Native American Voices is a unique collection of works designed to present readers with an exciting view into the diverse field of Native American Studies. Editors Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot incorporate a hemispheric approach that reflects the varied perspectives, histories, and realities of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The collection contains not only scholarly articles but also journalistic selections, oral history and testimony, songs, poetry, and other documents that bring into focus the multidisciplinary nature of this field. Maps and original artwork provide further context for the selections, and an extensive tribal name index and lists of key terms facilitate both reference and comparative study.

• NEW - New articles and boxes—e.g., on diversity and identity in the Americas, urban Indians, heritage, “visual history”, Red Earth, White Lies, sterilization and eugenics, Eskimo “traveling traditions,” a history of Indian education, repatriation of human remains, land and environment in Central America, ethnic developments, Quebec, Hawaiian language rebirth, and WTO Declaration.

  • Allows students to see how much contemporary research is being done in this field. Ex.___

• NEW - Revised/updated introductory material—Reflects additions to the core content.

  • Helps students to understand the material they are reading. Ex.___

• NEW - Revised discussion questions, key terms, and suggested readings—In each chapter.

  • Guides students in their comprehension of and critical thinking about each reading; helps students prepare for tests and examinations; and provides resources for more in-depth on any selected topic.

• The Native American perspective—A perspective and introduction that is a counterpoint to most literature on the subject. Most selections are by Native Peoples.

  • Offers all students and instructors a new approach to thinking about Indian history/issues. Helps American Indian students to relate to their respective traditional cultures and peoples.

• A multi-disciplinary approach—Includes Native American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies.

  • Gives students a sense of the topic from many different perspectives and from a broad variety of sources. Ex.___

• A broad variety of sources—Draws readings and art work from many sources and fields.

• A hemisphere-wide approach—Offers a broad perspective that is unique in the academic/college literature. Selections focus mainly on Indian peoples of the United States, but also include representative material from Canada and Latin America, especially those that indicate the linkages existing among all indigenous peoples of this hemisphere.

  • Provides students with the perspective necessary for understanding the diversity among all of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in terms of the history, cultures, issues, and reality. Ex.___

• Maps—Of North, Central, and South America which indicate the names and locations of most of the Indian peoples and nations discussed in this work, as well as other important groups.

  • Helps students to visualize the regions being discussed in the book. Ex.___

• Appendices—Lists of Native media, major Indian organizations and publications, and Native American Studies programs in the United States and Canada.

  • Provides additional resources for students and faculty alike. Ex.___

SUSAN LOBO is a consultant emphasizing research, advocacy, and project design, working primarily for American Indian tribes and community organizations in the United States and Central and South America. She has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona and has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, where she was the coordinator of the Center for Latin American Studies. She has also taught Native American studies at the University of California at Davis and environmental studies at Merritt College. Since 1978 she has been the coordinator of the Community History Project archive at Intertribal Friendship House, the American Indian Center in Oakland, California. She was also a producer for many years of the KPFA-FM radio series Living on Indian Time. Her publications include A House of My own: Social Organization in the Squatter Settlements of Lima, Peru (1992); American Indians and the Urban Experience, co-editor (2000); Pride of Place: The American Indian Community in the San Francisco Bay Area (2001), and many articles in professional and popular journals.

STEVE TALBOT has written several books and many articles dealing with Native Americans, including Roots of Oppression: The American Indian Question (1981). Currently, he is a retired instructor of sociology, anthropology, and Native American Studies at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California, and an adjunct professor of anthropology at Oregon State University, where he continues to teach part-time. He received his master's degree in anthropology and community development in 1967 from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. In the early 1960s he was a fieldworker in Indian community development for the American Friends Service Committee, and in that capacity he spent three years on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. He then moved to the San Francisco Bay area, where he served on the board of Oakland's Intertribal Friendship House. Later, as a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, he was closely associated with Indian student activism on campus, the Alcatraz occupation, and the founding of the Native American Studies program at the university. From 1971 to 1974 he was acting assistant professor of Native American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He has since lectured extensively and has taught Native American Studies courses in Europe and at various universities in the United States. From 1988 to 1990 he was a lecturer in Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis. His major interest today is producing text materials for Native American studies.