The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest

Trudy Griffin-Pierce

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May, 2010
Cloth, 320 pages, 33 illus., 1 table
ISBN: 978-0-231-12790-5
$45.00 / £31.00

"A major scholarly work" — Nancy Lorraine, Midwest Book Review

"A terrific guide for the novice that offers a wealth of valuable information. This book is academic, yet written in an approachable style." — Maureen T. Schwarz, author of Blood and Voice: The Life-Courses of Navajo Women Ceremonial Practitioners

Related Subjects

• American History
• Anthropology

Series

• Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture

About the Author

Trudy Griffin-Pierce (1949-2009) was an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona. She is the author of Native Peoples of the Southwest; Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting; and Native Americans: Enduring Cultures and Traditions, and contributed a chapter to National Geographic's Peoples of the World. Her research focused on the Apachean peoples, especially the Navajo, which led her into the field of anthropology.

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