| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.3

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.3 | The History Cooperative

The Texas Indians. By David La Vere. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. xiv + 293 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95.)
In 1961, anthropologist W. W. Newcomb, Jr. published The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times (Austin, TX). The first effort at a survey of American Indians in the Lone Star State, Newcomb's study is widely regarded as a minor classic of Texas history. However, the book has not aged well, as revealed by section titles such as "Savages of the Western Gulf Culture Area" and "Barbaric Gardeners." Nevertheless, despite its weaknesses, The Indians of Texas remains the standard resource on the topic of Texas Indians.	1
David La Vere, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, styles his The Texas Indians as an effort to update rather than supplant Newcomb, noting his desire "to follow in his [Newcomb's] footsteps" (p. x). La Vere is far too modest; his monograph quickly should become the standard work on American Indians in Texas.	. . .

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