Native American Political Systems And The Evolution Of Democracy: An Annotated Bibliography

Native American Political Systems And The Evolution Of Democracy: An Annotated Bibliography
by Bruce E. Johansen

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“The debate concerning whether the Haudenosaunce (Iroquois) and other Native American confederacies helpd shape ideas of democracy in the early US has taken place in both the academic and popular press. This volume of annotated references traces that debate in both arenas, 1900-1995.... a timely issue that is currently part of the larger debate concerning how history is written. Recommended for all libraries with interests in American history studies, Native Americans, communication, or journalism.”–Choice

Book Description
For more than a decade scholars have debated the question of whether American Indian confederacies, primarily the Iroquois, helped influence the formation of U.S. basic law. The idea has sparked lively debate in the public arena as well, with Canadian diplomat Durling Voyce-Jones contending it shows a paradigm shift in our thinking, Patrick Buchanan calling it "idiocy," and George Will saying it's "fiction." For the first time, this bibliography brings together some 450 citations on the debate. The work describes the debate in the words of one of its major participants, Bruce E. Johansen, author of three other books on the subject. The bibliography also takes the reader back to suggestions of the idea long before the contemporary debate. Lakota author Charles Eastman brought up the subject in 1919, Mohawk teacher Ray Fadden developed it in the 1940s, and John F. Kennedy touched on it in 1960. Bringing the debate to its full flower in the present day, the bibliography illustrates both fervent support and equally emphatic denial in the academy and the public press. The book is both a scholarly tool and a lively exploration of issues bearing on the study of history and multiculturalism.

From the Publisher
The debate concerning whether the Haudenosaunce (Iroquois) and other Native American confederacies helpd shape ideas of democracy in the early US has taken place in both the academic and popular press. This volume of annotated references traces that debate in both arenas, 1900-1995.... a timely issue that is currently part of the larger debate concerning how history is written. Recommended for all libraries with interests in American history studies, Native Americans, communication, or journalism.

About the Author
BRUCE E. JOHANSEN is Professor of Communication and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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