Ethnohistory

The Unfinished Edifice

Bibliographic Data

ID2739232
AuthorsBruce G Trigger (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume33
Issue3
Pages253
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnohistory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-1801 • E-ISSN: 1527-5477
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/481814
OpenAlexW2328429944
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited21

The development of ethnohistory is examined in the context of Euroamerican society. Its principal accomplishment to date has been to reveal the biases that have distorted Euroamerican views of native people from the sixteenth century until the present. In recent years, ethnohistory has benefited from historical studies of how Europeans perceived native Americans and from advances in paleodemography and the analysis of oral traditions. Further assistance can be expected from the development of comparative ethnology and more importantly from ethnosemantics. Despite these ad- vances, only as the marginalization of native Americans in modern society is overcome can Euroamerican ethnohistorians advance beyond critiques of their own society to realize their stated goal of studying native American history

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