A Good Cherokee, A Good Anthropologist: Papers in Honor of Robert K. Thomas 

Edited by Steve Pavlik, with articles by 31 contributors, 1998. 

Robert K. Thomas was a Cherokee nationalist, social scientist, anthropologist, philosopher, teacher, activist, and spiritual leader. The essays in this book range from highly personal accounts of the contributor’s relationship with Thomas to scholarly works inspired by his teachings and writings. The book is a tribute to a Cherokee man whose inspiring leadership touched many.

390 pp.

$40.00 hardcover; ISBN: 978-0-935626-47-6 

$25.00 paper; ISBN: 978-0-935626-48-4 

Indian Gaming: Who Wins?

Edited By Angela Mullis and David Kamper, 2000. UCLA American Indian Studies Center.

Indian Gaming: Who Wins? is an anthology of articles that examines contemporary American Indian gaming as it plays out in economics, history, literature, and law. The essays present a wealth of information on the complicated and increasingly vexed questions attending the prerogatives exercised by American Indians when establishing gambling enterprises on their reservations. Based on a 1997 University of California, Los Angeles conference, the book includes scholarly points of view as well as a section devoted to the perspectives of those working in the gaming industry.

189 pp.

$15.00 paper; ISBN: 978-0-935626-53-0

New Directions in Federal Indian Policy: A Review of the American Indian Policy Review Commission  

Edited by Anthony D. Brown, with articles by ten contributors, 1979. 

A collection of essays that examine the shortcomings and accomplishments of the AIPRC. 

150 pp.  

$10.00 paper; ISBN 978-0-935626-28-4

Planting Tail Feathers: Tribal Survival and Public Law 280  

By Carole Goldberg-Ambrose, 1997. 

Planting Tail Feathers recounts the passage in 1953 of the federal statute commonly known as Public Law 280. Public Law 280 brought hardship to the affected reservations in the form of state jurisdiction and a withdrawal of federal services. The goal of the book is to present some of the ideas and legal understanding needed to rebuild tribal governments, economies, and peoples following the implementation Public Law 280.  

246 pp. 

$15.00 paper; ISBN 978-0-935626-44-1