Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest and Northern Mexico

by Nancy J. Parezo and Thomas E. Sheridan

Book Overview

Within these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. Literally and figuratively, the paths they walk are the same paths walked by their ancestors,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816514666
• ISBN13: 9780816514663
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Great commentaries!

I have this book for one of my college classes, and it is really interesting to have a book that is not just a dry ethnography. I think it holds true to how it describes itself in the introduction: "We want to investigate one central and fundamental theme--the persistence of ethnic identity in the face of constant change...about groups of people who have maintained a strong sense of their own ethnic identity in the face of conquest, persecution, exile, and in some cases attempted genocide." Interesting insights and analysis. Tells of past, current issues, contact with Euro-Americans, and possible futures of these peoples. An interesting read even outside of class.

Details cultures still vibrant

I bought this as a textbook for a class, but would highly recommend it to anyone interested in southwestern American Indian cultures.