The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
By Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde, Jr.
Published by Henry Holt and Company, 1997.
This is a 7.5" by 9.5" hardbound book running to 463 pages including the index, plus a brief foreword and introduction.
What the book does is provide biographical summaries of the contributions of hundreds of important Native Americans, in history and today.
Entries range in length from a paragraph to a couple of pages, concisely discussing each person's role in history.
The focus is on figures form the 19th Century, but some earlier and later figures are included too. Among contemporary Native Americans I was pleased to find Leonard Peltier, Winona LaDuke, and Gerald Vizenor, but a little disappointed not to find Sherman Alexey. I think the emphasis is on people who've had a political role, and less on cultural figures. Some will be interested to know that Ward Churchill is not included.
This is a very useful book, one which I will certainly spend some more time with during my reference shift tonight.
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