Daniel Usner

Publications

Indian Work: Language and Livelihood in Native American History

Daniel Usner (Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, 2003-04)

Representations of Indian economic life have played an integral role in discourses about poverty, social policy, and cultural difference but have received surprisingly little attention. Daniel Usner dismantles ideological characterizations of Indian livelihood to reveal the intricacy of economic adaptations in American Indian history.