Articles

Victoria R. Bricker and Rebecca E. Hill

Climatic Signatures in Yucatecan Wills and Death Records
Ethnohistory 56(2): 227-268 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-057 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William C. Meadows

"They Had a Chance to Talk to One Another...": The Role of Incidence in Native American Code Talking
Ethnohistory 56(2): 269-284 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-058 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ivor Miller

The Genesis of African and Indian Cooperation in Colonial North America: An Interview with Helen Hornbeck Tanner
Ethnohistory 56(2): 285-302 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-059 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Review Essay

Leo J. Garofalo

The Quinto Suyo: New African Diaspora History from Peru
Malambo. By Lucía Charún-Illescas. Translated by Emmanuel Harris II. (Chicago: Swan Isle Press, 2004. 230 pp., translator's note, glossary. $28.00 cloth.)
Esclavos de la ciudad letrada: Esclavitud, escritura, y colonialismo en Lima (1650-1700). By José Ramón Jouve Martín. (Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2005. 206 pp., bibliography, illustrations. $9.00 paper.)
Las máscaras de la representación: El sujeto esclavista y las rutas del racismo en el Perú (1775-1895). By Marcel Velázquez Castro. (Lima: Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, 2005. 288 pp., bibliography, illustrations. $6.50 paper.)
Breve historia de la esclavitud en el Perú: Una herida que no deja de sangrar. By Carlos Aguirre. (Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, 2005. 280 pp., illustrations, bibliography, appendixes. $13.00 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 303-307 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-060 [PDF]  

Book Reviews

Victoria Smith

Chevato: The Story of the Apache Warrior Who Captured Herman Lehman; Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief
Chevato: The Story of the Apache Warrior Who Captured Herman Lehman. By William Chebahtah and Nancy McGowan Minor. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. xii + 276 pp., introduction, illustrations, bibliography, index. $40.00 cloth.)
Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief. By Kathleen Chamberlain. Foreword by Richard W. Etulain. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. xxi + 242 pp., preface, acknowledgments, illustrations, bibliography, index. $24.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 309-311 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-061 [PDF] [References]  

Jeffrey P. Shepherd

The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Politics of Postcolonial U.S.-Indigenous Relations
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Politics of Postcolonial U.S.-Indigenous Relations. By Kevin Bruyneel. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007. xxiv + 313 pp., note on terminology, introduction, conclusion, acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index. $67.50 cloth, $22.50 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 311-313 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-062 [PDF]  

Bradley J. Gills

Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood
Forced Federalism: Contemporary Challenges to Indigenous Nationhood. By Jeff Corntassel and Richard C. Witmer II. Foreword by Lindsay G. Robertson. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xxi + 272 pp., acknowledgments, illustrations, tables, appendixes, bibliography, index. $34.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 313-315 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-063 [PDF]  

Larry Nesper

Architect of Justice: Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism
Architect of Justice: Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism. By Dalia Tsuk Mitchell. (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2007. 368 pp., acknowledgments, prologue, epilogue, notes, bibliography, index. $59.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 315-317 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-064 [PDF] [References]  

Nicolas G. Rosenthal

Buffalo Inc.: American Indians and Economic Development
Buffalo Inc.: American Indians and Economic Development. By Sebastian Felix Braun. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xii + 271 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrations, tables, references, index. $39.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 317-318 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-065 [PDF]  

William Carter

Our Life among the Iroquois Indians
Our Life among the Iroquois Indians. By Harriet S. Caswell. New introduction by Joy A. Bilharz. Originally published 1892. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. xxxvii + 321 pp., new foreword, new introduction, original preface, original introduction, new and original illustrations. $24.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 318-320 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-066 [PDF]  

Stephen Warren

Restoring the Chain of Friendship: British Policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815
Restoring the Chain of Friendship: British Policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815. By Timothy D. Willig. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xvi + 376 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrations, bibliography, index. $50.00 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 320-321 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-067 [PDF]  

David J. Silverman

Peoples of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians
Peoples of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians. By Amy C. Schutt. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 250 pp., prologue, list of abbreviations, notes, index, acknowledgments. $45.00 cloth, $22.50 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 321-323 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-068 [PDF]  

Michael Barry

Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation. By Jonathan Lear. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. 187 pp., notes, acknowledgments, index, illustrations. $15.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 323-324 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-069 [PDF]  

Michael L. Tate

Ghost Dances and Identity: Prophetic Religion and American Indian Ethnogenesis in the Nineteenth Century
Ghost Dances and Identity: Prophetic Religion and American Indian Ethnogenesis in the Nineteenth Century. By Gregory E. Smoak. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. xiii + 289 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, maps, bibliography, index. $44.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 324-326 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-070 [PDF]  

Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez

Salvation through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier
Salvation through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier. By H. Henrietta Stockel. (Albuqerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. xii + 179 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrations, bibliography, index. $27.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 326-328 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-071 [PDF]  

Clyde Ellis

Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State
Kiowa Humanity and the Invasion of the State. By Jacki Thompson Rand. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. ix + 198 pp., acknowledgments, illustrations, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 328-329 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-072 [PDF]  

Theresa A. Singleton

Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia
Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia. By Patricia M. Samford. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007. vii + 232 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrations, bibliography, index. $49.95 cloth, $29.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 329-331 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-073 [PDF]  

Rose Stremlau

The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians. By Michael Leroy Oberg. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. xvi + 162 pp., notes, index, acknowledgments. $32.50 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 331-333 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-074 [PDF]  

Andrew Denson

Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree: Alcohol and the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation
Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree: Alcohol and the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation. By Izumi Ishii. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xvi + 264 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 333-335 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-075 [PDF]  

Claudio Saunt

Separate Peoples, One Land: The Minds of Cherokees, Blacks, and Whites on the Tennessee Frontier
Separate Peoples, One Land: The Minds of Cherokees, Blacks, and Whites on the Tennessee Frontier. By Cynthia Cumfer. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xii + 324 pp., illustration, maps, notes, index. $59.95 cloth, $22.50 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 335-336 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-076 [PDF]  

Gary C. Cheek, Jr.

Pre-removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths
Pre-removal Choctaw History: Exploring New Paths. Edited by Greg O'Brien. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. v + 265 pp., acknowledgments, editor's introduction, appendixes, contributors, index. $39.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 336-338 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-077 [PDF] [References]  

Ananda Cohen Suarez

Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821
Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821. By Kelly Donahue-Wallace. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. xxvii + 276 pp., preface, introduction, color plates, glossary, bibliography, index. $29.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 339-340 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-078 [PDF] [References]  

Susan Toby Evans

The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics
The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics. By Jongsoo Lee. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. xii + 282 pp., introduction, notes, glossary, index. $34.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 340-342 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-079 [PDF]  

Leslie S. Offutt

Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759-1821
Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759-1821. Edited by Jordana Dym and Christophe Belaubre. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2007. ix + 310 pp., introduction, bibliography, index. $60.00 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 342-345 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-080 [PDF]  

James H. McDonald

Feeding Chilapa: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Mexican Region
Feeding Chilapa: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Mexican Region. By Chris Kyle. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. xvii + 269 pp., preface, introduction, figures, tables, maps, appendixes, endnotes, bibliography, index. $45.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 345-346 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-081 [PDF]  

Susan Kellogg

Gender, Indian, Nation: The Contradictions of Making Ecuador, 1830-1925
Gender, Indian, Nation: The Contradictions of Making Ecuador, 1830-1925. By Erin O'Connor. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2007. xxiii + 261 pp., preface, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $49.95 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 347-349 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-082 [PDF]  

Thomas Whigham

The Quito Manuscript: An Inca History Preserved by Fernando Montesinos
The Quito Manuscript: An Inca History Preserved by Fernando Montesinos. By Sabine Hyland. (New Haven, CT: Peabody Museum, Yale University Publications in Anthropology, 2007. viii + 171 pp., preface, overview, figures and tables, appendix, references, index. $28.00 cloth.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 349-351 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-083 [PDF]  

Kristin Dutcher Mann

Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco
Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco. By Geoffrey Baker. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. ix + 308 pp., introduction, bibliography, index. $79.95 cloth, $22.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 351-353 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-084 [PDF]  

Erick D. Langer

People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru
People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru. Noble David Cook with Alexandra Parma Cook. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. xv + 319 pp., preface, map, photographs, bibliography, index. $23.95 paper.)
Ethnohistory 56(2): 353-354 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00141801-2008-085 [PDF] [References]  

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