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Native America in the Twentieth Century : An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

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As an anthropologist and an information professional, I highly recommend this book for anyone researching or studying Native Americans, historical or contemporary. What makes this an essential reference tool, in my opinion, is that it provides a variety of perspectives -- many of the authors are Native American, in addition to anthropologists, historians, etc. One must keep these various biases in mind when using this resource, but this diversity of voices is an example of what makes this source unique. Additionally, the entries offer many great historical summaries but with a focus on contemporary Native America that is difficult to find in other Native American reference tools that tend to focus on the pre-contact and early contact period lifeways and history of various tribal entities rather than modern issues and tribal life.

This is an important reference book on the American Indian in the 20th century. However some entries lack substance and also lack information. There could have been much more dates and facts and information on legislation and population and demographics and other things. Nevertheless this is a very important book and no researcher on Native-Americans should be without it.

Seth J. Frantzman