Brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars whose works continue and complicate the conversations that Shepard Krech started in The Ecological Indian
Michael E. Harkin is a professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming and the editor of Reassessing Revitalization Movements: Perspectives from North America and the Pacific Islands (Nebraska 2004) and the journal Ethnohistory. David Rich Lewis is a professor of history at Utah State University, the editor of Western Historical Quarterly, and the author of Neither Wolf nor Dog: American Indians, Environment and Agrarian Change.--Judith Antell is the director of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wyoming. Brian Hosmer is the director of the Newberry Library D’Arcy McNickel Center for American Indian History. Shepard Krech III is a professor of anthropology and environmental studies and the director of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University. Contributors: Judith Antell, Sebastian F. Braun, Ernest S. Burch Jr., John Dorst, Harvey A. Feit, Dan Flores, Michael E. Harkin, Brian Hosmer, Robert L. Kelly, Shepard Krech III, Stephen J. Langdon, David Rich Lewis, Larry Nesper, Mary M. Prasciunas, Darren J. Ranco, and James H. Schlender.
“This excellent anthology features 12 articles originally presented
at the 2002 conference ‘Re-figuring the Ecological Indian.’ Of
uniformly high quality, the essays respond to Shepard Krech’s The
Ecological Indian . . . while furthering discussion of historical
and contemporary ideas about Native people as ecologists and
conservationists. . . . Harkin and Lewis provide an erudite
introduction elucidating the complex issues involved in the
discussion. . . . This volume provides an important contribution to
a critical, ongoing debate.”—CHOICE
"Because of its deliberate interdisciplinary approach, Native
Americans and the Environment with appeal to a wide variety of
academics and those who appreciate bona fide intellectual exchange.
Yet this book also contributes important commentary on contemporary
environmental and resource management debates. Its timeliness adds
to its appeal."—Elizabeth James, Alaska History
“This book provides a balanced perspective on the history of
resource use and the social and political pressures that affected
resource use in the past and continue to affect use in the
present.”—Susan C. Ryan, Journal of American Ethnic History
“This is a valuable collection with many carefully documented
analyses that speak to the complex and often ambiguous details of
Native American environmental relationships, past and
present.”—Eugene S. Hunn, Western Historical Quarterly
“This book will be valuable for anthropologists, historians,
educators, resource managers, and the general public interested in
learning about Native Americans have been, and are still, front and
center in using and managing their environments. . . . Each
stand-alone essay is a fascinating look at the state of the debate
on Native Americans and their environments.”—Great Plains
Research
"Harkin and Lewis's book is a thoughtful and thought-provoking
exploration of these issues which will be profitably read by anyone
interested in environmental anthropology, Native North America,
Indian-European relations, and cultural identity."—Robert Jarvenpa,
Anthropos
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