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 evidence--from
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
General
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