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Jack D. Forbes , 1934-
Source: Native American Authors Project
Powhatan
Delaware
Jack Forbes was born in 1934 in Long Beach, California. He started
writing in high school, writing articles for a school paper and later
became sports editor. In 1979 he felt he needed a stimulation of a new
environment, and went to England for year and then to Holland and
Mexico. He says he is deeply interested in human rights and in the
common problems experienced by all people. He studied at the University
of Southern California earning his Bachelors in 1953, Masters in 1955
and PhD. in 1959. He is a professor emeritus of Native American studies
at the University of California, Davis and was the founder of
Degoniwida-Quetzalcoatl University in Davis.
Awards and Honors
Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1997
Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Prose - Non-Fiction) award, 1999
Online resources by or about Jack D. Forbes:
A Brief Biography of Jack D. Forbes
Author: Martin F. Dunn
Type: authorbio
Description: An short bio of Forbes from the Metis in the U.S.A. web site.
URL: http://www.othermetis.net/index.html/USmetis/ForbesBio.html
Canada: Switzerland of the North or a Double Colony by Jack Forbes
Author: Artic Circle
Type: etext
Description: Full text from the Arctic Circle website of a commentary
by Jack Forbes originally published in his column, Native Intelligence.
URL: http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/CulturalViability/Cree/forbes.html
Jack Forbes: We Can Have New Visions
Author: Lois Crozier-Hogle
Type: authorbio
Description: This page from the Winter 1999 issue of Talking Leaves
includes several excerpts from the book Surviving in Two Worlds:
Contemporary Native American Voices, including an interview with Jack
Forbes.
URL: http://www.talkingleaves.org/w99native.htm
Jack Forbes' Webpage
Author: Jack Forbes
Type: authorbio
Description: Forbes' home page on the University of California, Davis
Native American Studies Department web site. Includes a brief
biographical statement, photos, and an extensive publications list.
URL: http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/nas/faculty/forbes/personal/forbes.html
Windspeaker Guest Columns (1999)
Author: Taiaiake Alfred, Jack Forbes, et al.
Type: etext
Description: Text of several guest columns written by Alfred from 9/99 - 12/99, and a column by Forbes from 6/99.
URL: http://www.ammsa.com/windspeaker/windguest99.html
Books by Jack D. Forbes:
Forbes, Jack D.. Africans and Native Americans : the language of race and the evolution of Red-Black peoples
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1993.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 344 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes : Revised edition of Black Africans and Native Americans, 1988. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252020146 (hc) / 025206321x (pbk)
Forbes, Jack D.. Afro-Americans in the Far West : a handbook for educators
Berkeley, CA : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, 1968.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 106 p. ; 27 cm.
Contributors : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research Development.
Includes bibliographies.
Afro-Americans--West (U.S.)
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. American words : an introduction to those native words used in English in the United States and Canada
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1979.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 115 p. Includes bibliography.
Contents : Native American words organized by subject categories. -- English-American dictionary.
English language--Foreign words and phrasesDictionaries.
Languages--Dictionaries.
Audience: All Ages
Forbes, Jack D.. Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1960.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliography.
Southwest, New Athapascan Indians.
Southwest, New--History
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0806126868
Forbes, Jack D.. Atlas of native history
Davis, CA : D-Q University Press, 1981 .
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 1 atlas ([16] p.) : maps ; 58 cm.
Notes: Shows legal political units and ignores claims.
Includes glossary of English and native Indian names.
Indians of North AmericaMaps.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Aztecas del norte ; the Chicanos of Aztlan
Greenwich, CT : Fawcett Publications, 1973.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 336 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Mexican Americans.
Mexicans--United States.
Audience: All Ages
Forbes, Jack D.. Columbus and other cannibals
Autonomedia, 1992.
ISBN: 0-936-756-70-5
Forbes, Jack D.. The constitutional and legal background for a
non-racial human skeletal remains policy for the University of
California and other California agencies
California : J.D. Forbes, 1990.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 24 p. ; 28 cm.
Archaeology--Law and legislation--California.
Human remains (Archaeology)--California.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. The education of the culturally different : a multi-cultural approach
Berkeley, CA : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, 1969.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Contributors : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development.
Includes bibliographical references.
Socially handicapped childrenUnited States.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. The establishment of D-Q University : an example of successful Indian-Chicano community development
Davis, Calif. : D-Q University, 1972.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 10 p. ; 28 cm. Co-authored by Kenneth R. Martin and David Risling.
Community educationCase studies.
Community developmentCase studies.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. The Indian in America's past
Englewood Cliffs, N.Y. : Prentice Hall, 1964.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 181 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Indians, Treatment of--United States.
History.
Government relations.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Mexican-Americans : a handbook for educators
Berkeley, CA : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, 1967.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 34 p. ; 27 cm.
Contributors : Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development.
Notes : Work reported was performed pursuant to a contract with the U.S. Office of Education.
Includes bibliography.
Mexican Americans--Education.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. A model of "grass-roots" community development : the D-Q University native american language education project
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1976.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Co-authored by Howard Adams.
Papago language--Study and teaching.
Zuni language--Study and teaching.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Native American languages : preservation and self-development
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1979.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 57 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Indians of North AmericaRevival.
Indians of North AmericaStudy and teaching.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Native Americans and Nixon : presidential politics and minority self-determination, 1969-1972
Los Angeles : American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1981.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 148 p. ; 23 cm. Includes index and bibliography.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
Government relations--1934-
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0935626069 (pbk)
Forbes, Jack D.. Native Americans of California and Nevada
Happy Camp, Calif. : Naturegraph Publishers, 1982.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0879611189
Forbes, Jack D.. Nevada Indians speak
Reno : University of Nevada press, 1967.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 293 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Nevada.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Only approved Indians
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 175 p. ; 23 cm.
Series : American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 12.
Social life and customs--Fiction.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 080612699x
Forbes, Jack D.. The Papago-Apache Treaty of 1853 : property rights and
religious liberties of the 'O'odham, Maricopa, and other native peoples
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1979.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 32 p. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.
Indians of North America--Civil rights.
Indians of North America--Land tenure--Arizona.
Freedom of religion--United States.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. The potential role of libraries and information
services in supporting Native American cultures and the quality of life
of Native people : a paper
Washington, D.C. : Office of Library and Information Services, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1978.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 14p. ; 27 cm.
Series : White House Pre-Conference on Indian Library and Information Services On or Near Reservations papers.
Conference held in Denver, Colorado.
Libraries and Indians--United States--Congresses.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Racism, scholarship, and cultural pluralism in higher education
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1977.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.
Faculty integration--United States--Case studies.
Universities and colleges--United StatesCase studies.
Discrimination in employment--United States--Case studies.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Red blood
Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, 1997.
Description: 216 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0919441653
Forbes, Jack D.. Religious freedom and the protection of Native American places of worship and cemeteries
Davis, CA : University of California, Davis, 1977.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 24 p. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Freedom of religion--United States.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Tribes and masses : explorations in red, white, and black
Davis, Calif. : D-Q University Press, 1978.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 120 p. ; 28 cm. Series: DQU studies in colonialism, racism, and self-determination
United States--Race relations--Addresses, essays, lectures.
United States--Territorial expansion--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Audience: Adult
Forbes, Jack D.. Wapanakamikok language relationships : an introductory
study of mutual intelligibility among the Powhatan, Lanape, Natick,
Nanticoke, and Otchipwe languages
Davis, Calif. : University of California, Davis, 1972.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 52 p. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references
Algonquian languages.
Audience: Adult
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