The White Race and Its Civilization

What the White Race May Learn from the Indian

by George Wharton JAMES (1858 - 1923)

People learn from other people, and races have forever learned from other races. Herein we are treated to an in-depth understanding of categorized social characteristics of the Native American peoples, primarily those of the western U.S. as they existed at the time of book publication (1908). 'In dealing with [the Native Americans] as a race, a people, therefore, I do as I would with my own race, I take what to me seem to be racial characteristics, or in other words, the things that are manifested in the lives of the best men and women, and which seem to represent their habitual aims, ambitions, and desires.' - Summary by Roger Melin & book foreword

Listen next episodes of What the White Race May Learn from the Indian:
Conclusion , The Indian and Affectation , The Indian and Art Work , The Indian and Certain Social Traits and Customs , The Indian and Diet , The Indian and Education , The Indian and Frankness , The Indian and Her Baby , The Indian and Hospitality , The Indian and Immortality , The Indian and Mental Poise , The Indian and Nasal and Deep Breathing , The Indian and Out-of-Door Life , The Indian and Physical Labor , The Indian and Physical Labor for Girls and Women , The Indian and Religious Worship , The Indian and Repining , The Indian and Self-Restraint , The Indian and Sleeping Out of Doors , The Indian and Some Luxuries , The Indian and the Sanctity of Nudity , The Indian and the Sex Question , The Indian and the Superfluities of Life , The Indian as a Walker, Rider, and Climber , The Indian in the Rain and the Dirt , Visiting the Indians