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An Evaluation Of Native American Treatment In Alabama History Textbooks, Chelsey Wilson
An Evaluation Of Native American Treatment In Alabama History Textbooks, Chelsey Wilson
Anthropology Undergraduate Senior Theses
This study is an evaluation of a sample of Alabama history textbooks published throughout the past sixty years. Its purpose is to identify the manner in which Native Americans are portrayed and to expose biases using methods influenced by the work published by previous textbook evaluators. A sample of fourth and ninth grade textbooks beginning in the 1950s was selected for this project. The textbooks were selected based on their availability (most of them were found in the University of South Alabama library) and year published. The final sample represents a variety of authors and publishers.
Large Mammal Subsistence At Archaeological Site 1ba21, Lindsay Lagrange
Large Mammal Subsistence At Archaeological Site 1ba21, Lindsay Lagrange
Anthropology Undergraduate Senior Theses
For thousands of years American Indians lived and survived in the southeastern part of North America. They used traditional hunting technologies to capture and kill many different species of animals which furnished protein in their diet and raw material for manufacture of clothing and tools. These animals include hundreds of different species of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals. While these diets were varied depending on geographic location and social affiliation, archaeologists have found patterns in the diets of the Southeastern Indians. They have found and continue to find that many American Indians in the Southeast were eating copious amounts …