From: brock@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Steve Brock)
Subject: Review of Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian by Kline
Date: 13 Apr 1995 01:15:35 GMT

REFERENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, 7TH EDITION, edited
by Barry T. Klein.  Todd Publications, 18 North Greenbush Rd., West
Nyack, NY 10994, (800) 747-1056, (914) 358-6213 voice and FAX. 
Indexes.  679 pp., $125.00 cloth (0-915344-45-9), $49.50 paper (0-
915344-46-7). 

                     Reviewed by Steve Brock

     I gave the 6th edition a pretty scathing review last year,
mentioning that the volume was notable in its attempt to be
comprehensive, but also frustrating because so much information
left out.  The seventh edition is a much more complete effort,
since several omissions that I noted in my review of the previous
edition have been added. 
     The "Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian" contains
lists of information on the following subjects: reservations,
tribal councils, government agencies, Indian schools, health
services, associations, museums, monuments and parks, libraries,
colleges, periodicals, arts and crafts shops, Canadian Indians,
bibliographies (print and non-print), and biographies of
approximately 2,500 Indians and non-Indians active in Indian
affairs.  
     For the 7th edition, Klein has added lists of Indian Education
Programs in public schools, tribally-owned casinos and bingo halls,
and Native american events such as powwows and dances.  
     Though Klein's new edition is much improved, there are still
several important people missing from the biographies, such as
Richard and John Trudell, Emery Sekakwaptewa, Sam Gill, Wes Studi,
Graham Greene, Susan Williams, Amado Pena, and Sam Deloria (his
brother, Vine, is deservedly given almost a page).  In subsequent
editions, I would like to see a Native American "Year in Review,"
documenting events important to Indian people.  Klein has the right
idea in mentioning the "New Federalism" movement in his
introduction.
     As a result of the changes and additions, I can now say that
the "Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian" is a much
improved work, recommended for libraries, research institutions,
and anyone looking for information on the 2,000,000 American
Indians and Alaska Natives residing in the United States and
Canada.  Grade: B+.