Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition

Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition Review

Buddhist Thought is crucial reading for those interested in Buddhism. It guides the reader towards a richer understanding of the central concepts of classical Indian Buddhist thought, from the time of Buddha to the latest scholarly perspectives and controversies. Abstract and complex ideas are made understandable by the authors' lucid style. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout in light of new scholarship, in particular on Mahayana and tantric Buddhism. It now includes a section of further reading, study questions, a pronunciation guide and glossary of terms.

On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians

On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians Review

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Native American tales about Glous'gap, an Algonquin hero, presented for the first time in a comprehensive cycle, retold and illustrated by Native authors.

Stories of Glous'gap, the embodiment of the Great Spirit, are told by the many Algonquin tribes of North America--from the Dakotas through New England, and south to Delaware. Among them is the Micmac of Maine, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. Since the seventeenth century, anthropologists have listened to Micmac storytellers and recorded their tales. Finally, here is a book devoted entirely to Glous'gap's adventures, told to us firsthand in the traditional Micmac versions by two Micmac authors.

On the Trail of Elder Brother follows Glous'gap during the time he lived among the Micmac. When he arrives, the earth is barely formed. Glous'gap helps to shape it and populate it with creatures and plants. He teaches his people the right way to live, and how to live together harmoniously in the natural world. He battles the monsters who threaten them--a water-hoarding monster, a fearsome lake serpent, a giant bird of prey, and an evil sorceress, among them. By the time he leaves, the world has become a more settled place.

With their pipe-smoking whales, irascible porcupines, witches, and the like, these stories are wondrous and magical. But they are also wise, immersed in what it means to be fully human in a fragile world. The sixteen accompanying pen-and-ink drawings enhance their appeal. Every reader, from the uninitiated to the specialist, will fall under the spell of this powerful, joy-filled volume. 16 pen-and-ink drawings

Indian Mounds You Can Visit: 165 Aboriginal Sites on Florida's West Coast

Indian Mounds You Can Visit: 165 Aboriginal Sites on Florida's West Coast Review

Imagine my surprise when I discovered my home sits on an ancient Indian mound. Imagine my surprise when I found that 100,000 Indians were living in Florida when the Europeans arrived in the 1500s, and that they had been here for 12,000 years… and today they are gone--extinct--no descendants. I had to know more! From the Everglades to the Suwannee River I searched Florida's west coast and discovered 165 aboriginal sites. From nomadic hunters of giant mastodons to architects of sophisticated temple towns and complex canal cities, these naked "Ancient Floridians" fished the bays, produced the finest wood carvings and pottery in North America, and buried their dead with ritualistic Black Drink ceremonies. They left no record of their existence, only hundreds of strange mounds which are today being destroyed at an electrifying rate. Here, at last, is their story as revealed by the discoveries found in their mounds!

Indians of the Southeast: Then and Now

Indians of the Southeast: Then and Now Review

Describes the origin, history, and cultures of the Indians of the southeastern United States from prehistoric times to the present.

American Indian History: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History)

American Indian History: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History) Review

This Reader from the Uncovering the Past  series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indian history.

• Over 60 primary documents allow the voices of natives to illuminate the American past
• Includes samples of native languages just above the full translations of particular texts
• Provides comprehensive introductions and headnotes, as well as images, an extensive bibliography, and suggestions for further research
• Includes such texts as a decoded Maya inscription, letters written during the French and Indian War on the distribution of small pox blankets, and a diatribe by General George Armstrong Custer shortly before he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
  

Indian Himalaya Handbook, 2nd: Travel Guide to the Indian Himalaya (Footprint - Handbooks)

Indian Himalaya Handbook, 2nd: Travel Guide to the Indian Himalaya (Footprint - Handbooks) Review

The roof of the world and its greatest mountain range the Himalaya has been capturing the imagination of travelers for centuries. From Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttar Pradesh, the Himalaya in Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Zanskar, plus the Eastern Himalaya: Darjeeling and Sikkim Footprint’s completely updated 2nd edition Indian Himalaya Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the whole region. Visitors can be wowed by its rugged beauty and inspired by the unique culture of the people that live there. Including fantastic listings on the vast array of adventure activities on offer, including trekking, cycling and climbing, plus all the necessary information on where to eat and sleep this guide is perfect for anyone looking to escape the crowds

Masterpieces of Indian Art

Masterpieces of Indian Art Review

Masterpieces of Indian Art encompasses the vast gamut of art high-lighting the many tributaries that make up the perennial river of art through choice pictures of masterpieces produced in each age and category. Lavishly illustrated and replete with historical information.

Confounding the Color Line: The (American) Indian - Black Experience in North America

Confounding the Color Line: The (American) Indian - Black Experience in North America Review

Confounding the Color Line is an essential, interdisciplinary introduction to the myriad relationships forged for centuries between Indians and Blacks in North America. Since the days of slavery, the lives and destinies of Indians and Blacks have been entwined-thrown together through circumstance, institutional design, or personal choice. Cultural sharing and intermarriage have resulted in complex identities for some members of Indian and Black communities today.

The contributors to this volume examine the origins, history, various manifestations, and long-term consequences of the different connections that have been established between Indians and Blacks. Stimulating examples of a range of relations are offered, including the challenges faced by Cherokee freedmen, the lives of Afro-Indian whalers in New England, and the ways in which Indians and Africans interacted in Spanish colonial New Mexico. Special attention is given to slavery and its continuing legacy, both in the Old South and in Indian Territory. The intricate nature of modern Indian-Black relations is showcased through discussions of the ties between Black athletes and Indian mascots, the complex identities of Indians in southern New England, the problem of Indian identity within the African American community, and the way in which today's Lumbee Indians have creatively engaged with African American church music.

At once informative and provocative, Confounding the Color Line sheds valuable light on a pivotal and not well understood relationship between these communities of color, which together and separately have affected, sometimes profoundly, the course of American history.

Rice, Spice and All Things Nice: Indian Cuisine with Style

Rice, Spice and All Things Nice: Indian Cuisine with Style Review

Colorful and whimsical, this delightful cookbook features a bevy of dishes inspired by North and Central Indian cuisine. Recipes such as Spicy Papaya Salad, Scallops in a Creamy Dilly Sauce, and Cashews in Coconut Sauce accompany mouth-watering desserts and additional recipes for soups, snacks, and breads. Introductory sections also address the most common ingredients, utensils, and cooking methods needed for Indian cooking. With meals suitable for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, this is an all-in-one resource for authentic Indian cooking. Beautiful photographs redolent of the mystery and romance of the East are interspersed throughout and complement the mouthwatering images of Reza’s food.

Indian Games and Dances With Native Songs

Indian Games and Dances With Native Songs Review

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Indians of North America; Indian dance; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; History / Native American; Music / Ethnic; Games / General; Social Science / Customs

The Cleveland Indians (Writing Sports)

The Cleveland Indians (Writing Sports) Review

First published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1949, Franklin "Whitey" Lewis's The Cleveland Indians begins with the organization's early years as the Cleveland Forest Citys, covers the 1920 World Series victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and concludes with the excitement of the 1948 pennant race.

This early team history covers such Cleveland legends as Cy Young, from his days in Tuscarawas County and Canton and his time with the Cleveland Spiders; Bob Feller, his discovery and development; and Larry Doby, the second African American to play in the major leagues and the first to play in the American League. It also delivers such forgotten and lesser-known stories as professional baseball's first-ever perfect game, thrown by John Lee Richmond of Worcester against the Cleveland Forest Citys on June 12, 1880; the acquisition of Napoleon Lajoie and the city's vote to change the team's name to the Napoleons (Naps) in his honor; and Charles W. Somers and John F. Kilfoyl and the birth of the American League.

Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound (American Crossroads)

Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound (American Crossroads) Review

In the Puget Sound region of Washington state, indigenous peoples and their descendants have a long history of interaction with settlers and their descendants. Indians in the Making offers the first comprehensive account of these interactions, from contact with traders of the 1820s to the Indian fishing rights activism of the 1970s. In this thoroughly researched history, Alexandra Harmon also provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis that charts shifting notions of Indian identity, both in native and in nonnative communities.
During the period under consideration, each major shift in demographic, economic, and political conditions precipitated new deliberations about how to distinguish Indians from non-Indians and from each other. By chronicling such dialogues over 150 years, this groundbreaking study reveals that Indian identity has a complex history. Examining relations in various spheres of life--labor, public ceremony, marriage and kinship, politics and law--Harmon shows how Indians have continually redefined themselves. Her focus on the negotiations that have given rise to modern Indian identity makes a significant contribution to the discourse of contemporary multiculturalism and ethnic studies.

If You Lived With The Sioux Indians

If You Lived With The Sioux Indians Review

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If you lived with the Sioux Indians

--Would you hunt for food?

--What kind of home would you live in?

--What would be the bravest thing you could do?

This book tells you what it was like to live as a Sioux Indian in North and South Dakota during the years 1800 to 1850.

Our Indian Railway

Our Indian Railway Review

This book commemorates 150 years of railways in India. Introduced under colonial rule in the second half of the nineteenth century, the railways soon embraced the length and breadth of India bringing with it rapid political, economic, ecological and cultural changes. The articles in this book explore the impact of this technological phenomenon from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. From early railway thinking in renaissance Bengal, to railway policing in Uttar Pradesh and issues of management to railway themes in literature, the writers in this volume reveal the world of the railways in all its exciting facets. The photo essay invokes the nostalgic world of steam with a series of evocative images. In the twenty-first century, the ever expanding horizon of the railways continues to draw in people and goods in the third largest railway network in the world.

Musket & Tomahawk: a Military History of the French & Indian War, 1753-1760

Musket & Tomahawk: a Military History of the French & Indian War, 1753-1760 Review

Francis Parkman's history Montcalm and Wolfe, originally published in two volumes is, possibly, the finest history book to come out of America and is the definitive account of the Seven Years War in the New World. It sets the conflict in an historical context and includes both biographies of its principal characters and much about its political consequences. This book, Musket and Tomahawk, has been adapted from Parkman's more expansive work by the Leonaur Editors, especially for those students of military history-both serious and casual-who are primarily concerned with the war itself. This was a war fought under blazing suns and driving snows. It was fought in the deep forests, on lakes and rivers and on the slopes of mountains. It was a war of ambuscade, sieges, massacres and the storming of palisades and burning blockhouses. It brought collisions in full battle between the regular troops of Britain and France, but it also embraced militias drawn from the settlers of both sides including famous backwoodsmen and scouts who became the Rangers. Not least of those embroiled were the deadly indigenous people of the land-the Indian tribes of the Eastern Woodlands-who fought according to their individual loyalties to each side and who brought a colour and savagery which was unique to this frontier conflict. Musket and Tomahawk is a riveting story of a war that has always fascinated students of military history because of its very diversity.

Cycles of Conquest: The Impact of Spain, Mexico, and the United States on Indians of the Southwest, 1533-1960

Cycles of Conquest: The Impact of Spain, Mexico, and the United States on Indians of the Southwest, 1533-1960 Review

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION - CULTURAL FRONTIERS
The Overlapping Conquests of North America
The Indians of Northwestern New Spain About 1600
The Rancheria Peoples
The Village Peoples
The Band Peoples
Nonagricultural Bands
Reactions to Conquest

PART I - THE FLOW OF HISTORY: EVENTS OF CONTACT
Introduction
Chapter One - Tarahumaras
Chapter Two - Mayos and Yaquis
Chapter Three - Lower Pimas and Opatas
Chapter Four - Seris
Chapter Five - Upper Pimas
Chapter Six - Eastern Pueblos
Chapter Seven - Western Pueblos
Chapter Eight - Navajos
Chapter Nine - Western Apaches
Chapter Ten - Yumans

PART II - THE FRAMEWORK OF CONTACT: PROGRAMS FOR CIVILIZATION
Introduction
Chapter Eleven -The Spanish Program
The Culture of the Conquest
The Frontier Institutions: The Mission Community, The Spanish Town
The Conflicts in Spanish Culture
Bearers of Spanish Culture
Techniques of Culture Transfer
Changes in the Spanish Program
Chapter Twelve -The Mexican Program
Chapter Thirteen -The Anglo -American Program
Historical Bases of Anglo Policy
The Content of Anglo Policy
The Nature of the Contact Communities: The Reservation Community, The Anglo -American Town
The Conflicts in Anglo Culture
Bearers of Anglo Culture

PART III - RESULTS OF CONTACT: THE COURSE OF CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter Fourteen - Political Incorporation
Starting Points: The Native Political Systems, Contrasts with Spanish Government
First Steps in Political Adaptation
Political Resistance and Assimilation in Sonora and Chihuahua
Protection and Dependency in Arizona and New Mexico
Results of Political Incorporation
Chapter Fifteen -Linguistic Unification
The Diffusion of Spanish
The Diffusion of English
The Extinction of Indian Languages
The Persistence and Modification of Indian Languages: Spanish Influences, English Influences, Influences of Literacy Programs, Functional Change
The Influence of Indian Languages on Spanish and English
Chapter Sixteen -Community Reorientation
Changes in the Size and Shape of Indian Communities
The Growth of Alternative Family Patterns
The Individual in Society: Personal Names, Other Trends
Factions and Parties
Chapter Seventeen -Religious Diversification
The Diffusion of Catholicism
The Many Voices of Protestantism
The Rise of New Religions
The Persistence of Indian Religions
Chapter Eighteen -Economic Integration
The Decline of Farming
The Introduction of Livestock
The Growth of Economic Interdependence
Craftwork -The Distinctive Indian Specialization
Corporate Enterprise

PART IV - PATHS TO CIVILIZATION: THE PROCESSES OF CULTURAL CHANGE
Chapter Nineteen -The Processes of Acculturation
The Growth of Common Culture
The Sense of Identity
Chapter Twenty -Enclaves and Cultural Evolution

Entertaining Indian Style

Entertaining Indian Style Review

There is an enormous variety of Indian dishes to try out with many specialties from different regions of India. The book is illustrated with full color photos. Contents: *An Indian invitation *Meal planning & menus *Preparation & cookery tips *Glossary *Meat (goshth) *Vegetarian dishes *Chicken (murgh) *Kebabs *Lentils (Dhaals) *Seafood & fish *Rice (Chawal) *Breads (roti) *Accompaniments *Snacks *Drinks *Desserts *Index