American Indian Culture and Research Journal

All but one of the articles in this issue was originally presented at a panel at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (Philadelphia, 2009). We would especially like to thank the contributors for working so hard to revise their articles for publication, and it is with no small amount of gratitude that we thank them for making our jobs much easier. We would also like to thank those in attendance in Philadelphia for a number of engaging and thought-provoking questions. We would also like to thank Paul Kroskrity for his guidance and insightful comments on all versions of these articles. The article by Philip Deloria was written specifically for this special issue. We thank him for his willingness to engage with these articles. Finally, we would like to thank Pamela Grieman at the American Indian Culture and Research Journal for her encouragement and support for putting this special issue together.