which means simply "the People."

                                                                     

Native American Studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America[1], or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. Increasingly, debate has focused on the differences rather than the similarities between other Ethnic studies disciplines such as African American studies, Asian American Studies, and Latino/a Studies.

In particular, the political sovereignty of many indigenous nations marks substantive differences in historical experience from that of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States and Canada.

Drawing from numerous disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, literature, political science, and gender studies, Native American Studies scholars consider a variety of perspectives and employ diverse analytical and methodological tools in their work.[1]

Two key concepts shape Native American studies, according to Sioux scholar Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, indigenousness (as defined in culture, geography, and philosophy) and sovereignty (as legally and historically defined).[2]


Practitioners advocate for decolonization of indigenous peoples, political autonomy, and the establishment of a discipline dedicated to alleviating contemporary problems facing indigenous peoples.[1]

 

Quanah Parker (c. late 1840s - February 23, 1911) was a Native American leader, the son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and "Anglo-Texan" Cynthia Ann Parker, and the last chief of the Quahadi Comanche Indians.




 Bibliography


Academic Journals
American Indian Quarterly
American Indian Culture and Research Journal
Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Native Studies Review
European Review of Native American Studies
Wíčazo Ša Review



Notable Native American studies scholars

Taiaiake Alfred (Kanien’kehaka/Kahnawake Mohawk)
Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo-Sioux)
Greg Cajete (Santa Clara Pueblo)
Dean Chavers (Lumbee)
Allison Hedge Coke (Huron-Muscogee Creek-Cherokee)
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Crow Creek Sioux)
Vine Deloria, Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux)
Philip Deloria (Standing Rock Sioux)
Raymond DeMallie
Jack D. Forbes (Powhatan-Renape-Lenape)
Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation)
Trudie Lamb-Richmond (Schaghticoke)
Stacy Leeds (Cherokee Nation)
Devon A. Mihesuah (Choctaw)
Simon J. Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo)
Luana Ross (Flathead Nation)
Greg Sarris (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)
James Thomas Stevens (Mohawk)
Charlene Teters (Spokane Tribe)
Gerald Vizenor (White Earth Anishinaabe)
Robert A. Williams, Jr. (Lumbee)
Craig Womack (Muskogee Nation)
Alfred Young Man (Cree)



See also

Indigenous peoples of North America portal

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Indigenous_peoples_of_North_America/Selected_picture 


Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal

 Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas





Cultural studies
Navajo Community College Press
Native American sovereignty
Postcolonialism
Center for World Indigenous Studies


Publications
Journal of Indigenous Studies
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
American Indian Quarterly
Indigenous Law Centre
Journal of Aboriginal Health


Notes

^ a b c d e Sara C. Heitshu, Thomas H. Marshall: Native American Studies: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources (Social Sciences), Libraries Unlimited, U.S., 2 Rev Ed 2009, ISBN 1-56308-971-8
^ a b c Cook-Lynn 11
^ Cook-Lynn 9
^ Cook-Lynn 10

References

Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth. Who Stole Native American Studies?" Wíčazo Ša Review. Vol. 12, No. 1. Spring 1997. Pp. 9–28.
Brooks, Lisa, Michael Elliott, Arnold Krupat, Elvira Pulitano, Craig Womack. "Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion." Southern Spaces, 21 June 2011.
Clara Sue Kidwell; Alan R. Velie (1 October 2005). Native American studies. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-7829-5.

See also

Crosby, Heather, 2011. "Explaining Achievement: Factors affecting Native American College Student Success". Applied Research Projects, Texas State University-San Marcos. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/349.



External links 

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States and Canada
Native Studies Review





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