NCAI Telecom Subcommittee Meeting

NCAI Telecom Subcommittee Meeting Geoffrey Blackwell, Chair of the NCAI Telecom Subcommittee (on right) hosts a panel for the Telecom Subcommittee Meeting for NCAI in Palm Springs on Tuesday October 13, 2009.

Participants included John Crigler, on behalf of Native Public Media; Matt Ratannan, on behalf of the Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association, and representatives from the FCC.

Reconsider Columbus Day (Repost)

Native American Voices: A Reader

I am pleased to let everyone know that my new book has finally been released! Native American Voices: A Reader, 3rd Edition, published by Pearson-Prentice Hall, is now available through the publisher and on Amazon. I am honored to have been included on this edition as an editor and writer along with Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot.

Cover artThis 3rd Edition is significantly updated and appropriate for lower level college courses in American Indian Studies, Anthropology, and Ethnic Studies. It is also very accessible for the general reader. Native American Voices: A Reader has been extensively revised to reflect the most contemporary thought and scholarship regarding Native themes and issues.

Voices is exactly what the title indicates, a selection of readings by various Native American educators, authors, scholars, elders and community members. The topics range from history to NAGPRA, from the environment to economic development, from art to nation building. Included in this comprehensive revision of entire book includes three new parts added to the revised original 10 parts: Native Representations: Media and the Arts; Nation Building and Sustainable Development; and Urbanism: Ancient and Contemporary. The expanded appendices include a comprehensive list of internet resources, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, and educational institutions. New informative boxes are scattered throughout the book give quick reference to essential facts and statistics, events, and people. Numerous new Native works of poetry and art have been added that demonstrate contemporary Indian vision and creativity. If you would like more information, please contact me. It can be ordered from Pearson-Prentice Hall and Amazon. Please contact the publisher for desk copies.

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