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could learn much about the meaning of elderhood to the Anishinaabeg by such a comparison. Despite these concerns, McNally's text is an important work that while perhaps too narrow a topic for classroom use and too theoretically dense to be of interest to the lay reader (and, indeed, the population of whom he writes), it explores an important topic that has had little previous attention in historical or religious scholarship on Anishinaabeg people and Native American societies generally. Honoring Elders will prove an important foundational springboard for future studies on eldership to come. Raymond D. Austin. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. 269 pp. Cloth, $60.00. Moroni Benally, University of Washington Raymond D. Austin provides a careful and critical review of the emergence, development, and use of "tradition" in the Navajo Nation court system. This work is insightful for several reasons but most importantly because of its unique perspective. Austin served on the Navajo Nation Supreme Court and therefore contributed directly to the development and use of "tradition" in these courts. Consequently, this scholarly insider perspective brings a wealth of insights and identifies tensions in the use
The American Indian Quarterly – University of Nebraska Press
Published: Jul 28, 2011
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