The Worlds Between Two Rivers, Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa

Bataille, Gretchen; & David M. Gradwohl; Charles L. P. Silet (editors)

ISBN 10: 0813817951 / ISBN 13: 9780813817958

Published by Iowa State University Press, Ames:, 1978

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Ames:: Iowa State University Press, 1978. A clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket shows only some light rubbing. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Previous owner's ink name on endpaper. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A study of the Native Americans of Iowa with essays on: the accuracy of the portrayals of American Indians in film and in history books; How urbanization has affected Native Americans in Iowa; Mechanism of tribal government and the relationships with state and federal authorities; Archaeology and prehistory of Iowa's earliest inhabitants; etc. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Lists of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original pale green boards, lettered in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "Thirteen articles and essays give a clear picture of the first Iowan then and now. Many points of views are represented -- Native Americans, Euro-Americans, lay people, professional educators, social scientists, and humanists.". First edition, 1978 (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. x, 148pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Worlds Between Two Rivers, Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa
• Publisher: Iowa State University Press, Ames:
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813817951
• ISBN 13: 9780813817958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition, 1978 (so stated).
• Condition: Fine condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dust jacket.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indians / Native Americans

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1978, The Worlds between Two Rivers intentionally reflected a wide spectrum of views on Native Americans in Iowa: those of Native Americans themselves and of Euro-Americans, those of laypeople, and those of professional educators, social scientists, and humanists. Now, more than twenty years later, this expanded edition reflects the far-reaching and complicated changes for American Indians in this region.
Two new essays--one discussing the issues surrounding the reburial of disinterred American Indian skeletal remains and the repatriation of bones and cultural objects, the other dealing with the native people from whom the state of Iowa took its name--not only express the continuing American Indian presence in Iowa but also extend the bridge for non-Indian people to better understand those Iowans who represent the state's first nations.

About the Author

Gretchen Bataille is provost and academic vice president at Washington State University; she was formerly in the Department of English at Iowa State University, where she taught American Indian literature. David Gradwohl is professor emeritus of anthropology at Iowa State University and former chair of the university's American Indian Studies Program. Charles Silet is professor of English at Iowa State University, where he teaches, does research, and publishes on contemporary fiction, culture, and film.