One difficulty with a review for this book is that it is suggested for use in an Introductory Anthropology course by Schwarz, the book reviewer, not the author herself , as I will do next quarter, for use in an Introduction to Native Nations course. It could be used for either.
I think it might be better accepted for a Native Nations course because it clearly acknowledges the limitations of comprehensive example of Native nations' cultures in a single book. It does give some attention to archaeological work which could easily be supplemented by a course teacher.
The topics it does cover are comprehensive for such a class and do cover areas critical for Native Nations in a way that should intrigue students of all backgrounds. I usually have Native American students in my courses and I look forward to their reaction to this book.
As a text for an Introductory Anthropology course this would need significant supplements which to me makes it an appealing choice.
I would think several ethnographies could be used with this text and a good deal of in class material as well. It could be a good choice for someone wanting to avoid a "canned" publishers package and interested in creative course development.
Major cultural anthropology course topics are covered in an introductory level, however less in depth than I would like, again an issue that can be supplemented. The book is general error free. I do not think the discussion of cross-cousins is accurate for a society with moieties or any unilineal society where a parent's sibling of the opposite sex would have children which did not belong to their lineage, clan, or moiety..
A mother's brother's children and a father's sister's children would be marriageable in that case. This is important in anthropology for understanding just how significant culture is in defining who we see as kin, and how culture determines so much about our life that is not "just human nature" as I hear from students.
There are a few typos. Other topics are presented in an accurate manner. The book is both up-to-date and should remain relevant for a significant period of time. Updating should be relatively easy and straightforward. I think the clarity of the book is outstanding but I am exciting about seeing my students' reactions this Winter quarter.
The book is clearly consistent in both its terminology and framework. I am an anthropologist who using a historian's book for another course that I teach and think this work should also be clear to historians who have some knowledge of anthropological principles. I almost did not find this book for review because it was not listed under the social sciences and think it could be listed both there and with the humanities. I think in general the book is modular.
There are some references to material presented earlier but those are explained or could be modified for use in a class using only modules. There is a clear logic to the presentation of the material from an anthropological point of view. For use outside of anthropology the author does include a summary of the organizational principles in the introduction might be helpful as well as specific ideas for other disciplines. No navigation problem using my Surface.
That is the only platform I tried. Images were great. I do require that my students submit doi references for articles in references so that I can access them more easily. They don't often submit a. I think the material was presented with respect and cultural awareness. The book is about Native American Nation in North American and did include some references to other populations as appropriate. I have found that college students, for the most part, know far too little about the original inhabitants of North American and this volume addresses that issue well.
I agree with Stebbins that knowledge of the diversity of Native nations that existed and continue to exist is a critical component of education for college students today. That would have been sad and I am glad this has been made available. Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America primarily the United States and Canada presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts.
Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter.
The text includes suggested readings, videos, and classroom activities. Her research has been both historical Traditional Roles of Iroquois Women and contemporary, including research about a political protest at the bridge connecting New York, the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation and Ontario, Canada, and Native American Education, particularly that concerning the Native peoples of New York.
Content Accuracy rating: 5 The information is of high quality and appropriately covered for each topic given the author's stated approach to the text. Clarity rating: 5 The author's word choice, voice, and ability to explain complex topics in an approachable manner are well suited to an introductory anthropology text.
Consistency rating: 5 This is handled very well in the text. Modularity rating: 2 This category assumes that Modularity is valued in this type of text.
Interface rating: 2 Several of the images particularly the maps would benefit form a higher DPI or the use of a native digital image. Cultural Relevance rating: 1 The phrasing of this category, I believe, is intentionally done to assess the respondant's engagement. Comments The text well covers both an introductory course in Native North American and also anthropological concepts. Content Accuracy rating: 5 While it is always possible to quibble, I did not see any glaring issues of scholarship.
Clarity rating: 5 Well-written and easily understood. Modularity rating: 4 I think it would be very easy to assign specific chapters in a class as opposed to the whole book.
Interface rating: 5 Its all fine. The images are very nice. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 The text is well-written and grammatically sound. Cultural Relevance rating: 5 I didn't detect any problems or issues in terms of the text's cultural appropriateness. Clarity rating: 5 The text is written in clear and engaging prose. Consistency rating: 5 The text is internally consistent in terms of its organization, structure and content.
Modularity rating: 5 The text is organized into six topical chapters including an introduction and a conclusion. Interface rating: 5 The text is free from interface issues and appears to be professionally formatted. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 The text contains no obvious grammatical errors.
Cultural Relevance rating: 5 A strength of this text is in how it presents the material from both emic native and etic non-native perspectives. Comments The textbook should be listed under Social Sciences and not humanities. Content Accuracy rating: 4 The text would benefit from many more in-text citation. Clarity rating: 5 Many terms from anthropology are in bold text and explained using tribally-specific First Nation examples and context from both historical and in contemporary periods in a way that shows the non-static experiences of Native Peoples.
Consistency rating: 5 The text covers examples and contexts from the United States and Canada and keeps an anthropological focus with some historical background included.
Modularity rating: 4 There are a few guideposts included in the narrative to see information in other chapters of the text, but the chapters are lengthy and would also be divisible, in that one chapter could be assigned as a reading. Interface rating: 4 The photographs are crisp and clear and help illustrate aspects of a chapter.
Grammatical Errors rating: 5 The grammar is well-polished. Cultural Relevance rating: 3 The book does not address Native students in comparison to how chapter questions may be written directly to students who are members of First Nations.
Comments The strengths of this book are in the depiction of contemporary and historical examples and experiences of specific First Nations in the U. Content Accuracy rating: 5 Content of this text is accurate, well researched, impressively comparative.
Clarity rating: 5 The text is written in lucid, accessible prose and provides definitions of terminology. Consistency rating: 5 This text is internally consistent in framework and in the use of terminology. Modularity rating: 5 This text can be easily realigned with subunits within a course and is divisible into smaller readings for students.
Interface rating: 5 The book is free of interface issues. Grammatical Errors rating: 5 The book is well written, and contains no grammatical errors. Cultural Relevance rating: 4 The book speaks to the historical and cultural experiences of Indigenous populations in North America and approaches the history of colonization with integrity. Content Accuracy rating: 4 Overall this text seems very accurate.
Clarity rating: 5 This text is written clearly and is accessible. Consistency rating: 5 This text is internally consistent with a clear progression of conceptual ideas. Modularity rating: 4 This book is not overly self referential and Chapters would be excellent as a base reading supplemented with more contemporary publications both from the academy as well as contemporary tribal source publications.
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