Discusses the teaching of native music in classes for Native Americans. Highlights the ways in which changes in musical style evolve and the disparities between the teaching process and the music itself. Suggests methods for successfully uniting process and product. (MK)

Examines responses from the Federal government and anthropologists to the struggle of Native Americans to regain religious freedom. Describes Congressional findings on violations of Native American religions by Federal agencies, and discusses the impact of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. Focuses particularly on three issues: reburial,…

Describes the treatment by several novelists and ethnographers of the rainwitch myth of southwest native culture, which concerns a woman who has magical powers to bring about rainfall. Discusses the influence of classical mythology on its development in modern times. (DM)

Notes that two failings of the book are the short comings in historical coverage, and the lack of integration of anthropological knowledge of the Dakota with the historical narrative. (Author/AM)

Concludes that black slavery-including slave codes-among the Cherokees was very similar to the institution in the Southern United States. This is not surprising since the Cherokees identified economically, politically, and socially with the South more than any other group. (Author/AM)

The anthropologist notes that the book is flawed by awkward writing and careless recording of native terms, while the Indian observes that the book presents a colorless account of a vibrant people whose adjustment to an invading Caucasian culture still left them with a sense of humor. (Author/AM)

Considers the political and economic aspects of the Dakota Indians in Saskatchewan. (Author)

These books are representative of the new work in Indian history in the sense that they represent the works of a mixed group of scholars, traditionally trained historians, and scholars who do not fit this label. (Author/AM)

Concludes that far from seeing immediately that English culture was superior the Powhatan adopted only the things that would fit into their aboriginal life style with a minimum of adjustment, and the rest they rejected as being impractical. (Author/AM)

This symposium reviews four books addressing topics such as the history of ideas and ethno-history, Indian extinction and American regeneration, and the varieties of Indian history. (Author/AM)

Criticizes sociological research and writing on the American Indian family for not acknowledging variety in family characteristics among different nations. Discusses the negative effects of racism on Indian family structure. (GC)

Notes that in the contrast between their stated goals and the results of their action, the Indian policy reformers active in the last two decades of the nineteenth century present paradoxes and suggest an important pattern in the development of racism. (Author/AM)

Reviews four books about North American Indians: "Prison of Grass: Canada From the Native Point of View," Adams (New Press), "The Harrowing of Eden: White Attitudes Toward North American Natives," Chamberlin (Seabury Press), "Natives Without a Home," Nagler (Longman, Canada), and "The Indian Identity…