"Pioneering collection of articles on Brazilian indigenous history represents state-of-the-art research since topic became a central focus of ethnology in 1980s, and is principal product of the Núcleo de História Indígena e do Indigenismo research group coordinated by Cunha. Includes contributions by 30 leading specialists including archaeologists, linguists, historians, and anthropologists. Organized by region with separate sections on source materials and indigenous policy and legislation. Volume fills a major gap in South American ethnology and proposes new approaches and perspectives to study of ethnohistory. Richly illustrated and handsomely produced"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.