Nancy J Parezo

Interests

Teaching

Undergraduate level: Southwestern Ethnology, Southwest Indian Art, Urban Planning in the Middle East, Introductory Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion, Contemporary Indian America, Anthropology of Visual Art, The Southwest through the Kodak Lens; Oral History; Diné Culture, Philosophy and History, Tribal Museums and Cultural Preservation, Introduction to American Indian Studies (for majors). Graduate level: Writing Tribal History, Culture Theory, Modern Adaptations of Native Americans, Anthropology of Visual Art, Anthropology of Religion, Contemporary Indian America, Organization of Museums, Museum Administration, Museum Education and Interpretation, Ethics and Professional Skills, Cultural Preservation and Museums, Tribal Museums and Cultural Preservation, NAGPRA and Repatriation Issues, Research Methodology for MA and for PhD students, Oral History, Research Design for Studying Tribal Communities, Multidisciplinary Theory for American Indian Studies, Southwest Ethnography, The Southwest through the Kodak Lens, Decolonization and Cultural Preservation, Dynamics of Indian Culture.

Research

Native North America, especially the Greater Southwest; Victorian and contemporary America; Native-Euro-American relations; material culture, art, clothing and dress, economics, culture change and cultural continuity, cultural autonomy and preservation, religion, symbolism, tourism; world’s fairs; stereotyping; history of anthropology, museums and science; ethnohistory; museology; grant writing, ethics, indigenous theory and methodology, women in academia

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Parezo, N. J., & Allen, R. (2015). Connected to the Landscape: An Alternative Ethnographic Study for an Alternative Energy Project. Sacramento and Los Angeles: Bureau of Land Managementigation, California Energy Commission and Environmental Science Associates.
• Janetski, J. c. (2014). Archaeology in the Great Basin and Southwest: Papers in Honor of Don D. Fowler. Salt Lake City: University of Arizona.
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  edited volume, senior co editor

Chapters

• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Ct 3 A History of Anthropologists. In Connected to the Landscape. An Alternative Ethnogrpahic Study for an Alternative Energy Project(p. 100). Sacramento and Los Angeles: ERS.
• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Ct 4 A Concurrent History of Collecting Culture. In Connected to the Landscape.(p. 65). Sacramento and Los Angeles: ERS.
• Parezo, N. J. (2015). series of 4 appendices on museums, archives and object collections and research guide. In Connected to the Landscape(p. 154). Sacramento and Los Angeles: ERS.
• Janetski, J. C. (2014). Introduction: Honoring Don Fowler and Archaeological Careers. In Archaeology in the Great Basin and Southwest: Papers Honoring Don D. Fowler. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
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  introduction to edited volume
• Parezo, N. J. (2014). Havasupai. In Native People of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, 1st Edition(p. 431). Santa Barbara: Sharpe Reference.
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  edited by Steven Danvers. Santa Barbara: Sharpe Reference. (ebook reference for 9-12 graders). originally published 2012 Routledge.
• Parezo, N. J. (2014). Hualapai. In IN Native People of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, 1st Edition, vol. 2, edited by Steven L. Danver(p. 435). Santa Barbara: Sharpoe Reference.
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  (ebook reference for 9-12 graders). Gale Cengage Learning (http://www.cengage.com/search/product Overview.do?N=197+4294893027&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=58357934713647576301928349256738563763&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial
• Parezo, N. J. (2014). Yavapai. In IN Native People of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, 1st Edition, vol. 2, edited by Steven L. Danver(p. 506). Santa Barbara: Sharpe Reference.
  More info

  (ebook reference for 9-12 graders). Gale Cengage Learning (http://www.cengage.com/search/product Overview.do?N=197+4294893027&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=58357934713647576301928349256738563763&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial

Journals/Publications

• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Collaborative and Non-collaborative Exhibits: James Moones and Displaying Kiowa Culture. Collaborative Anthropolgies, 7(2), 72-114.
• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Museums: Sites for Producing Anthropology that Matters. Practicing Anthropology, 37(3).
• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Scholarly Collaboration. Collaborative Anthropologies, 7(2), entire volume.
• Parezo, N. J. (2015). Scholarly Collaboration: Past, Present and Future. Collaborative Anthropologies, 7(2), 25-31.

Reviews

• Parezo, N. J. (2015. Native Studies Keywords by Stephanie Teves, Andres Smith and Michelle Taheja(p. 229). Choice 53(2).
• Parezo, N. J. (2015. Treasures from Native California by Travis Husdon and Craig Bates(p. 2083). Choice 52(12).
• Parezo, N. J. (2015. Tribal Television by Dustin Tahmahkera(p. 1648). Choice 52(10).
• Parezo, N. J. (2015. Wearing Culture by Heather Orr and Matthew Looper(p. 854). Choice 52(5).
• Parezo, N. J. (2016. review of Brummett Echohawk by Kristin Younbull(p. 1342). Choice 53(7).
• Parezo, N. J. (2014. A Cheyenne Voice: The Complete John Stands in Timber Interviews by John Stands in Timber edited by Margot Liberty. Choice(pp 91(9):1666.).
• Parezo, N. J. (2014. Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museum by Amy Lonestreet. Collaborative Anthropologies(pp 6:447-450).
• Parezo, N. J. (2014. Life among the Indians. First Fieldwork among the Sioux and Omahas, edited by Joanna C. Scherer and Raymond DeMallie. Choice(pp 51(12):2230.).
• Parezo, N. J. (2014. Shamanic Regalia in the Far North by Patricia Anawalt. Choice(pp 51(12):2230.).
• Parezo, N. J. (2014. Totem Pole History. The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire, by Pauline Hillaire, edited by Gregory P. Fields. Choice(pp 51(10):1789).
• Parezo, N. J. (2015. An Anthropologist’s Arrival. A Memoir by Ruth M. Underhill, edited by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Stephen E. Nash. The Kiva.