Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian
North America, scholars argue that the scale and scope of Native
American violence is exagerated. They contend that scholarly
misrepresentation has denigrated indigenous peoples when in fact
they lived together in peace and harmony. In rebutting that
contention, this groundbreaking book presents clear evidencefrom
multiple academic disciplines that indigenous populations engaged
in warfare and ritual violence long before European contact. In ten
well-documented and thoroughly researched chapters, fourteen
leading scholars dispassionately describe sources and consequences
of Amerindian warfare and violence, including ritual violence.
Originally presented at an American Anthropological Association
symposium, their findings construct a convincing case that
bloodshed and killing have been woven into the fabric of indigenous
life in North America for many centuries. The editors argue that a
failure to acknowledge the roles of warfare and violence in the
lives of indigenous North Americans is itself a vestige of colonial
repression depriving native warriors of their history of armed
resistance. These essays document specific acts of Native American
violence across the North American continent. Including
contributions from anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and
ethnographers, they argue not only that violence existed but also
that it was an important and frequently celebrated component of
Amerindian life. CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Richard J.
Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza 1. Traditional Native Warfare in
Western Alaska Ernest S. Burch Jr. 2. Barbarism and Ardour of War
from the Tenderest Years?: Cree-Inuit Warfare in the Hudson Bay
Region Charles A. Bishop and Victor P. Lytwyn 3. Aboriginal Warfare
on the Northwest Coast: Did the Potlatch Replace Warfare? Joan A.
Lovisek 4. Ethnohistoric Descriptions of Chumash Warfare John R.
Johnson 5. Documenting Conflict in the Prehistoric Pueblo Southwest
Polly Schaafsma 6. Cahokia and the Evidence for Late Pre-Columbian
War in the North American Midcontinent Thomas E. Emerson 7.
Iroquois-Huron Warfare Dean R. Snow 8. Desecrating the Sacred
Ancestor Temples: Chiefly Conflict and Violence in the American
Southeast David H. Dye and Adam King 9. Warfare, Population, and
Food Production in Prehistoric Eastern North America George R.
Milner 10. The Osteological Evidence for Indigenous Warfare in
North America Patricia M. Lambert 11. Ethical Considerations and
Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Violence in North
America Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. Mendoza References About the
Contributors Index
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