LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: A Uniquely Relevant Discipline As you learned in What is Anthropology?, anthropology is a unique discipline. Not only does it study all aspects of what it means to…
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Critical Global Challenges Today humanity faces a growing number of global problems, most of them linked to one another and to long-standing historical inequities and injustice. Many…
Figure 20.1 The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, showcases anthropological artifacts and culturally diverse histories. (credit: “UBC Museum of Anthropology” by Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0) Chapter Outline 20.1 Our Challenging World Today 20.2 Why Anthropology Matters…
This chapter addresses many issues involving Native peoples that are a result of the colonization of Indigenous peoples, the effects of a long history of governmental administration, and the manipulation of Native history and cultures in public spheres. Indigenous peoples…
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Applied anthropology, which applies anthropological research and methods to contemporary problems, addresses much of the critique of anthropology offered by Vine Deloria Jr. and others. Many Indigenous…
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Treaties and Removal In the mid-19th century, the United States federal government shifted its approach toward purchasing tribal lands rather than conquering Indigenous nations. Many Native societies…
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Anthropology has been criticized by numerous anthropologists and other scholars as participating in the colonization of Indigenous societies. While settlers took land and resources from tribes and…
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Indigenous peoples are those peoples who are the original human populations of a land. They are also referred to as Native peoples, tribal peoples, tribes, First Nations peoples,…
Figure 19.1 David Lewis, the author of this chapter, with a Kalapuya canoe donated to Grand Ronde Tribe by the Willamette Heritage Center. The canoe was found preserved in the clay of the Calapooia River in Oregon. (credit: Dean Rhode, Public Domain)…
Animals play essential roles in many areas of human life. While it may be difficult to define an animal, and sometimes controversial to speak the scientific truth that human are animals, too, the continuum between us and them is incontrovertible. In describing animals, anthropologist…