Indigenous Landscapes Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster

The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is now accepting manuscript submissions between 15-35 pages (including notes) for a special edition focusing on the current status of American Indian Nations, tribes, and communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Articles should focus on tribal invisibility during the mainstream medias news coverage of the Hurricane on television and in newspapers, the support of American Indian Nations and organizations during and after the Hurricane, the preservation of cultural traditions post-Katrina (i.e., white oak and rivercane basketry, weaving palmetto, weaving Spanish moss, sacred corn feasts, Mardi Gras regalia making, etc.) including sacred and historic sites (Natchez mounds, Marksville mounds Congo Square, etc.), the history of tribes in the Gulf Coast Region and the struggle for recognition, the re-building process in states such as Louisiana and Mississippi, personal family narratives, the economic impact on indigenous communities, including, but not limited to the displacement of the Houma, Tunica-Biloxi, Chitimacha, Choctaw, and Mardi Gras Black Indians, interracial group relations, and the current status of tribal and community sustainability and recognition. Specific area themes for the journal are:

# The Invisibility of Race and Place

# Displacement and Recovery

# Preserving Cultural and Historical Traditions

# Personal Narratives Pre and Post-Katrina

# Economic and Environmental Implications

# The Status of Tribal Sovereignty Post-Katrina

Please send submissions to:

Andrew Jolivette, Guest Editor AICRJ
American Indian Studies Department
College of Ethnic Studies, EP 103
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA. 94132

Please follow the AICRJ style guidelines available at:

http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/AICRJ_Style_Guide.pdf

Submission deadline: June 30th, 2007