The complete online text of Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by John Wesley Powell.

American geologist, anthropologist, and scientific explorer, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) made the first dramatic descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. His life was dedicated to exploring and conserving the natural resources--scientif...

Maj. John Wesley Powell was an explorer, writer, geologist, anthropologist, land planner, and bureaucrat. He explored the last blank spot on the map of the United States; wrote one of the great real-life adventure stories in American literature, Explorat...

When in 1972 I called at the office of the Harijan Welfare Department in Kerala and met the Director, and intimated that I wanted to undertake some research among the tribal Malapantaram, my suggestion was greeted in the office with hoots of laughter....

CAN FAILED STATES and devastated countries (like Papua New Guinea, Iraq, East Timor) be converted into viable civil societies? This pressing question is not just a matter of political and economic solutions--recognising underlying cultural factors is crucial. We have to try to get...