A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians

Before assuming that you know what this imposing book is about, be sure to read Thomas Biolsi's erudite, dialectical Introduction: What is the Anthropology of American Indians? (pp. 1‐4). Surprises are in store!

Biolsi, Professor of Anthropology and Director of Native American Studies at Portland State University in Oregon, insists that anthropology and the category American Indians are both phenomena that are in the process of change and, perhaps, transformation – as they have been, always. First‐order problems of definition beset all area studies in anthropology. Biolsi makes the cogent points that what and who gets included in a category...