The Changing Culture Of An Indian Tribe

Download or read book The Changing Culture of an Indian Tribe written by Margaret Mead and published by New York : Capricorn Books. This book was released on 1966 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shortly after her famous anthropological field studies in Samoa and Manus, Margaret Mead was sent by the American Museum of Natural History to investigate the family life and the social setting of an Indian tribe living on a government reservation. The pioneer work that resulted from her observations is here reprinted with a new introduction relating our treatment of the Indians to the whole question of "racial guilt." Dr. Mead sketches in the background of the tribe, describes their reservation, and discusses the economic and political situation of these wards of the government, as well as their social organization, religion and education. One section is devoted to a detailed study of the Indian woman and her place in this changing culture, and a concluding section provides statistical data, sample conversations and case histories."-- Back cover.