Native Americans: Cultural Encounters
Editor’s Note 2
The State of Native America at the End of the Twentieth Century
by J. Kelly Robison 4
“God Was Better Pleased with the Indians:” The Shawnee Sachem Kakowatcheky and Moravian Missionary Efforts in the Susquehanna Valley
by Malcolm B. Brown 13
Early Cold War and American Indians: Minority Under Pressure
by Jaakko Puisto 21
Joy Harjo: The Language of Poetic Justice
Interview by Catrin Gersdorf 33
Teachers’ Resources
The Challenge of Black Elk Speaks: Getting to Know Western Stereotypes, Yet Learning about Native American Cultures
by Katharina Kracht 38
A Native Person Teaches Native Studies to Non-Natives: The Challenge and Practice
by Phil Bellfy 47
Lesson Plan: Native Americans—Stereotypes and Reality 56
Resources
Further Readings on Native Americans 59
Internet Resources 61
Book Reviews
Johannes Kleinschmidt, “Do not fraternize”: Die schwierigen Anfänge deutsch-amerikanischer Freundschaft 1944–1949
reviewed by Andrea Mehrländer 62
Wolfgang Splitter, Pastors, People, Politics: German Lutherans in Pennsylvania 1740–1790
reviewed by Andrea Mehrländer 63