Social Change and Cultural Continuity among Native Nations

Defining the parameters of social change for Native Nations in the 21st century.

This book defines the broad parameters of social change for Native American nations in the twenty-first century, as well as their prospects for cultural continuity. Many of the themes Champagne tackles are of general interest in the study of social change including governmental, economic, religious, and environmental perspectives. This book is an excellent resource for use in anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies, or Native American studies classes.

Chapter 1 Renewing American Indian Nations: Cosmic Communities and Spiritual Autonomy
Chapter 1 Culture, Institutional Order and World View
Chapter 2 The Cultural and Institutional Foundations of Native American Conservatism
Chapter 2 Economic, Political and Cultural Relations Among Colonizing Nations
Chapter 3 Change and Continuity
Chapter 3 Tribal Capitalism and Native Capitalists: Multiple Pathways of Native Economy
Chapter 4 Renewing Tribal Governments: Uniting Political Theory and Sacred Communities
Chapter 5 Self Government from Time Immemorial
Chapter 6 A Multidimensional Theory of Colonialism: The Native North American Experience
Chapter 7 Native Directed Social Change in Canada and the United States
Chapter 8 Border Towns
Chapter 9 Ramona Redeemed? The Rise of Tribal Political Power in California
Chapter 10 Toward a Multidimensional Historical-Comparative Methodology: Context, Process, and Causality
Chapter 11 The Delaware Revitalization Movement onf the Early 1760s: A Suggested Reinterpretation
Chapter 12 Colonial and Contemporary Religious Movements
Chapter 13 Culture, Differentiation, and Environment: Social Change in the Tlingit Society
Chapter 14 Economic Incorporation, Political Change, and Cultural Preservation among the Northern Cheyenne
Chapter 15 Indigenous Strategies for Engaging Globalism
Chapter 16 Native Issues in the 21st Century