The invented Indian: response to Strong

Article Abstract:

Pauline T. Strong's review of James Clifton's book 'The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policies' cites the book as a poor example of responsible scholarship. However, closer scrutiny reveals the scholarly nature of the two essays Clifton wrote as the book's editor. In the first essay, Clifton noted an increase in the number of Indian tribes accorded US Indian services and the tribal practice of enrolling members on its own will. Clifton presented a questionable historical charter in the second essay.

Native Americans, Native North Americans, Ethnologists, Clifton, James

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L'ethnologie du deshonneur: brief response to Lizot

Article Abstract:

Lizot (1994) criticized a previous article on the Yanomano in terms of its alleged racist view of sociobiology. The article focused on sexual motivations behind tribal wars among the Yanomamo, based on census data regarding deaths, abductions and population growth. While the data support the hypothesis that reproductive striving is a factor in warfare among these people, Lizot attacks the data and its intepretation based on his own erroneous data. Moreover, his criticisms are based on an anti-evolutionary perspective.

Sexual behavior, Analysis, Evolution (Biology), Evolution, Yanomamos, Sociobiology, Behavior evolution, Behavioral evolution

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On singers and lineages: response to Rushforth

Article Abstract:

Scott Rushforth makes several criticisms against the award-winning book 'Living Life's Circle: Mescalero Apache Cosmovision.' In particular, Rushforth criticizes the book for its reliance on a single consultant in the person of Mescalero Head Singer Bernard Second. Another criticism was leveled against the book's conclusion that matriliny was common among the Mescalero. However, closer scrutiny reveals that the book was right in having only one consultant and that the Mescalero believed in matriliny.

Mescaleros

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