Native American and Indigenous Studies

Kiara M. Vigil (Dakota descent) is Dean of New Students and Professor of American Studies at Amherst College. She is author of Indigenous Intellectuals: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the American Imagination, 1880 - 1930. Farina King (Dine, Navajo Nation citizen) is Horizon Chair of Native American Ecology and Culture and Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is author of The Earth Memory Compass: Dine Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century and Dine doo Gaamalii: Navajo Latter-day Saint Experiences in the Twentieth Century.

"Across the Twenty-First Century, Native American and Indigenous Studies has become a growth field. New courses, programs, academic associations, and prominence increasingly characterize this flourishing discipline. Kiara Vigil and Farina King have brought much of this dynamism into their impressive anthology, one that seeks to bring many of the methods, insights, and findings of the field to new readers. Highly recommended."-Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), author of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction "This volume truly delivers what it promises - a foundational textbook designed for introductory-level courses in Native American and Indigenous Studies with top scholars presenting the best of the field. It fills a major gap, offering a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and vital and accessible resource."-J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian), author of Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty: Land, Sex, and the Colonial Politics of State Nationalism "Vigil and King have made a welcome and overdue contribution to Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) with this edited textbook. Their work is an impressive, first of its kind NAIS text, offering an excellent introduction to the foundations and latest developments in this interdisciplinary field for students and all interested readers."- Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox (Comanche Nation), co-editor of American Indian Studies: Native PhD Graduates Gift Their Stories