The Ecological Indian Book Review

Vincent N. Parrillo. Strangers to These Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States. Ninth Edition. Allyn and Bacon. (text book referred to for integrating concepts).
NOTE: If you purchased an earlier edition of the Parrillo text, be advised that the material will in places be on different pages from the 9th edition and you are responsible for the material as it appears in the 9th Edition.
Raymond Krech. The Ecological Indian.
The Ecological Indian Book Review: For this assignment you will be required to answer five questions (20 points each) and integrate concepts, theories and ideas from your textbook (chapters 1-4) that help explain the issues you encounter in this book. Provide examples from the book in support of each
Number the questions as they appear on this sheet or copy (retype) the questions. Type your answers in paragraph format, single-spaced and use quotations and examples from the book in support of your answers. Please indicate page numbers for quotations and proofread and spell-check your paper. PLEASE DO NOT RETYPE THE BOOK. I’m interested in reading your perception and perspective on the book.
Due Date: This assignment must be submitted as an attachment in Word to me during Module 5 (July 2-July 8). Please DO NOT post your answers on the Discussion Board. Plan accordingly.
1. What is Shepard Krech’s thesis? In outlining his thesis, provide at least three examples from the book as supporting evidence.
2. Given your understanding of stereotypes what according to Krech, are the most common stereotypes used to describe Indians by Madison Avenue? How does he go about correcting or reinforcing the stereotypes? Provide specific examples from the book to illustrate. In what ways were/are the stereotypes harmful and beneficial to the dominant and minority groups in
In “Eden,” Krech provides two descriptions of America: “simultaneously paradise seemingly untouched by human hands” and “inhabited by people, who, prior to the arrival of Europeans exploited lands and animals in order to live” (page 75) and concludes chapter 3 with “… this paradise, this Eden, was mainly an artifact of demography and epidemiology.” Explain how he reconciles these differing views of Eden. Do you dis/agree with him? Explain why.
5. Chapter 4 ends with this sentence: “Despite European images of an untouched Eden, this nature was cultural not virgin, anthropogenic not primeval, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Indian uses of fire” (page 122). In light of the discussion in the chapter, explain this conclusion.
6. Chapter 5 discusses the cultural importance of “Buffalo” to the Plains’ Indians experiences. In the context of the debate on Ecology and Conservation (outline their relative positions and if, and how they apply to the Plains’ Indians) discuss the significance of the buffalo.
7. In chapter 6 Krech dismisses the notion that “Europeans alone understood the true value of merchandise and pelts, and that Indians, the “natural’ residents, neither understood nor profited” (page 151). Explain why. Do you dis/agree with his conclusions?