From savage to Negro : anthropology and the construction of race, 1896-1954 / Lee D. Baker.

Skull wars : Kennewick Man, archaeology, and the battle for Native American identity.

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From savage to Negro : anthropology and the construction of race, 1896-1954 / Lee D. Baker.

Skull wars : Kennewick Man, archaeology, and the battle for Native American identity.