Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books
Duke University Press Indigenous Peoples and Borders
Book SynopsisThe legacies of borders are far-reaching for Indigenous Peoples. This collection offers new ways of understanding borders by departing from statist approaches to territoriality. Bringing together the fields of border studies, human rights, international relations, and Indigenous studies, it features a wide range of voices from across academia, public policy, and civil society. The contributors explore the profound and varying impacts of borders on Indigenous Peoples around the world and the ways borders are challenged and worked around. From Bangladesh’s colonially imposed militarized borders to resource extraction in the Russian Arctic and along the Colombia-Ecuador border to the transportation of toxic pesticides from the United States to Mexico, the chapters examine sovereignty, power, and obstructions to Indigenous rights and self-determination as well as globalization and the economic impacts of borders. Indigenous Peoples and Borders proposes future action that is inTrade Review“This insightful and important volume offers readers, teachers, scholars, and students a collection of essays that widen our understanding of the global phenomenon of Indigenous Peoples' politics. Indigenous Peoples and Borders is a singular, well-structured source for teaching and analyzing Indigenous studies through a comparative and global perspective. It will become a go-to book for the field.” -- Kevin Bruyneel, author of * Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States *“This volume tackles important and novel topics in view of the current neoliberal challenges faced by Indigenous communities worldwide, from human rights and genocide of Indigenous Peoples to the experiences of Indigenous women and children to sovereignty and nationhood. Indigenous Peoples and Borders will be very valuable for courses in Indigenous studies, political science, history, international studies, globalization, neoliberalism, and human rights.” -- Priscilla Settee, author of * Pimatisiwin: The Good Life, Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems *
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New York University Press Pocahontas and the English Boys
Book SynopsisThe captivating story of four young peopleEnglish and Powhatanwho lived their lives between cultures In Pocahontas and the English Boys, the esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shifts the lens on the well-known narrative of Virginia's founding to reveal the previously untold and utterly compelling story of the youths who, often unwillingly, entered into cross-cultural relationshipsand became essential for the colony's survival. Their story gives us unprecedented access to both sides of early Virginia. Here for the first time outside scholarly texts is an accurate portrayal of Pocahontas, who, from the age of ten, acted as emissary for her father, who ruled over the local tribes, alongside the never-before-told intertwined stories of Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Robert Poole, young English boys who were forced to live with powerful Indian leaders to act as intermediaries. Pocahontas and the English Boys is a riveting seventeenth-century story of intrigue and danger, knowledgeTrade Review"Based on a lifetime of study, Ms. Kupperman provides a remarkably perceptive and sympathetic portrait of five young people who, with little control over their own fate, found themselves caught up in the dangerously shifting cultural realities of early Jamestown." * Wall Street Journal *""A culturally resonant understanding of the early confluences in America between Indigenous peoples and Europeans...this new take on her life and times answers questions essential to our time: What is the nature of fluidity in civic culture — what happens to us when we encounter new cultures, people, languages — not just once but frequently? And what happens to our human condition when someone else tries to shape who we are?" -- NPR.org"An inventive and lively new account of the Powhatan peoples' encounter with the Virginia colonists. While Pocahontas has been the subject of a fair amount of scholarship, the story of the English youths who learned Algonquian languages has never been so explicitly (and fittingly) paired with hers." -- Andrew Lipman,author of The Saltwater Frontier"From the opening scene of young Pocahontas teaching an English boy how to live in her fathers capital city, this stunningly original book puts us in the shoes and moccasins of bilingual and bicultural adolescents and shows us a whole new world. Even if you think you know everything about colonial Virginia, you need to read this book." -- Kathleen DuVal,Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina"Karen Kuppermans well-researched and accessible book shows us the familiar Chesapeake story from surprisingand youthfulnew vantage points. This ingenious work by a noted scholar highlights dilemmas of cultural exchange across the Atlantic world." -- Peter H. Wood,Professor Emeritus of History, Duke University"Kupperman offers new insights through her focus on young people who moved between Algonquian and English communities and worlds. Hers is a sobering account of the costs of colonialism for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and brings to life a place a time that still has many lessons to teach us." -- Coll Thrush,author of Indigenous London"Like all her work, Karen Kuppermans new book is as compelling as a great novel. It offers a richly detailed history of three English boys adopted into indigenous communities in early Virginia: a fascinating story of bilingual knowledge, divided loyalties, and the meaning of adolescence across cultures that reframes prior studies of Jamestown, Pocahontas, and early Virginia in significant ways." -- Anna Brickhouse,University of Virginia"Only Karen Ordahl Kupperman could have written this book. She draws on a lifetime of research to craft a human-scale story of young people caught up in events beyond their control. Pocahontas and the English Boys provides general readers with a moving introduction to the tragic history of the Jamestown colony." -- Daniel K. Richter,University of Pennsylvania"While the story of Jamestown itself has been told, the author manages to find a new and fascinating lens. After reading the piece, I am convinced that Thomas Savage, Henry Spelman, and Pocahontas were important cultural brokers whose lives shaped and were profoundly shaped by the English settlement of Virginia." -- Jared Hardesty,author of Unfreedom"A compelling narrative of cultural entanglement that challenges traditional perceptions of early Virginia. A refreshing and readable new take on an old story that should be considered an essential read for anyone striving to understand the human stories of friendship and betrayal that lie at the heart of early modern colonial encounters." -- Audrey Horning,William and Mary"This enlightening study highlights a form of slavery that has been often overlooked in histories of colonial Virginia." * Library Journal *"Kupperman's nuanced portrait of the English boys makes this book an excellent addition to literature on seventeenth-century Virginia. The book's unique perspective on the process of cultural negotiation, combined with its clear writing style, make it ideally suited for undergraduates." * Anglican And Episcopai History *"In a deeply nuanced study, Kupperman deftly crafts a narrative based on her decades of study into the early Virginia colony and the Atlantic world, of the important role of captive children and the exchange of peoples in the settlement process… [She] has produced an important synthesis of this era that allows a glimpse into a terrifying aspect of the colonial era and brings to life their circumstances and hardships." -- Kristalyn Shefveland, University of Southern Indiana * Journal of American Ethnic History *
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New York University Press Sonic Sovereignty
Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, 2024 Alan Merriam Prize, given by the Society for EthnomusicologyWhat does sovereignty sound like?Sonic Sovereignty considers how contemporary Indigenous musicians champion self-determination through musical expression in Canada and the United States. The framework of sonic sovereignty connects self-definition, collective determination, and Indigenous land rematriation to the immediate and long-lasting effects of expressive culture. Liz Przybylski covers online and offline media spaces, following musicians and producers as they, and their music, circulate across broadcast and online networks. Przybylski documents and reflects on shifts in both the music industry and political landscape over the course of a decade: as the ways in which people listen to, consume, and interact with popular music have radically changed, extensive public conversations have flourished around contemporary Indigenous culture, settler responsibility, Indigenous leadership, and decolonial fTrade ReviewExtends our understanding of music across landscapes where belonging and self-determination are enacted daily. Through hybrid ethnographic and participatory research, Liz Przybylski examines the infrastructure of settler media terrains and, more importantly, Indigenous artists’ ruptures of it. Her examination of the online-offline divide, practices of distribution, and regulatory environments of broadcast systems are coupled with the power of Indigenous artists who encourage us to go beyond hearing. Through deft close readings of artists’ practices, she introduces us to the possibilities of relational listening. -- Mishuana Goeman, author of Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our NationsExcavates Indigenous rap’s role in moving us in decolonial directions. Liz Przybylski teases out the confluence of mainstream forces that (re)produce silences while spotlighting artists’ refusals, prompting new expressions of audibility. Sonic Sovereignty gifts us with insight into the intimacies of listening and the political possibility of learning to listen differently. -- Imani Kai Johnson, author of Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop
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New York University Press Indigenous Memory Urban Reality
Book SynopsisContemporary accounts of urban Native identity in two pan-Indian communitiesIn the last half century, changing racial and cultural dynamics in the United States have caused an explosion in the number of people claiming to be American Indian, from just over half a million in 1960 to over three million in 2013. Additionally, seven out of ten American Indians live in or near cities, rather than in tribal communities, and that number is growing. In Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality, Michelle Jacobs examines the new reality of the American Indian urban experience. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over two and a half years, Jacobs focuses on how some individuals are invested in reclaiming Indigenous identities whereas others are more invested in relocating their sense of self to the urban environment. These groups not only apply different meanings to indigeneity, but they also develop different strategies for asserting and maintaining Native identities in an urban space inundatedTrade ReviewWhy is racial formation theory insufficient to explain the complexities of urban Indigenous identity today? Sociologists have been far too slow to engage theories of settler-colonialism or to take seriously the experiences of Indigenous peoples in their own terms. Drawing on detailed interviews and observations and situating her analyses across multiple vectors of historical experience, Jacobs presents a view of the complexities of contemporary Indigenous identity that beautifully bridges key conversations in sociology and Indigenous studies. * Kari Marie Norgaard, author Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Nature Colonialism and Social Action *Jacobs writes on the erasure of Indigenous Peoples and Urban Indians from deeply informed research and personal experience that shows us how settler discourse and dominant paradigms still operate to marginalize and silence Native voices and perspectives, particularly on mascotry issues, identity claims and internal politics….Jacobs reflects the diversity of Native people and Indigenous identity issues with professional accuracy and intercultural awareness. * James V. Fenelon, author of Redskins?: Sport Mascots, Indian Nations and White Racism *Through narration and sociological analyses, Jacobs offers the reader fascinating accounts of both Indigenous memories and urban realities for Native people living in Northeast Ohio. The voices in Jacobs’ accessible and informative book speak to the importance of ancestry, spirituality, homelands, powwows, and organizations in contemporary Indigenous America which she shows in all of its complexity, contradictions, and community. * Joane Nagel, author of Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Intimate Intersections, Forbidden Frontiers *Jacobs (Wayne State Univ.) has written a splendid analysis of contemporary urban Indigenous and Indigenous-identifying residents in the area around Cleveland, OH, living under the conditions of white domination . . . Jacobs combines sociological categories and vignettes of over 30 people to examine the complexity of these two groups’ identities. * C. T. Vecsey, Colgate University *Indigenous Memory, Urban Reality richly documents identity formation, social boundaries, and the processes of 'making' race as they unfold in one Midwestern urban Indigenous community. The book does so with vital attention to settler colonialism’s role in forming, maintaining, and reproducing Indigenous identity. We can never discount settler colonialism’s impact on Indigenous lives, nor experiences of marginalization more generally. Jacobs opens the door for many different lines of inquiry across cultural sociology, urban studies, and race and ethnicity." * Sociology of Race and Ethnicity *
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University of Toronto Press Intimate Integration
Book SynopsisPrivileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and Métis children mirrored the new direction in post-war Indian policy and welfare services. She illustrates how the removal of Indigenous children from their families and communities took on increasing political and social urgency, contributing to what we now call the Sixties Scoop. Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, Intimate Integration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction 1. The Bleeding Heart of Settler Colonialism Indigenous Legal Orders and the Indian Act From wáhkôhtowin to Transracial Adoption 2. Adoptive Kinship and Belonging Gender and Family Life in Cree Métis Saskatchewan The Emergence of the Euro-Canadian Adoption Paradigm Indigenous Adoption and Euro-Canadian Law 3. Rehabilitating the “Subnormal [Métis] Family” in Saskatchewan 4. The Green Lake Children’s Shelter Experiment: From Institutionalization to Integration in Saskatchewan The Social Work Profession and the Rationalized Logics of Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan 5. Post-War Liberal Citizenship and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship The 1951 Indian Act Revisions and the rise of “Jurisdictional Disputes” 6. Child Welfare as System and Lived Experience Adopting a Solution to the Indian Problem 7. Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Resurgence and the Restoration of Indigenous Kinship and Caring 8. Confronting Cultural Genocide in the 1980s Conclusion: Intimate Indigenization Epilogue: Coming Home Bibliography Primary Sources Interviews Newspapers Government Documents Statues, Regulations, and Court Cases Statutes of Canada Saskatchewan Statues Statutes of the United States Archival Series Printed Government Documents Canada. Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Indian Affairs Branch. Annual Reports, 1950–1965 Printed Primary Sources Secondary Sources Websites
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University of Toronto Press Health and Health Care in Northern Canada
Book SynopsisAccounting for almost two-thirds of the country’s land mass, northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, the authors analyse health and health care in northern Canada from a perspective that acknowledges the unique strengths, resilience, and innovation of northerners, while also addressing the challenges aggravated by contemporary manifestations of colonialism. Old and new forms of colonial programs and policies continue to create health and health care disparities in the North. Written by individuals who live in and study the region, Health and Health Care in Northern Canada utilizes case studies, interviews, photographs, and more, to highlight the lived experiences of northerners and the primary health issues that they face. In order to maintain resilience, improve the positive outcomes of health determinants, and diminish negative stereotyTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword by Kue Young Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller Section I: Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North 2. Introduction to Section I: Social and Ecological Determinants of Health and Wellness in the North Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller 3. Education and Health Education as a Social Determinant of Health for Inuit in Nunavut Fiona Walton 4. Food and Health Food security, Food Systems, and Health in Northern Canada Rebecca Schiff and Victoria Schembri 5. Housing and Health Housing and Health Challenges in Rural and Remote Communities Carol Kauppi, Emily Faries, Phyllis Montgomery, Sharolyn Mossey, and Henri Pallard 6. Determinants of Infectious Diseases in the North Agent, Host and Environmental Factors in Infectious Diseases Pamela Orr and Linda Larcombe 7. Women’s Health What does it mean to ‘be well’?: A qualitative case study to explore Inuit women’s conceptions of wellness Gwen Healey Akearok, Lynn M. Meadows, Theresa Koonoo, and Kathy Michael 8. Mining, Resource Development and Health Assessing Health Impacts of a Mine: Consideration of the Prevailing Epistemoloy and Erasure of Indigenous Well-being Jen Jones and Lesley Johnston Section II: Healthcare in Northern Canada 9. Introduction to Section II: Healthcare Access and Delivery in Northern and Remote Communities Helle Møller 10. Physician Supply and Sufficiency Increasing Physician Supply to Serve Canada’s Northern and Rural Populations Raymond Pong 11. Nursing in the North Recruitment and Retention of Nurses Helle Møller 12. Maternal Healthcare and Birthing Maternal Health in Manitoba Northern First Nation Communities: Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions Jaime Cidro and Stephanie Sinclair 13. Elder Health and Long-Term Care Northern Indigenous Elders/Seniors and Long-Term Care Services Bonita Beatty and Josephine McKay 14. Mental Health and Addictions Care A Path Toward Mental Health Care with Northern Indigenous Peoples Azaad Kassam 15. Climate Change and Health Remote Northern Community Health Service Provision in a Rapidly Changing Climate Ashlee Cunsolo, Emily MacLeod, Inez Shiwak, Michele Wood, The Inuit Mental Health and Climate Change Adaptation Team, Rigolet Inuit Community Government, and Sherilee Harper 16. Suicide Prevention A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Suicide Among Inuit: Issues and Prevention Strategies Josephine Tan Section III: Conclusions and New Directions – Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience 17. Introduction to Section III: Conclusions and New Directions to Embrace Collaboration, Resilience, and Innovation in Northern Health and Healthcare Rebecca Schiff 18. Youth Resilience Resilience Among Indigenous Youth in Northern Canada Kimberly Matheson, Ajani Asokumar, Hymie Anisman, and Janet Gordon 19. Innovation for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services Indigenous Frameworks for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services Chris Mushquash, Alexandra S. Kruse, and Elaine Toombs 20. The Evolving Role of Telemedicine and Telehealth Telemedicine: ‘Tackle Box Emergency Kit’s’… A Journey Beyond our ‘Orbit’ Michelle Spadoni, Sally Dampier, Patricia Sevean 21. Cultural Safety Training and Education for Healthcare Providers Unsettling Healthcare with Inuit in Canada: Cultural Safety Education for Healthcare Providers Allison Crawford, Candice Waddell, and Christine Lund 22. Integrating Traditional Healing and Northern Healthcare Indigenous Conceptions of Living Well Cindy Peltier 23. Health and Healthcare Research Ethics Health Research Ethics in Northern Canada Fern Brunger and Brittany Chubbs 24. Rewriting Health Policy for the North Patchy and Southern-Centric: Health Policies for Northern and Indigenous Canadians Josée Lavoie, Derek Kornelsen, and Yvonne Boyer 25. Conclusions: Achieving Health Equity in Northern Canada
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University of Toronto Press Cultures of the Fragment
Book SynopsisThe majority of medieval and sixteenth-century Iberian manuscripts, whether in Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, or Aljamiado (Spanish written in Arabic script), contain fragments or are fragments. The term fragment is used to describe not only isolated bits of manuscript material with a damaged appearance, but also any piece of a larger text that was intended to be a fragment. Investigating the vital role these fragments played in medieval and early modern Iberian manuscript culture, Heather Bamford’s Cultures of the Fragment is focused on fragments from five major Iberian literary traditions, including Hispano-Arabic and Hispano-Hebrew poetry, Latin and Castilian epics, chivalric romances, and the literature of early modern crypto-Muslims. The author argues that while some manuscript fragments came about by accident, many were actually created on purpose and used in a number of ways, from binding materials, to anthology excerpts, and some fragments were evenTrade Review"This is an original approach to a wide variety of texts produced in medieval and early modern Iberia that opens up interesting questions and lines of investigation, with a number of sparkling insights left for further exploration." -- Simone Pinet, Cornell University * Speculum *"Such a study in English that discusses many of the unique factors of manuscript and book culture in medieval and early modern Iberia is rare." -- Michelle M. Hamilton, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Fragment and Fragmentary in the Iberian Epic 2 From Bound to Metonym: Early Modern and Modern Disuse of Chivalric Fragments 3 Used to Pieces: The Muwashshahas and Their Romance Kharjas from Al-Andalus to Cairo 4 Faith in Fragments 5 The Fragment among the Moriscos: Mohanmad de Vera’s Culture of Compilation Afterword Appendices 1 Breviario Sunni , chapter 22; De Vera, chapter 9 2 Breviario Sunni , chapter 14; De Vera, chapter 9 3 Breviario Sunni , chapter 12; De Vera, chapter 10 4 Breviario Sunni , chapter 11; De Vera, chapter 10 5 BNM 4871; De Vera, chapter 44 6 De Vera, chapter 18; BNM 4871 7 End of De Vera’s Treatise Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press The Savage and Modern Self
Book SynopsisThe Savage and Modern Self examines the representation of North American Indians in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Britain.Trade Review"Dr. Richardson [is] completely successful in producing a work that questions, and ultimately undermines, both our notions of fixed identity and the place of "Indians" on the margins of modernity." -- Thomas Donald Jacobs, University of Ghent * Transmotion, vol 4 no 2, 2018 *"Richardson’s work demonstrates just how varied and rich eighteenth-century representations of North American ‘Indians’ were. While the ‘Indian’ as a representational figure had, since first contact, always been multivalent and employed to critique European culture or justify certain political or religious persuasions, Richardson nonetheless rightly highlights the complexities, fluctuations, and increasing malleability of these representations in the eighteenth century." -- Rachel Winchcombe, University of Manchester * Journal of British Studies *"Robbie Richardson’s The Savage and Modern Self is a groundbreaking study of British representations of Native Americans from the Act of Union in 1707 to the dissensus of the 1790s. Over the course of six chapters, Richardson persuasively argues that the construction of modern British subjectivity includes acts of appropriating and disavowing features attributed to the figure of the Indian in the British cultural imaginary." -- Kelly Fleming, Kenyon College * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *Table of Contents1. Indians and the Construction of Britishness in the Early Eighteenth Century 2. The Indian as Cultural Critic: Shaping the British Self 3. Captivity Narratives and Colonialism 4. Novel Indians: Tsonnonthouan and the Commodification of Culture 5. Becoming Indians: Sentiment and the Hybrid British Subject 6. Native North American Material Culture in the British Imaginary Conclusion: "Pen-and-Ink Work"
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University of Toronto Press Anthropological Theory for the TwentyFirst
Book SynopsisThis new collection of anthropological theory updates and diversifies the canon with contributions by important yet underrepresented scholars and theoretical discussions that reflect the state of the discipline today.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: A Contested Canon SECTION ONE: On Roots of Social Difference Editors’ Introduction 1. William Apess. 1833. An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man. 2. Frederick Douglass. 1854. The Claims of the Negro, Ethnologically Considered. 3. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 1872. Bourgeois and Proletarians. 4. Lewis Henry Morgan. 1877. Ethnical Periods. 5. Lucy Parsons. 1905. Afternoon Session, June 29th, Speeches at the Founding Convention of the Industrial Workers of the World. 6. Max Weber. 1905. Excerpt from The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism SECTION TWO: On Methods of Fieldwork Editors’ Introduction 1. Edward Sapir. 1912. Language and Environment 1. 2. Arthur Caswell Parker. 1916. The Origin of the Iroquois As Suggested by their Archaeology. 3. Franz Boas. 1920. Methods of Ethnology. 4. Margaret Mead. 1926. The Methodology of Racial Testing: Its Significance for Sociology. 5. Zora Neale Hurston. 1935. Excerpt from Mules and Men. SECTION THREE: On Hidden Logics of Culture Editors’ Introduction 1. Bronisław Malinowski. 1922. The Essentials of the Kula. 2. Marcel Mauss. 1925. Excerpt from The Gift. 3. Ruth Benedict. 1935. The Science of Custom. 4. Jomo Kenyatta. 1938. Excerpt from Facing Mt. Kenya. 5. Claude Lévi-Strauss. 1951. Language and the Analysis of Social Laws. SECTION FOUR: On Power, History, and Inequality Editors’ Introduction 1. W.E.B DuBois. 1935. The White Worker. 2. Fernando Ortiz. 1940. On the Social Phenomenon of “Transculturation” and Its Importance in Cuba. 3. Eric Wolf. 1982. The World in 1400. 4. Ann L. Stoler. 1989. Making Empire Respectable: The Politics of Race and Sexual Morality in 20th-Century Colonial Cultures. 5. Paul Farmer. 2004. An Anthropology of Structural Violence. SECTION FIVE: On Writing Cultures Editors’ Introduction 1. Katherine Dunham. 1946. Twenty-Seventh Day. 2. Clifford Geertz. 1973. Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. 3. Renato Rosaldo. 1989. Grief and the Headhunters Rage. 4. Lila Abu-Lughod. 1991. Writing Against Culture. 5. Rosabelle Boswell. 2017. Sensuous Stories in the Indian Ocean Islands. SECTION SIX: On Colonialism and Anthropological “Others” Editors’ Introduction 1. Beatrice Medicine. 1978. Learning to Be an Anthropologist and Remaining “Native.” 2. Edward W. Said. 1979. Knowing the Oriental. 3. Esteban Krotz. 1997. Anthropologies of the South: Their Rise, Their Silencing, Their Characteristics. 4. Rolph-Michel Trouillot. 2003. Anthropology and the Savage Slot: The Poetics and Politics of Otherness. 5. Epeli Hau’ofa. 2008. Our Sea of Islands. SECTION SEVEN: On Anthropology and Gender Editors’ Introduction 1. Eleanor Burke Leacock. 1972. Introduction to The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State: In the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan, by Frederick Engels. 2. Sylvia Junko Yanagisako and Jane Fishburne Collier. 1987. Toward a Unified Analysis of Gender and Kinship. 3. Ifi Amadiume. 1987. Excerpt from Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society. 4. Gloria Anzaldúa. 1987. La conciencia de la mestiza/Towards a new consciousness. 5. Philippe Bourgois. 1996. In Search of Masculinity: Violence, Respect and Sexuality among Puerto Rican Crack Dealers in East Harlem. SECTION EIGHT: On Queering Anthropological Knowledge Production Editors’ Introduction 1. Michel Foucault. 1976. Excerpt from The History of Sexuality, Vol. I 2. Evan B. Towle and Lynn M. Morgan. 2002. Romancing the Transgender Native: Rethinking the Use of the "Third Gender" Concept. 3. Susan Stryker. 2008. Transgender History, Homonormativity, and Disciplinarity. 4. Jafari Allen. 2012. One Way or Another: Erotic Subjectivity in Cuba. 5. Savannah Shange. 2019. Play Aunties and Dyke Bitches: Gender, Generation, and the Ethics of Black Queer Kinship. SECTION NINE: On Social Position and Ethnographic Authority Editors’ Introduction 1. Donna Haraway. 1988. Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective. 2. Delmos Jones. 1995. Anthropology and the Oppressed: A Reflection on "Native" Anthropology. 3. Dana-Ain Davis. 2003. What Did You Do Today? Notes From a Politically Engaged Anthropologist. 4. Heike Becker, Emile Boonzaier, and Joy Owen. 2005. Fieldwork in Shared Spaces: Positionality, Power and Ethics of Citizen Anthropologists in Southern Africa. 5. Bernard Perley. 2013. “Gone Anthropologist”: Epistemic Slippage, Native Anthropology, and the Dilemmas of Representation. SECTION TEN: On Theorizing Globalization Editors’ Introduction 1. Arjun Appadurai. 1986. Theory in Anthropology: Center and Periphery. 2. Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson. 1992. Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference. 3. Aihwa Ong. 2006. Mutations in Citizenship. 4. Faye Harrison. 2008. Global Apartheid at Home and Abroad. 5. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro. 2009. Non-Hegemonic Globalizations: Alter-Native Transnational Processes and Agents. SECTION ELEVEN: On Environment, Pluriverse, and Power Editors’ Introduction 1. Julian Steward. 1955. The Concept and Method of Cultural Ecology. 2. Paige West. 2005. Translation, Value, and Space: Theorizing an Ethnographic and Engaged Environmental Anthropology. 3. Zöe Todd. 2015. Indigenizing the Anthropocene. 4. Arturo Escobar. 2018. Excerpt from Designs for a Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy and the Making of Worlds. 5. Alaka Wali. 2020. Complicity and Resistance in the Indigenous Amazon: Economía Indígena Under Siege. SECTION TWELVE: On State Power Editors’ Introduction 1. Pierre Bourdieu. 1977. Symbolic Power 2. Begoña Aretxaga. 1998. What the Border Hides: Partition and Gender Politics of Irish Nationalism 3. Katherine Verdery. 2002. Seeing like a mayor. Or, how local officials obstructed Romanian land restitution 4. Achille Mbembé. 2003. Necropolitics. 5. Christen Smith. 2013. Strange Fruit: Brazil, Necropolitics, and the Transnational Resonance of Torture and Death. SECTION THIRTEEN: On Agency and Social Struggle Editors’ Introduction 1. Saba Mahmood. 2005. The Subject of Freedom. 2. Shalini Shankar. 2008. Speaking like a Model Minority: “FOB” Styles, Gender, and Racial Meanings among Desi Teens in Silicon Valley. 3. Victoria Redclift. 2013. Abjects or Agents? Camps, Contests, and the Creation of “Political Space.” 4. Yarimar Bonilla and Jonathan Rosa. 2015. #Ferguson: Digital Protest, Hashtag Ethnography, and the Racial Politics of Social Media in the United States. 5. Audra Simpson. 2016. Consent’s Revenge. SECTION FOURTEEN: On Critical Theory for the 21st Century Editors’ Introduction 1. Lynn Bolles. 2001. Seeking the Ancestors: Forging a Black Feminist Tradition in Anthropology. 2. Leith Mullings. 2005. Interrogating Racism: Toward an Antiracist Anthropology. 3. Ghassan Hage. 2016. Towards an Ethics of the Theoretical Encounter. 4. Jeff Maskovsky. At Home in the End Times. 5. Kim TallBear. 2019. Caretaking Relations, Not American Dreaming. PROVOCATION: Going Native: A Satirical “End” to Anthropology Theory
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University of Toronto Press Intimate Integration
Book SynopsisPrivileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian and Métis children mirrored the new direction in post-war Indian policy and welfare services. She illustrates how the removal of Indigenous children from their families and communities took on increasing political and social urgency, contributing to what we now call the "Sixties Scoop."Making profound contributions to the history of settler colonialism in Canada, Intimate Integration sheds light on the complex reasons behind persistent social inequalities in child welfare.Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction 1. The Bleeding Heart of Settler Colonialism Indigenous Legal Orders and the Indian Act From wáhkôhtowin to Transracial Adoption 2. Adoptive Kinship and Belonging Gender and Family Life in Cree Métis Saskatchewan The Emergence of the Euro-Canadian Adoption Paradigm Indigenous Adoption and Euro-Canadian Law 3. Rehabilitating the “Subnormal [Métis] Family” in Saskatchewan 4. The Green Lake Children’s Shelter Experiment: From Institutionalization to Integration in Saskatchewan The Social Work Profession and the Rationalized Logics of Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan 5. Post-War Liberal Citizenship and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship The 1951 Indian Act Revisions and the rise of “Jurisdictional Disputes” 6. Child Welfare as System and Lived Experience Adopting a Solution to the Indian Problem 7. Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Resurgence and the Restoration of Indigenous Kinship and Caring 8. Confronting Cultural Genocide in the 1980s Conclusion: Intimate Indigenization Epilogue: Coming Home Bibliography Primary Sources Interviews Newspapers Government Documents Statues, Regulations, and Court Cases Statutes of Canada Saskatchewan Statues Statutes of the United States Archival Series Printed Government Documents Canada. Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Indian Affairs Branch. Annual Reports, 1950–1965 Printed Primary Sources Secondary Sources Websites
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University of Toronto Press Health and Health Care in Northern Canada
Book SynopsisAddressing the diversity of communities and experiences across Northern Canada, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada pays attention to what is needed to support and achieve health equity for northern communities and peoples.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword by Kue Young Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller Section I: Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North 2. Introduction to Section I: Social and Ecological Determinants of Health and Wellness in the North Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller 3. Education and Health Education as a Social Determinant of Health for Inuit in Nunavut Fiona Walton 4. Food and Health Food security, Food Systems, and Health in Northern Canada Rebecca Schiff and Victoria Schembri 5. Housing and Health Housing and Health Challenges in Rural and Remote Communities Carol Kauppi, Emily Faries, Phyllis Montgomery, Sharolyn Mossey, and Henri Pallard 6. Determinants of Infectious Diseases in the North Agent, Host and Environmental Factors in Infectious Diseases Pamela Orr and Linda Larcombe 7. Women’s Health What does it mean to ‘be well’?: A qualitative case study to explore Inuit women’s conceptions of wellness Gwen Healey Akearok, Lynn M. Meadows, Theresa Koonoo, and Kathy Michael 8. Mining, Resource Development and Health Assessing Health Impacts of a Mine: Consideration of the Prevailing Epistemoloy and Erasure of Indigenous Well-being Jen Jones and Lesley Johnston Section II: Healthcare in Northern Canada 9. Introduction to Section II: Healthcare Access and Delivery in Northern and Remote Communities Helle Møller 10. Physician Supply and Sufficiency Increasing Physician Supply to Serve Canada’s Northern and Rural Populations Raymond Pong 11. Nursing in the North Recruitment and Retention of Nurses Helle Møller 12. Maternal Healthcare and Birthing Maternal Health in Manitoba Northern First Nation Communities: Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions Jaime Cidro and Stephanie Sinclair 13. Elder Health and Long-Term Care Northern Indigenous Elders/Seniors and Long-Term Care Services Bonita Beatty and Josephine McKay 14. Mental Health and Addictions Care A Path Toward Mental Health Care with Northern Indigenous Peoples Azaad Kassam 15. Climate Change and Health Remote Northern Community Health Service Provision in a Rapidly Changing Climate Ashlee Cunsolo, Emily MacLeod, Inez Shiwak, Michele Wood, The Inuit Mental Health and Climate Change Adaptation Team, Rigolet Inuit Community Government, and Sherilee Harper 16. Suicide Prevention A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Suicide Among Inuit: Issues and Prevention Strategies Josephine Tan Section III: Conclusions and New Directions – Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience 17. Introduction to Section III: Conclusions and New Directions to Embrace Collaboration, Resilience, and Innovation in Northern Health and Healthcare Rebecca Schiff 18. Youth Resilience Resilience Among Indigenous Youth in Northern Canada Kimberly Matheson, Ajani Asokumar, Hymie Anisman, and Janet Gordon 19. Innovation for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services Indigenous Frameworks for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services Chris Mushquash, Alexandra S. Kruse, and Elaine Toombs 20. The Evolving Role of Telemedicine and Telehealth Telemedicine: ‘Tackle Box Emergency Kit’s’… A Journey Beyond our ‘Orbit’ Michelle Spadoni, Sally Dampier, Patricia Sevean 21. Cultural Safety Training and Education for Healthcare Providers Unsettling Healthcare with Inuit in Canada: Cultural Safety Education for Healthcare Providers Allison Crawford, Candice Waddell, and Christine Lund 22. Integrating Traditional Healing and Northern Healthcare Indigenous Conceptions of Living Well Cindy Peltier 23. Health and Healthcare Research Ethics Health Research Ethics in Northern Canada Fern Brunger and Brittany Chubbs 24. Rewriting Health Policy for the North Patchy and Southern-Centric: Health Policies for Northern and Indigenous Canadians Josée Lavoie, Derek Kornelsen, and Yvonne Boyer 25. Conclusions: Achieving Health Equity in Northern Canada
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University of Toronto Press Smallest Circles First
Book SynopsisDrawing from studies with pre- and in-service teachers in Quebec, Smallest Circles First looks at how teacher agency engages with the educational calls to action from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Using drama education and theatre, Smallest Circles First explores how the classroom can be used as a liminal educational site to participate in reconciliatory praxis. Smallest Circles First presents several arts-based educational research examples that illustrate how the arts provide a space for students, teachers, and communities to explore and learn about reconciliation praxis and responsibilities. By implementing arts-based counter-narratives set against settler Canadian history and geography, Smallest Circles First considers the implications of systemic racism, colonization, and political, social, and economic ramifications of governmental policies. Tangible examples from the book showcase how teachers and students can use theTable of ContentsForeword by Tom Dearhouse 1.Starting with the Smallest Circles First Teacher Agency, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Arts Curriculum Language, Culture, and Religion in Quebec Education Are the Arts the Answer? Vignettes About This Book 2. Walk a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes: Situating Theories and Methods Identity, Subjectivity, and Posthumanism Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Narrative Inquiry Vignettes and Constant Comparison for Data Analysis Making Sense of the Data, Saturation, and Validity 3. We Start Here: Narratives, Vignettes, and Analysis Narratives Monologue: I’m Still Canadian, Dad! Appropriation and Embodiment Centring Oneself within a Community of Practice Discussion 4. Weaving Together Understandings across Vignettes Theme 1: Risk and Learning as Rupture Theme 2: Belonging Theme 3: Counter-narratives 5. Full circle Unfolding’s Towards an Instructional Model for Belonging and Becoming by Learning through/with Drama Learning Responsibilities New Directions: Learning beyond the arts Coming full Circle Appendices Appendix 1: Sing the Brave Song: This Isn’t Over! Appendix 2: Reconciliation! Appendix 3: Monologue: I’m Still Canadian, Dad! Glossary References
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University of Toronto Press Canadas Odyssey A Country Based on Incomplete
Book SynopsisIn Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day.Trade Review"The political scientist Peter Russell…is known for his sensitive and searching work on Canada’s indigenous communities… " -- Andrew Stark * The New York Review of Books, Vol. 65, no. 12 *"Canada’s Odyssey is worth reading..." -- Garth Stevenson * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *"Peter Russell has been teaching Canadian constitutional politics since the 1950s at the University of Toronto and he has given us the benefit of a lifetime’s scholarship and engagement in this brilliant book. It is thoughtful, incisively written and as accessible an account as one will ever find about our country’s political and legal history. Many books are called ‘indispensable;’ this one certainly rates that description." -- Bob Rae, Canada’s History, February-March, 2018"The value of Canada’s Odyssey is that it requires very little of the reader in advance. It offers an open and accessible path and, although it may appear somewhat daunting (given its length of 500 pages), it is a very enjoyable and engaging read. In its writing style, the book manages to walk a line somewhere between academic and popular history, which is a challenging line for any author. The informality of its tone combined with the sheer scope and detail of the project serves to reach and hold the attention of a diverse set of readers. … [A]nyone looking for some way to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial would do well to read this book." -- Joshua Nichols * Literary Review of Canada, July/August 2017 *"In Canada’s Odyssey, Peter Russell shows a different configuration of conquest, cession, and constitutions…Historians should heed its message…" -- Elizabeth Mancke * earlycanadianhistory.ca *"This is a monumental achievement – one that will undoubtedly influence the debate over the nature of Canada itself." -- Nicole C. O'Byrne * earlycanadianhistory.ca *"Hopefully Russell’s work can serve as a reminder of how far historiography of politics and society in pre-Confederation Canada has come, but also, of how far it has to go." -- Donald Fyson * earlycanadianhistory.ca *"Writing an odyssey is a colossal feat, which Peter Russell has indeed accomplished in Canada’s Odyssey. Russell’s most recent exploration into Canadian political history reflects his decades of experience with Canadian constitutionalism in a time when the multinational and multicultural nature of the Canadian project is propelling a necessary revision of [Canada’s] ‘myths of origin.’" -- Tracie Lea Scott, Heriot-Watt University * British Journal of Canadian Studies *Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Founding Pillars 2. The Incomplete Conquest of New France 3. The Original Partnership With Indigenous Peoples 4. English-Speaking People Become the Majority Part 2: Trying to Complete the Conquests 5. Three Wars and Betrayal of Our Indian Allies 6. Rebellions and the Plan to Assimilate French Canada Part 3: Confederation 7. English Canada Gets a Dominion French Canada Gets a Province and Indigenous Peoples Get Left Out Part 4: Confederation to World War II 8. The Colonization of Indigenous Canada 9. The Provincialization of French Canada 10. The Nationalization of English Canada Part 5: Transformation of the Pillars 11.Quebec Becomes Constitutionally Radical 12.Aboriginal Peoples Get a Hearing 13.English-Canada Becomes Multicultural Part 6: Seeking a Constitutional Fix 14. Patriation – Quebec’s Loss, Aboriginal Gains 15. The End of Mega Constitutional Politics? 16. The Three Pillars Continue Their Odyssey
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University of Toronto Press Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism
Book SynopsisQueer Professionals and Settler Colonialism works to dismantle the perception of an inclusive queer community by considering the ways white lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ2S+) people participate in larger processes of white settler colonialism in Canada. Cameron Greensmith analyses Toronto-based queer service organizations, including health care, social service, and educational initiatives, whose missions and mandates attempt to serve and support all LGBTQ2S+ people. Considering the ways queer service organizations and their politics are tied to the nation state, Greensmith explores how, and under what conditions, non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ people participate in the sustainment of white settler colonial conditions that displace, erase, and inflict violence upon Indigenous people and people of colour. Critical of the ways queer organizations deal with race and Indigeneity, Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism highlights the stories ofTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Moving beyond Acknowledging Privilege or Complicity in White Settler Colonialism 1. Understanding the Historical and Contemporary Realities of (White) Queer Organizations in Toronto 2. "We Had the Rainbow": Queer Organizations and the Desire for White Settler Multiculturalism 3. "People Like Me?": Non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ Professionals’ Helping Motivations 4. Necropolitical Care: The Practice of Indigenous Exclusion 5. A Call to Action: Queerness, Complicity, and Deflecting Responsibility Conclusion: Building Decolonial Alliances and Working towards Queer Coalitions across Difference Notes References Index
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University of Toronto Press Refracted Economies
Book SynopsisRefracted Economies examines the gendered impact of the diamond industry in the Canadian Northwest Territories.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part One: Theorizing the Northern Mixed Economy 2. An Expanded Approach to Production 3. Wıìlıìdeh’s Mixed Economy Part Two: The Political Economy of Diamonds 4. The Global Political Economy of Canadian Diamonds 5. The Northwest Territories Diamond-Mining Regime Part Three: Indigenous Women’s Labour and the Diamond Mines 6. Time, Place, and the Diamond-Mining Regime 7. Social Reproduction and the Diamond-Mining Regime 8. Diamonds, Subsistence, and Resistance 9. Conclusion
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University of Toronto Press Refracted Economies
Book SynopsisSince the beginning of the twenty-first century, diamonds have been lauded as a glistening driver of the northern Canadian economy. Canadian diamonds are cast with an imagined purity as though they had emerged by magic. However, these diamonds are mined on Dene land and extracted by people who fly in from afar, separated from their families for long periods of time. Adopting a decolonizing and feminist approach to political economy, Refracted Economies analyses the impact of diamond mining in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The book centres on Indigenous women’s social reproduction labour both at the mine sites and at sites of community, home, and care as a means of understanding the diffuse impacts of the diamond mines. Grounded in ethnographic work, the narratives of northern Indigenous women’s multiple labours offer unique insight into the gendered ways northern land and livelihoods have been restructured by the diamond industry. Rebecca JTable of Contents1. Introduction Part One: Theorizing the Northern Mixed Economy 2. An Expanded Approach to Production 3. Wıìlıìdeh’s Mixed Economy Part Two: The Political Economy of Diamonds 4. The Global Political Economy of Canadian Diamonds 5. The Northwest Territories Diamond-Mining Regime Part Three: Indigenous Women’s Labour and the Diamond Mines 6. Time, Place, and the Diamond-Mining Regime 7. Social Reproduction and the Diamond-Mining Regime 8. Diamonds, Subsistence, and Resistance 9. Conclusion
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University of Toronto Press Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation
Book SynopsisWhat would Indigenous resurgence look like if the parameters were not set with a focus on the state, settlers, or an achievement of reconciliation? Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation explores the central concerns and challenges facing Indigenous nations in their resurgence efforts, while also mapping the gaps and limitations of both reconciliation and resurgence frameworks.The essays in this collection centre the work of Indigenous communities, knowledge, and strategies for resurgence and, where appropriate, reconciliation. The book challenges narrow interpretations of indigeneity and resurgence, asking readers to take up a critical analysis of how settler colonial and heteronormative framings have infiltrated our own ways of relating to our selves, one another, and to place. The authors seek to (re)claim Indigenous relationships to the political and offer critical self-reflection to ensure Indigenous resurgence efforts do not reproduce the very conditioTable of ContentsArtist Statement Lianne Marie Leda Charlie Introduction: Generating a Critical Resurgence Together Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Part 1: Realizing Resurgence Together 1. Beyond the Grammar of Settler Apologies Mishuana Goeman 2. Spirit and Matter: Resurgence as Rising and (Re)creation as Ethos Dian Million 3. Removing Weeds so Natives Can Grow: A Metaphor Reconsidered Hōkūlani K. Aikau 4. (Ad)dressing Wounds: Expansive Kinship Inside and Out Dallas Hunt Part 2: Claiming Our Relationships to the Political 5. Beyond Rights and Wrongs: Towards Resurgence of a Treaty-Based Ethic of Relationality Gina Starblanket 6. Thawing the Frozen Rights Theory: On Rejecting Interpretations of Reconciliation and Resurgence That Define Indigenous Peoples as Frozen in a Pre-colonial Past Aimée Craft 7. Nêhiyaw Hunting Pedagogies and Revitalizing Indigenous Laws Darcy Lindberg Part 3: Narrating Reconciliation and Resurgence 8. Thinking through Resurgence Together: A Conversation between Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 9. Truth-Telling amidst Reconciliation Discourses: How Stories Reshape Our Relationships Jeff Corntassel 10. Political Action in the Time of Reconciliation Corey Snelgrove and Matthew Wildcat Part 4: Reconciling Lands, Bodies, and Gender 11. Body Land, Water, and Resurgence in Oaxaca Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez 12. To Respect Indigenous Territorial Protocol: Hosting the Olympic Games on Indigenous Lands in Settler Colonial Canada Christine O’Bonsawin 13. “Descendants of the Original Lords of the Soil”: Gender, Kinship, and an Indignant Model of Métis Nationhood Daniel Voth 14. Red Utopia Billy-Ray Belcourt Contributors
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University of Toronto Press Teaching Where You Are
Book SynopsisTeaching Where You Are offers a guide for non-Indigenous educators to work in good ways with Indigenous students and provides resources across curricular areas to support all students. In this book, two seasoned educators, one Indigenous and one settler, bring to bear their years of experience teaching in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary contexts to explore the ways in which Indigenous and Slow approaches to teaching and learning mirror and complement one another.Using the holistic framework of the Medicine Wheel, Shannon Leddy and Lorrie Miller illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs – Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility – can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. Bringing forth the ways in which colonialism and cognitive imperialism have shaped Canadian curriculum and consciousness, the book offers avenues foTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Foreword: Weaving and Reweaving Indigenous Education in New Ways through the Timelessness of Transformative Thought, Teaching, and Learning xvii Herman Michell Preface Acknowledgements 1. Tawâw Bringing Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogies into the Class Indigenous Ways and Reconciliation The Medicine Wheel Framework, Our Loom Warp and Weft: Connecting Slow to Indigenous Ways 2. Building Decolonial Literacy for Indigenous Education Historically Rooted Thought: We Are All Colonized People It Is Not about the Lesson Plans Ontologies Identity Place Relationship Weaving Sourcing and Preparing Materials 3. Slow Ways and Indigenous Ways Disconnecting from the Clock and Caring Deeply Experiential Land Conscious/Place Conscious Deeply Relational Internal Connection Spinning 4. East – Spiritual – Respect August on the Salish Sea: Tucked into a Bay Dyeing the Yarn before the Weave 5. South – Emotional – Relevance Why Emotion Matters Decolonizing Is a Slow and Careful Business Taking Trauma into Account Developing Effective Practices Circle Pedagogy Winding the Wool 6. West – Physical – Reciprocity The Unseen The Visible, Physical, Material World In the Classroom Pedagogy that Nurtures Relational Place-Conscious Pedagogy Setting up the Loom 7. North – Intellectual – Responsibility What Counts as Knowledge? How Much Knowledge Counts? It Really Isn’t about the Lesson Plans Adding an Indigenous Lens Developing Effective Practices Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge Button Blankets and Starblankets Tiny Orange Sweater Project Summing Up Weaving and Finishing 8. Pimoteh (Walking) References Index
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University of Toronto Press Talking Back to the Indian Act
Book SynopsisTalking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive "how-to" guide for engaging with primary source documents. The intent of the book is to encourage readers to develop the skills necessary to converse with primary sources in more refined and profound ways. As a piece of legislation that is central to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities, and one that has undergone many amendments, the Indian Act is uniquely positioned to act as a vehicle for this kind of focused reading.Through an analysis of thirty-five sources pertaining to the Indian Act—addressing governance, gender, enfranchisement, and land—the authors provide readers with a much better understanding of this pivotal piece of legislation, as well as insight into the dynamics involved in its creation and maintenance.Trade Review"I would recommend Talking Back to the Indian Act to anyone interested in learning about the Indian Act – or in learning about the historical method. It is an easy read and I expect to see it not only in my classroom but on my summer vacation this year." -- Daniel Sims * BC Bookworld *"This collection will engage the mind in a critical reading of the complexity of the Indian Act’s storied past and ongoing present through the documents it contains. Talking Back to the Indian Act will also engage students and those willing to learn more about a key Canadian historical document. And it will help students, Canadians, and Indigenous people to more fully engage with the TRC’s calls for action by increasing knowledge of Canada’s Settler colonialism." -- Karl Hele * Anishinabek News.ca *"Written in the first person, interwoven with the professional parlance of history educators, fortified with primary-source evidence, and shored up with inquiry questions, maps, and a timeline, Talking Back to the Indian Act is not an unwieldy academic tome; rather, it speaks to all Canadians. With a bit of a nudge, it would be as comfortable on a coffee table as it would be in a course syllabus." -- Connie Wyatt Anderson * Canada’s History *Table of ContentsMaps 1 to 7 Introduction 1. The 1876 Indian Act 1.1 Indian Act of 1876, Sections 1-3 1.2 Selections of House of Commons Debates on the Indian Act, 1876 1.3 Report of Proceedings of the Ojibway Grand Council Relative to the Indian Act, 1876 1.4 “Grand Indian Council of the Province of Ontario,” Wiarton Echo, 1876 1.5 Memorial from Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations to J.A. Macdonald, 1879 1.6 Interview with Vern Harper, 1983 1.7 Interview with Adam Solway, 1983 2. Governance 2.1 Indian Act of 1876, Sections 61-63, Council and Chiefs 2.2 Amendment to the Indian Act, 1880 2.3 Indian Advancement Act, 1884 2.4 Declaration of Crop Eared Wolf as Chief, 1900 2.5 Letter from Indian Agent R.N. Wilson to Indian Commissioner David Laird, 1908 2.6 “The New Story of the Iroquois by Chief Des-ka-heh,” 1925 2.7 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1985 3. Enfranchisement 3.1 Indian Act of 1876, Sections 86-94 3.2 Selections from Minutes of Grand Council of Chippewas, 1874 3.3 Memo on Enfranchisement 3.4 Evidence of D.C. Scott to the Special Committee of the House of Commons, 1920 3.5 Indian Act Amendment, 1920 3.6 A.G. Chisholm, “The Case of the Six Nations,” London Free Press, 20 March 1920 3.7 Letter from F.O. Loft to James Lougheed, 9 February 1921 4. Gender 4.1 Indian Act of 1876, Section 3 4.2 Amendment to the Indian Act, 1985 4.3 “Commutation of Annuity of Rosalie Howse née Ermineskin,” 1891 4.4 Mavis Goeres, Enough is Enough 4.5 Manitoba Justice Inquiry, “Cultural Changes—the Impact upon Aboriginal Women” 4.6 Excerpts from the “Reasons for Judgement,” McIvor v. The Registrar, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada 4.7 Indigenous Bar Association in Canada, “Position Pater on Bill C-3” 5. Land 5.1 The Indian Act of 1876, Sections 4-10, 25-28, and 59-60 5.2 An Act Respecting the Songhees Indian Reserve, 1911 5.3 “Last Chapter in Problem,” Daily Colonist, 17 March 1911 5.4 Memorandum for the Prime Minister on an Act to Amend the Indian Act 5.5 An Act to Amend the Indian Act (the Oliver Act), 1911 5.6 Letter from Chiefs Hill et al to Governor General Grey, May 1911 5.7 Letter from J.D. McLean to Chiefs Hill et al, May 1911 5.8 Lee Maracle, “Good-bye Snauq.” Appendix A: Reading Historically Appendix B: The Indian Act in Historical Context Timeline
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University of Toronto Press Solemn Words and Foundational Documents
Book SynopsisIn Solemn Words and Foundational Documents, Jean-Pierre Morin unpacks the complicated history of Indigenous treaties in Canada.Trade Review"Jean-Pierre Morin’s book is a solid contribution to enhancing appreciation of the fundamental place treaties have in Canada, the issues connected with their history and interpretation, and some of the ways through which we might honour them appropriately." -- Carl Benn, Ryerson University * Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsTimeline Introduction: Reading a Treaty and Overview of Treaties Addressed by Chapter 1. 1752 Peace and Friendship Treaty 2. 1760 Huron-British Treaty 3. 1805 Treaty 13 (Toronto Purchase) 4. 1850 Robinson-Huron Treaty 5. 1852 Saanich Treaty 6. 1871 Treaty 1 7. 1899 Treaty 8 8. 1923 Williams Treaty Appendix 1: Cast of Characters Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms
£28.80
University of Toronto Press A Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English
Book SynopsisThis book is the only comprehensive bibliography of Canadian folklore in English. The 3877 different items are arranged by genres: folktales; folk music and dance; folk speech and naming; superstitions, popular beliefs, folk medicine, and the supernatural; folk life and customs; folk art and material culture; and within genres by ethnic groups: Anglophone and Celtic, Francophone, Indian and Inuit, and other cultural groups. The items include reference books, periodicals, articles, records, films, biographies of scholars and informants, and graduate theses. Each items is annotated through a coding that indicates whether it is academic or popular, its importance to the scholar, and whether it is suitable for young people. The introduction includes a brief survey of Canadian folklore studies, putting this work into academic and social perspective.The book covers all the important items and most minor items dealing with Canadian folklore published in English up to the end of 1979
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University of Nebraska Press The Modoc War
Book SynopsisOn a cold, rainy dawn in late November 1872, Lieutenant Frazier Boutelle and a Modoc Indian nicknamed Scarface Charley leveled firearms at each other. Their duel triggered awar that capped a decades-long genocidal attack that was emblematic of the United States' conquest of Native America's peoples and lands. Robert Aquinas McNally tells the wrenching story of the Modoc War of 187273, one of the nation's costliest campaigns against North American Indigenous peoples, in which the army placed nearly one thousand soldiers in the field against some fifty-five Modoc fighters. Although little known today, the Modoc War dominated national headlines for an entire year. Fought in south-central Oregon and northeastern California, the war settled into a siege in the desolate Lava Beds and climaxed the decades-long effort to dispossess and destroy the Modocs. The war did not end with the last shot fired, however. For the first and only time in U.S. history, Native fighters were tried and hanTrade Review"The Modoc War is a devastating history of defiant indigenous resistance during the Gilded Age of the nineteenth century. McNally's fast-paced, blow-by-blow account chronicles the daring actions of Modoc freedom fighters, treacherous U.S. soldiers, genocidal American settlers, and hubristic military leaders that scarred the West during the "Indian Wars" of the post–Civil War era. But this is more than simply a long-overdue accounting of broken treaties, broken promises, and tragic removal in California. McNally also shines a mirror at us, demanding a reckoning for the demographic and cultural genocide that occurred in the Klamath Basin and across the American West."—Natale A. Zappia, California History"McNally provides a brutally frank and damningly well-documented account of the war's sordid background."—Bradley A. Scott, Foreword Reviews"General readers and scholars interested in an excellent, detailed narrative history of the Modoc War will be well served by McNally's work."—Brendan Lindsay, Western Historical Quarterly"McNally is a strong storyteller with a conversational style and an eye for telling details. . . . This honest accounting of the cruelty, corruption, and savagery of the settlers—who believed their actions were smiled upon by God—takes a step forward in correcting a sanitized and muffled history."—Publishers Weekly"Robert McNally's fresh perspective on the Modoc War will engage and inform both scholars and interested general readers."—Dwight S. Mears, Michigan War Studies Review"The Modoc War was as much a media narrative as it was a historical event. What made and continues to make the Modoc War compelling in this sense is that it was among the first such narratives to be reported in real time through the then-novel technology of the telegraph, photography, and mass-produced newspapers—presaging much of our media landscape today."—Mark Axel Tveskov, Oregon Historical Quarterly"McNally's The Modoc War uses the power of hindsight to characterize historical subjects in thematic fashion, revealing deeper motivations behind the heartrending war in the Lava Beds."—Ishmael Elias, News from Native California"McNally provides an excellent background to the events leading to the war. . . . This is a sad tale of stereotyping Indians as savages; bureaucratic insensitivity; and Indian resistance to injustice, well told in a compelling narrative."—Abraham Hoffman, Roundup Magazine"This volume provides the historical and cultural context of the Modoc war in great detail."—Steven C. Haack, Journal of America's Military Past"Robert Aquinas McNally's storytelling talent is on full display in this history of the Modoc War, a violent conflict on the Oregon-California border in 1872–1873. . . . [The Modoc War deserves] a prominent place in the literature on frontier Indian wars and exemplifies a well-researched, engaging narrative technique."—William S. Kiser, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Duel at Lost River Part 1. Holy Lands Here and There 1. Bad to Worse 2. Stone and Story 3. Running the Pagans Out of the Promised Land 4. Death Squads, Sex Slaves, and Knights of the Frontier 5. The Peace That Wasn’t, the Treaty That Was, Kind Of 6. The Bacon of Three Hundred Hogs 7. Gray-Eyed Rancher to the Rescue Part 2. True Fog, Real War 8. Glove and Fist 9. Modoc Steak for Breakfast 10. A Look Inside 11. First Fog of War 12. Celebration and Postmortem Part 3. Firing into a Continent 13. Give Peace a Chance 14. The News That Fits 15. Heroic Reporter Dens with Lions 16. Talking for Peace, Lying for War 17. The Warrior Takes Command 18. Squeeze Play 19. A Homeland to Be Named Later 20. Pride and Prejudice in the Peace Tent 21. Martyrs at Midday 22. The War Goes Cosmic 23. Girding for Battle 24. Half-Empty Victory 25. Scalps and Skulls 26. Into the Volcanic Valley of Death Part 4. Things Fall Apart 27. The Center Cannot Hold 28. Hounds and Scouts 29. Hang ’em High 30. Varnishing Vengeance 31. Still Small Voices Swell 32. Strangled Necks, Severed Heads 33. Exile and Showbiz 34. Requiem Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Knowing Native Arts
Book SynopsisKnowing Native Arts brings Nancy Marie Mithlo's Native perspective to understanding the significance of Indigenous arts in national and global settings.Trade Review"Knowing Native Arts offers a necessary perspective not only for undergraduate and graduate courses on Indigenous art, art history across the Americas, and so on, but also for introduction to ethics, advanced classes on the philosophy of art and on value theory, and graduate seminars on aesthetics."—Benjamin P. Davis, American Indian Quarterly"Mithlo proves her own argument for the need for supporting new generations of Native arts scholars as vital to the understanding, promotion and preservation of Native arts and cultures."—Gerald Clarke, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"Knowing Native Arts is necessary reading for those in the fields of museum studies and the arts as well as Indigenous studies and anthropology. Understanding the Native arts world through a Native worldview is crucial, and this book is a highly recommended addition to all art library collections."—Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor, Art Libraries Society of North America“This is a deeply personal book that blends Mithlo’s personal, family, and tribal experiences with significant scholarship and meditation on the field of Native American art.”—Ryan Wheeler, coeditor of Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology“Mithlo provides a rare opportunity to expose the truth and lay bare the great challenges and divides in contemporary Native arts. Her essays uncover, articulate, and open the discussion to illuminate the disenfranchisement of Native arts today.”—Patsy Phillips (Cherokee), director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native ArtsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Dangerous for the Heart 1. “The Manner in Which Knowledge Grows” 2. Native Arts’ Visual Remix 3. Indigenous Arts Movements at Home and Abroad 4. On the Other Side of the Ocean 5. Postidentity Claims, Realism, and Radical Restructuring 6. The Encyclopedic Gaze 7. Decentering Durham 8. American Indians and Museums: The Love/Hate Relationship Conclusion: The Good Fight Notes
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University of Nebraska Press Rez Metal
Book SynopsisRez Metal captures the creative energy of Indigenous youth culture in the twenty-first century. Bridging communities from disparate corners of Indian Country and across generations, heavy metal has touched a collective nerve on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in particular. Many cultural leaders—including former Navajo president Russell Begaye—have begun to recognize heavy metal’s ability to inspire Navajo communities facing chronic challenges such as poverty, depression, and addiction. Heavy metal music speaks to the frustrations, fears, trials, and hopes of living in Indian Country.Rez Metalhighlights a seminal moment in Indigenous heavy metal: when Kyle Felter, lead singer of the Navajo heavy metal band I Dont Konform, sent a demo tape to Flemming Rasmussen, the Grammy Award–winning producer of several Metallica albums, including Master of Puppets. A few months later, Rasmussen, captivated by the music, flew from Denmark toTrade Review"Rez Metal opens a path to filling a yawning hole in the literature on contemporary Indigenous musical activity, and understanding its cultural, political, and artistic history."—David Samuels, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"An intriguing and enlightening read."—Kathy Sexton, Booklist“Rez Metal represents the creative genius of contemporary Indigenous popular culture. Set within the heart of the Navajo Nation and including the voices of elders, council members, and metalheads of all ages, Soltani Stone and Zappia demonstrate the importance of metal as a source of hope and inspiration for Indigenous youth and its prominence as an organic Indigenous expressive culture.”—Kyle T. Mays, author of Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: History of the Project and Arrangement of the Book 1. What is Rez Metal? 2. Venues 3. The Band 4. Industry, Audience, and the Next Generation Notes Sources and Further Reading
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University of Nebraska Press The Storied Landscape of Iroquoia
Book SynopsisThe Storied Landscape of Iroquoia explores the creation, destruction, appropriation, and enduring legacy of one of early America’s most important places: the homelands of the Haudenosaunees (also known as the Iroquois Six Nations). Throughout the late seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries of European colonization the Haudenosaunees remained the dominant power in their homelands and one of the most important diplomatic players in the struggle for the continent following European settlement of North America by the Dutch, British, French, Spanish, and Russians. Chad L. Anderson offers a significant contribution to understanding colonialism, intercultural conflict, and intercultural interpretations of the Iroquoian landscape during this timein central and western New York. Although American public memory often recalls a nation founded along a frontier wilderness, these lands had long been inhabited in Native American villages, where history had beTrade Review"Anderson’s fascinating work examines the shifts in the New York landscape through the 1840s as the area was used, shaped, and understood by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and then the Americans. . . . This volume will work well in college courses as it bridges Iroquois and American histories and explores how written history is often based on cultural assumptions, memories, and oral traditions."—D. R. Mandell, Choice“Chad Anderson challenges us to move beyond easy generalizations about how settler colonists simply erased indigenous peoples from the North American landscape. His sensitive, deeply researched meditation on the lives and afterlives of the spiritualized geography of Haudenosaunee country is not to be missed.”—Daniel K. Richter, director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania“A remarkable book about Iroquoia’s built environment—real, imagined, reimagined. From Big Bone Lick to the Book of Mormon, Chad Anderson shows how ancient landmarks haunted Americans—Native and non-Native—in the period of U.S. conquest. With subtle readings of Haudenosaunee sources, Anderson shows the rich possibilities of topographical history.”—Jared Farmer, author of On Zion’s Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American LandscapeTable of ContentsContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Reading the Early American Landscape1. Visions of the Great Island2. Predators of the Vanishing Landscape3. The Many Deaths of John Montour and the Mystery of the Painted Post4. The Decline and Fall of the Romans of the West5. The Burned-Over DistrictConclusion: Storied MonumentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Recovering Native American Writings in the
Book Synopsis2018 Outstanding Academic Title, selected by Choice Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press is the first comprehensive collectionof writings by students and well-known Native American authors who published in boarding school newspapers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Students used their acquired literacy in English along with more concrete tools that the boarding schools made available, such as printing technology, to create identities for themselves as editors and writers.In these roles they sought to challenge Native American stereotypes and share issues of importance to their communities. Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša), Charles Eastman, and Luther Standing Bear are paired with the works of lesser-known writers to reveal parallels and points of contrast between students and generations.Drawing works primarily from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania), the Hampton Institute (Virginia), and the Seneca Indian ScTrade Review"The texts . . . go a long way toward showing the degree to which some embraced assimilationist rhetoric and others saw literacy and publishing as means to adapting, surviving, resisting, "talking back," and ultimately claiming agency over their own futures in a society that, to differing degrees, saw their existence as a problem to be solved."—M. F. McClure, Choice"Emery's book is timely and important, as it is critical that both Native Americans and allies push for education about this period in history, especially at such a crucial time in our development as a country. Now, more than ever, with the call for a "national identity," we should be looking to our past and what the building of that national identity entails. This means that we should be educating our citizens on how our past governments have attempted to shape the "American." Emery's book provides us with a rich resource of stories gathered from the voices of the students who were part of Carlisle founder Richard Henry Pratt's vision."—Lydia Presley, Great Plains Quarterly"This edited volume features work of thirty-five Native writers and editors and brings visibility to the boarding school newspapers, which hopefully will spur efforts at preserving and using these works as an untapped resource that give voice to Native Americans and expand the history of Native American literature."—Jerry W. Carlson, Nebraska History"By carefully doing the time-consuming work of collecting the writings for this book—writings by Indian people themselves that are scattered in difficult-to-access newspaper archives—Emery has provided a valuable service. She has created a resource that can help us restore and recover at least some of our sight, bringing more detail, nuance, complexity, and humanity into view, if only we can take the time to look closely enough."—Steve Amerman, H-AmIndian"The absorbing nature of these writings and reflections, combined with the insights they provide into an often-ignored chapter in U.S. history, illustrate their value and significance and underscore the importance of publishing additional volumes of Native students' writings."—Samantha M. Williams, Transmotion"This invaluable collection of Native American writings from the turn of the 20th century amplifies Indian voices and experiences during one of the most transitional periods for Indigenous communities in North America. . . . These writings offer a lens to the humanity, creativity, and intellectualism of boarding school students who navigated many issues, cultures, and settings, while representing their peoples and futures."—Farina King, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"Emery's most valuable addition to boarding school literature is her use of lesser-known writers. While most boarding school presses were run by boys, Emery also has included unique sources like the all-female editorial group—Ida Johnson, Arizona Jackson, and Lula Walker—who launched the Hallaquah newspaper at Seneca Indian School in 1879. Instead of using the newspaper as a promotion of assimilation, these young women showed agency and used their newspaper as a way to preserve their cultures and serve their neighboring communities."—Amanda Johnson, Chronicles of Oklahoma"The editor's exemplary work, meticulous research, and orchestration of a multi-vocal dialogue between boarding school students and activists across decades paves the way for similar, much-needed work of recovery in the field, both in the boarding school press and beyond. We know that Native students were also skilled poets and performers; this is a study worth undertaking by scholars in the future."—Cristina Stanciu, University of Wisconsin-Madison“Jacqueline Emery offers an important addition to the field of Native American studies and, in particular, boarding school literature. . . . [This study] is a significant contribution to making available early voices of American Indian students.”—Cari M. Carpenter, associate professor of English at West Virginia University and coeditor of The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864–1891 “This collection offers something not only to specialists but also to general readers, and especially to classes devoted to Native American studies, Native literature, literacy history, and mass communication. This is an important work.”—Hilary E. Wyss, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University and author of English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part One: Writings by Boarding School Students Letters Arizona Jackson (Wyandot) Letter to Laura, 1880 Letter to the Editors, 1881 Letter to Susan Longstreth, 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) Letter by an Apprentice, 1880 Luther Standing Bear (Oglala Sioux) Letter on Baltimore, 1881 Letter to Father, 1882 Editorials Ida Johnson (Wyandot?), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Lula Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, December 1879 Hallaquah Editorial, January 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, March–April 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1880 Lucy Grey (Seneca), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Bertrand N. O. Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, January 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, March 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, April 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, August, September, October, and November 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) School News Editorial, June 1880 School News Editorial, July 1880 School News Editorial, August 1880 School News Editorial, October 1880 School News Editorial, December 1880 School News Editorial, January 1881 School News Editorial, February 1881 Annie Lovejoy (Sioux), Addie Stevens (Winnebago), James Enouf (Potawatomi), and Frank Hubbard (Penobscot) Our Motto Changed, Talks and Thoughts Editorial, January 1892 Essays Henry Caruthers Roman Nose (Southern Cheyenne) An Indian Boy’s Camp Life, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to New York, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to Indian Territory, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Captain Pratt, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Going to Hampton, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Getting an Education,1881 Mary North (Arapaho) A Little Story, 1880 Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) Indians’ Accustoms, 1891 How to Walk Straight, 1892 The Sun Dance, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) Tipi-iyokihe, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) What the White Man Has Gained from the Indian, 1896 Alonzo Lee (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Trail of the Serpent, 1896 Indian Folk-Lore, 1896 An Indian Naturalist, 1897 Transition Scenes, 1899 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) A Glimpse of the Old Indian Religion, 1904 An Indian Girl in Boston, 1904 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) From Hampton to New York, 1905 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) My Home Locality, 1909 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) Christmas Among the Nez Percés, 1911 How the Nez Percés Trained for Long Distance Running, 1911 Short Stories and Retold Tales Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) A Fox and a Wolf: A Fable, 1892 Harry Hand (Crow Creek Sioux) The Brave War-Chief and the Ghost, 1892 A Buffalo Hunt, 1892 The Story Teller, 1893 The Adventures of a Strange Family, 1893 Chapman Schanandoah (Oneida) How the Bear Lost His Tail: An Old Indian Story, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) The Brave Deaf and Dumb Boy, 1893 The Legend of Owl River, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) Ite Waste, or Fair Face, 1895 Stella Vanessa Bear (Arikara) An Indian Story, 1903 How My People First Came to the World, 1903 An Enemy’s Revenge, 1905 Ghost Bride Pawnee Legend, 1910 Indian Legend—Creation of the World, 1910 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Quital’s First Hunt, 1904 The First Squirrel, 1904 The Big Dipper, 1904 William J. Owl (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Beautiful Bird, 1910 The Way the Opossum Derived His Name, 1912 Emma La Vatta (Fort Hall Shoshoni) The Story of the Deerskin, 1910 Why the Snake’s Head Became Flat, 1911 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) The Maple Sugar Sand, 1910 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) The Coyote and the Wind, 1913 The Feast of the Animals, 1913 Part Two: Writings by Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Native American Public Intellectuals Francis La Flesche (Omaha) Address to Carlisle Students, 1886 The Laughing Bird, the Wren: An Indian Legend, 1900 The Past Life of the Plains Indians, 1905 One Touch of Nature, 1913 Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai) An Apache, to the Students of Carlisle Indian School, 1887 The Indian Problem from an Indian’s Standpoint, 1898 Civilized Arrow Shots from an Apache Indian, 1902 The Indian Dance, 1902 Flash Lights on the Indian Question, 1902 How America Has Betrayed the Indian, 1903 Charles Alexander Eastman (Santee Sioux) An Indian Collegian’s Speech, 1888 Address at Carlisle Commencement, 1899 The Making of a Prophet, 1899 Notes of a Trip to the Southwest, 1900 An Indian Festival, 1900 A True Story with Several Morals, 1900 Indian Traits, 1903 The Indian’s View of the Indian in Literature, 1903 Life and Handicrafts of the Northern Ojibwas, 1911 “My People”: The Indians’ Contribution to the Art of America, 1914 Angel De Cora (Winnebago) My People, 1897 Native Indian Art, 1907 An Autobiography, 1911 Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Sioux) School Days of an Indian Girl, 1900 Letter to the Red Man, 1900 A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance, 1902 Laura Cornelius Kellogg (Oneida) Indian Public Opinion, 1902 John Milton Oskison (Cherokee) The Outlook for the Indian, 1903 The Problem of Old Harjo, 1907 The Indian in the Professions, 1912 Address by J. M. Oskison, 1912 An Indian Animal Story, 1914 Arthur Caswell Parker (Seneca) Making New Americans from Old, 1911 Progress for the Indian, 1912 Needed Changes in Indian Affairs, 1912 Henry Roe Cloud (Winnebago) Education of the American Indian, 1915 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Training Indian Girls for Efficient Home Makers, 1916 A Hampton Graduate’s Experience, 1916 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Too Strong to Be Broken
Book SynopsisToo Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of Edward J. Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National Congress of American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic, and convicted felon. Driving Hawk’s story begins with his childhood on the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community, even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, theTrade Review"This book has value to anyone seeking to understand the public and private sides of a Native American leader in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."—Michael J. Smith, Nebraska History"Edward J. Driving Hawk lived a life worthy of your reading, and you will not be left unsatisfied."—Native Sun Times“This book traces the rolls, loops, and wingovers in Driving Hawk’s sometimes dizzying flight path through turbulent skies. A modern Lakota leader and veteran of two wars, he took risks, soaring and scoring but also scarring and being scarred.”—Bunny McBride, author of award-winning Women of the Dawn and Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in ParisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Author’s Note Introductions 1. Sonny 2. A Kid in Uniform 3. Family 4. Vietnam 5. Wakinyan Cangleska 6. Too Strong to Be Broken Epilogue Notes Bibliography
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University of Nebraska Press Colonized through Art
Book SynopsisAn examination of the use of art education in government-controlled schools as an instrument for assimilating American Indian children at the turn of the twentieth century. Trade Review"Readers who are interested in the residential schools, art education, the Arts and Crafts Movement, or the implementation of federal Indian policy at the onset of the twentieth century will find Colonized through Art an original and engrossing addition to the existing literature in these areas. Lentis greatly expands our understanding of how the residential schools promoted assimilation through art and of the ways that Native students used their art for creative expressions of resistance."—Melissa D. Parkhurst, Western Historical Quarterly“Lentis breaks new ground in explaining the presence of arts and crafts . . . in government schools that otherwise ‘suppressed every aspect of Indian cultures, traditions, and languages.’. . . Well worth the read.”—Lisa K. Neuman, American Historical Review"Studies of federal Indian schooling have spawned a variety of approaches to the contested subject, but in Colonized through Art the independent scholar Marinella Lentis has moved the discussion in a new direction by evaluating the impact of art education in these schools."—Margaret Connell-Szasz, Journal of American History"In Colonized through Art: American Indian Schools and Art Education, 1889–1915, Marinella Lentis provides an extensively researched study of art education in U.S. government operated boarding schools for American Indian students at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries."—John Reyhner, Pacific Northwest Quarterly“Marinella Lentis deftly lays out the terrain of Indian school art programs. . . . A significant contribution to the field, Colonized through Art clearly, succinctly, and broadly expands our knowledge of the ways government officials pushed assimilation through art—not to mention the resistance many Native students creatively expressed.”—Linda M. Waggoner, author of Fire Light: The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist"Colonized through Art provides a thorough historical account of how white, Euro-American superintendents, curriculum writers, and teachers implemented cultural assimilation, which was manifested in public displays through nineteenth- and early twentieth-century boarding schools."—Kevin Slivka, History of Education Quarterly "I highly recommend the volume and believe it to be essential reading for those studying the Native American boarding school system in the United States."—Mackenzie J. Cory, Journal of the History of Childhood and YouthTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations 1. Art “Lifts Them to Her Own High Level”: Nineteenth-Century Art Education 2. “An Indispensable Adjunct to All Training of This Kind”: The Place of Art in Indian Schools 3. “Show Him the Needs of Civilization and How to Adapt His Work to the Needs of the Hour”: Native Arts and Crafts in Indian Schools 4. “The Administration Has No Sympathy with Perpetuation of Any Except the Most Substantial of Indian Handicraft”: Art Education at the Albuquerque Indian School 5. “Drawing and All the Natural Artistic Talents of the Pupils Are Encouraged and Cultivated”: Art Education at Sherman Institute 6. “Susie Chase-the-Enemy and Her Friends Do Good Work”: Exhibits from Indian Schools at Fairs and Expositions 7. “The Comparison with the Work of White Scholars Is Not Always to the Credit of the Latter”: Art Training on Display at Educational Conventions Conclusion Appendix A: List of Fairs, Expositions, and Educational Conventions That Featured Indian School Exhibits Appendix B: Day, Reservation, and Non-Reservation Schools Represented at Major National and International Fairs Appendix C: Layouts of Minneapolis and Boston Exhibits Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Standing Bears Quest for Freedom
Book SynopsisLawrence A. Dwyer has written the story of Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Nation, who was willing to face arrest for leaving the government's reservation without permission because of his love for his son and his people, and a desire to be free, resulting in the First Civil Rights victory for Native Americans.Trade Review“A history involving the law, government policy, treaties, and the military could so easily get mired in technical language. This book never does. Rather, it maintains a crystal clarity, nimbleness, and focus on what matters—the people, their humanity, and what happened. . . . [Dwyer] has created a vivid picture of the events before, during, and after the trial and never loses sight of the story’s true hero, Standing Bear.”—Judi M. gaiashkibos, executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian AffairsTable of ContentsForeword by Judi M. gaiashkibos Preface 1. His Name Was Standing Bear 2. Early History of the Poncas 3. The Ponca System of Law 4. Precedents for the Ponca Removal in the American System of Law 5. Treaties with the Poncas 6. The Ponca Displacement Begins 7. Journey of Sorrows 8. Standing Bear Takes Action 9. Imprisoned at Fort Omaha 10. The Interviews 11. Tibbles Assembles a Legal Team 12. The Great Writ 13. Witnesses Testify 14. The Trial’s Closing Arguments 15. Standing Bear’s Historic Speech 16. A Time for Waiting 17. The Court’s Decision 18. Standing Bear Keeps His Promise 19. Standing Bear’s Gratitude and Generosity 20. A Fire Kindled 21. Redress for Wrongs 22. The Standing Bear Decision Sets Precedent 23. A Nation Aroused from the Sin of Indifference 24. The Omaha Connection 25. Standing Bear at Peace Acknowledgments Discussion Questions Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Strength from the Waters
Book SynopsisStrength from the Waters is an environmental and social history that frames economic development, environmental concerns, and Indigenous mobilization within the context of a timeless issue: access to water. Between 1927 and 1970 the Mayo people—an Indigenous group in northwestern Mexico—confronted changing access to the largest freshwater source in the region, the Fuerte River. In Strength from the Waters James V. Mestaz demonstrates how the Mayo people used newly available opportunities such as irrigation laws, land reform, and cooperatives to maintain their connection to their river system and protect their Indigenous identity. By using irrigation technologies to increase crop production and protect lands from outsiders trying to claim it as fallow, the Mayo of northern Sinaloa simultaneously preserved their identity by continuing to conduct traditional religious rituals that paid homage to the Fuerte River. This shift in approach to both new tecTrade Review“Strength from the Waters makes important contributions to modern Mexican history, environmental history, and ethnohistory, especially with its fascinating oral histories of Mayo elders.”—Mikael Wolfe, author of Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in MexicoTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Their Technology, Our Way: Los Goros and Fuerte River Infrastructure, 1927 to 1942 2. Sweetness and Water Power: The SICAE Sugarcane Cooperative and Mayo Struggles for Water, 1944 to 1958 3. When the State Fails the Gods Remain: Independent Mayo Water Control Strategies, 1944 to 1957 4. The Inward Turn: Mayo Hydraulic Labor, Millenarian Movements, and Changing Rituals, 1947 to 1963 5. From Our River to Theirs: The Effects of Hydraulic Development, 1955 to 1970 Epilogue: Remaining Strong Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Life of the Indigenous Mind
Book Synopsis2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In Life of the Indigenous MindDavid Martínez examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), the most influential Indigenous activist and writer of the twentieth century and one of the intellectual architects of the Red Power movement. An experienced activist, administrator, and political analyst, Deloria was motivated to activism and writing by his work as executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, and he came to view discourse on tribal self-determination as the most important objective for making a viable future for tribes. In this work of both intellectual and activist history, Martínez assesses the early life and legacy of Deloria’s “Red Power Tetralogy,” his most powerful and polemical works: Custer Died for Your Sins (1969), We Talk, You Listen (1970), God Is Red (1973), and Behind tTrade Review"Drawing on the activist-intellectual's personal papers and less well-known writings from the period, Life of the Indigenous Mind is more than mere commentary. Moreover, the book's critical edge distinguishes it from prior scholarship that erred toward hagiography. Overall, it is a long-overdue addition to the existing literature on Vine Deloria, Jr., and on Red Power more generally."—John H. Cable, American Indian Quarterly“The most substantial and important consideration of Deloria’s work to date and deserves a place on any comprehensive American Indian studies shelf.”—Akim Reinhardt, South Dakota History"Martínez has produced a rich and rewarding book. He is balanced in his critiques of Deloria's writings and careful to contextualize Deloria's political motives for self-determination."—Gregory D. Smithers, Native American and Indigenous Studies“An affecting portrait of one of America’s most influential Indigenous rights activists.”—C. T. Vecsey, Choice"Life of the Indigenous Mind is an asset for instructors of American Indian studies. Martínez paints Deloria as a wise elder of the Red Power movement, even in his youth, a portrait that bolsters the argument that he was the intellectual leader American Indians needed at a unique moment in history."—April M. Bond, American Indian Culture and Research Journal“As David Martínez observes, the Indigenous mind is the Indigenous community’s most potent weapon against colonialism. This powerful statement triggers a challenging responsibility: to identify the types of ideas that should inform the efforts of Indigenous intellectuals. Martínez charts a framework for future intersectional analysis, providing an important contribution to the growth of American Indian intellectualism. This book offers a magnificent appraisal of Vine Deloria Jr.’s legacy and the power of critical thought.”—Rebecca Tsosie, Regents’ Professor of Law at the University of Arizona and faculty co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the James E. Rogers College of Law“David Martínez transcends hagiography in this complex analysis of four key early works by Vine Deloria Jr. This fascinating book takes a deep dive into Deloria’s thinking. Martínez does an admirable job of both placing these works in the historical context of turbulent changes in Indian affairs in the United States and illuminating Deloria’s intellectual acumen as he challenged federal bureaucrats, academia, the public at large, and, perhaps most significantly, Indian Country to rethink the place of American Indians in the United States.”—David R. M. Beck, professor of Native American Studies at the University of MontanaTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Prologue: Fanfare for the American Indian 1. Vine Deloria Jr. and the Discourse on Tribal Self-Determination: Independence beyond the Reservation System 2. Coyote Old Man Tells a Story: History, Plight, and Indian-White Relations 3. The Law of the Land: Tribes as Higher than States, Indians as Lower than Human 4. For the Good of the Indian: Termination Policy and the Pillaging of Indian Country 5. Not Your Minority: Tribalism during the Civil Rights Era 6. Here Come the Anthros!: A Tribal Critique of the Social Sciences 7. “Merciless Indian Savages”: Christianity, Churches, and the Soul of the Indian 8. The Scandal of Indian Affairs: Policy, Reservations, and the Future of Indian Freedom 9. Twentieth-Century Tribes: Nonlinear People in a Linear World 10. The Good Red Road Ahead: Self-Determination Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press People of the Saltwater
Book SynopsisPeople of the Saltwater is an exploration of an ancient community of the Gitxaala Nation and how its members relate socially, politically, and economically to the rest of the world.Trade Review"An important contribution to scholarship about First Nations of the Northwest Coast."—Eric Oakley, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Magazine“Each of these chapters provides excellent case studies for teaching about Indigenous resource management and place-making and the continuity of these practices in spite of colonization and capitalism.”—Sara V. Komarnisky, Canadian Journal of Native Studies “An engaging and important book. . . . Menzies effectively weaves archaeology and linguistics into People of the Saltwater, which also contains considerable history: oral history, written history, and Menzies’s own personal history. . . . [It] may be viewed as a hybrid, or crossover book that straddles the boundary between scholarly and popular. It is a significant addition to the scholarship of, and by, Indigenous peoples in British Columbia.”—Robert Muckle, BC Booklook “An important addition to the Northwest Coast canon. Defying categorization, [People of the Saltwater] will be a meaningful contribution to class reading lists for Native studies, anthropology, and Northwest Coast studies and to everyone interested in the people and history of the Northwest Coast. . . . [People of the Saltwater] is complex and rich, with an intimate understanding of the intricacies of Git lax m’oon history and culture and the people’s relationship with their environment and natural resources.”—Frank Kelderman, American Indian Quarterly “The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast have a special place in the history of anthropology, as they do in the development of autoethnography or native ethnography. . . . People of the Saltwater continues both of these proud traditions. It is a contemporary ethnography of a Tsimshian or Gitxaala community living still on British Columbia’s coast, written by an anthropologist who is himself a descendant of that society.”—David Eller, Anthropology Review“[Menzies] astutely forefronts Native terms before their Canadian English translations to establish respectful priorities. . . . Because this is a contemporary ethnography by a native son, current legal and cultural issues are highlighted, firmly set within the context of a vibrant culture grounded in hereditary rights, adaawx, and wise leaders. . . . Of particular note, Menzies pays tribute to William Beynon, a Wolf-title holder (Gwisk’aayn), literate speaker, and prolific ethnographer and colleague of almost all the ‘greats’ of Northwest Coast anthropology.”—Jay Miller, Journal of Anthropological Research “Menzies’s ethnography of the Gitxaała people is highly personal, enjoyably engaging, and a welcome contribution to community-based scholarship on the Northwest Coast. . . . Menzies’s analysis adds a clear voice to conversations about the impacts of global industrial processes on local peoples.”—Thomas McIlwraith, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Guelph and author of “We Are Still Didene”: Stories of Hunting and History from Northern British ColumbiaTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Git lax m’oon: Gitxaała and the Names Anthropologists Have Given Us2. Smgigyet: Real People and Governance3. Laxyuup: The Land and Ocean Territories of Gitxaała4. Adaawx: History and the Past5. Sihoon: Catching Fish6. Tskah, Xs’waanx: Herring, Herring Roe7. Bilhaa: Abalone8. Hoon: SalmonConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Kiowa Belief and Ritual
Book Synopsis Directed by anthropologist Alexander Lesser in 1935, the Santa Fe Laboratory of Anthropology sponsored a field school in southwestern Oklahoma that focused on the neighboring Kiowas. During two months, graduate students compiled more than 1,300 pages of single-spaced field notes derived from cross-interviewing thirty-five Kiowas. These eyewitness and first-generation reflections on the horse and buffalo days are undoubtedly the best materials available for reconstructing pre-reservation Kiowa beliefs and rituals. The field school compiled massive data resulting in a number of publications on this formerly nomadic Plains tribe, though the planned collaborative ethnographies never materialized. The extensive Kiowa field notes, which contain invaluable information, remained largely unpublished until now. In Kiowa Belief and Ritual, Benjamin R. Kracht reconstructs Kiowa cosmology during the height of the horse and buffalo culture from field notes pertaining to co Trade Review"Kiowa Belief and Ritual is a thought-provoking contribution to the study of religion and spirituality within the Kiowa nation in Oklahoma."—Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote, Canadian Journal of Native Studies“[An] encyclopedic and yet still surprisingly personalized . . . rendition of Kiowa religion. The result is what could hardly be imagined as a more complete summary of a people’s beliefs and rituals at a particular moment in time—a moment that had just ended when the data were collected and that, despite all of the tribulations and losses faced by the Kiowa, continues not only to be remembered but to reverberate through their culture.”—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database"[Kiowa Belief and Ritual] makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Plains Indigenous religion, and offers Kiowa community members an engaging link to their Indigenous heritage."—Andrew McKenzie, Great Plains Quarterly"Benjamin R. Kracht's Kiowa Belief and Ritual is a welcome, important contribution to the literature on Plains Indian Religions, specifically the Kiowa. . . . Kracht has accomplished excellent, dedicated work in providing his assessment of these incredibly important fieldnotes from, it should be recognized, an exceptionally special group of honored elders."—Inés Hernández-Ávila, Reading Religion“Benjamin Kracht provides keen insight into the belief system and worldview of the Kiowa people. This ethnographic window reveals what is sacred, powerful, and spiritual among this warrior people of the southern plains. Kracht’s scholarship advances our understanding of the true reality of the Kiowas.”—Donald L. Fixico, Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University and author of Call for Change: The Medicine Way of American Indian History, Ethos, and Reality“Kiowa Belief and Ritual offers a meticulously researched and richly detailed account of pre-reservation Kiowa religious life. Benjamin Kracht makes extensive use of interviews conducted with Kiowa elders in 1935, and their recollections and experiences make for compelling reading. This is a significant contribution to the literature on Native North America.”—Michael Paul Jordan, assistant professor of ethnology at Texas Tech UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Kiowa Pronunciations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Ethnographic Studies of Plains Indian Religions 1. Kiowa History, 1832–1868 2. Kiowa Beliefs and Concepts of the Universe 3. Acquiring, Maintaining, and Manifesting Power 4. Bundles, Shields, and Societies 5. The Kiowa Sun Dance Conclusion: The Collapse of the Horse and Buffalo Culture and the Sun Dance Appendix: Kiowa Sun Dance Chronology, 1833–1890 Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Life of Sherman Coolidge Arapaho Activist
Book SynopsisThis is the biography of Sherman Coolidge, Arapaho survivor of the Indian Wars, witness to the maladministration of the reservation system, mediator between Native and white worlds, and ultimate defender of Native rights and heritage.Trade Review"Tadeusz Lewandowski has written a valuable history of Arapaho activist Sherman Coolidge. At last, the field has a scholarly biography on this important but long-neglected Society of American Indians (SAI) leader."—Jack Evans, South Dakota History“Pointed, polished, lucid, and readable. Those who study the era of assimilation will find much to savor in this account of Sherman Coolidge, a man who played a major role in the creation of a nationwide Indian organization and contributed to how Native people were publicly perceived during his lifetime. In addition, this biography also offers a narrative version of events that is interesting in its own right as it recounts the ups and downs of a human life.”—Philip Burnham, author of Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of the Little BighornTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue 1. The Arapahos and Runs On Top 2. New Life 3. Return 4. Conspiracy, Exile, and the East 5. Losing Ground 6. Grace 7. Proving Herself 8. Twosing 9. Death and Life 10. Malcontents 11. A New Mission, a New Society 12. The Society Ascendant 13. Harmony in Jeopardy 14. State of Chaos, State of War Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£35.10
University of Nebraska Press Unfair Labor
Book SynopsisUnfair Labor? is the first book to explore the economic impact of Native Americans who participated in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago.By the late nineteenth century, tribal economic systems across the Americas were decimated, and tribal members were desperate to find ways to support their families and control their own labor. As U.S. federal policies stymied economic development in tribal communities, individual Indians found creative new ways to make a living by participating in the cash economy. Before and during the exposition, American Indians played an astonishingly broad role in both the creation and the collection of materials for the fair, and in a variety of jobs on and off the fairgrounds. While anthropologists portrayed Indians as a remembrance of the past, the hundreds of Native Americans who participated were carving out new economic pathways. Once the fair opened, Indians from tribes across the United States, as well as other indigenous people, fTrade Review“Beck has given us a master class in historical research and interpretation. Drawing on an impressive array of previously unseen sources . . . he has assembled a picture of Indian-white interactions that, while notably unequal, nonetheless display Native American agency and determination in numerous directions. . . . Beck has done signal service in exposing the grounded reality of Indian-white economic relations at the height of the Gilded Age. It is not a pretty picture.”—Curtis M. Hinsley, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"This is an important and deeply researched contribution and recommended reading for social and labor historians as well as those in Native history."—Julie Guard, Great Plains Research"This book will be of interest to specialists in the field of Native American studies. There is no other in-depth study of the Native Americans in this significant fair, and some labor historians will welcome the consideration of the commodification of labor in these tribes and its limits. It is a fresh way of thinking about this moment."—Rosemary Feurer, Nebraska History"Beck details the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that Indigenous people brought to Chicago—and took home—in the 1890s."—Katrina Phillips, Western Historical Quarterly"This is a revealing glimpse into such pioneers of American anthropology as Frederic Putnam, Franz Boas, and James Mooney. Undergraduate seminars will be well served with this volume as required reading, and even interested general readers will find it informative."—J.H. O’Donnell, Choice"Unfair Labor? is an important contribution to indigenous labor history, as well as to the history of world’s fairs."—Abigail Markwyn, Journal of American Ethnic History"Unfair Labor is the most thorough analysis we have of Native Americans’ involvement with the 1893 fair."—Robert W. Rydell, Journal of Arizona History"Unfair Labor? is captivating, well researched, and clearly written. It would be an excellent resource for a variety of upper-secondary and college-level history and American studies courses that cover labor, capitalism, material culture, public history, American Indians, or social forces, to name a few. The book would be a welcome addition to both public and academic libraries alike."—Julie Hawks, Journal of American Culture“Beck, a seasoned historian with a reputation for lucid prose, is modeling . . . a scholarly generosity that tacitly acknowledges how historical knowledge is built, distributed, absorbed, and remade. A meaningful addition to Beck’s body of work and the University of Nebraska Press’s noteworthy catalogue of Native American and Indigenous studies titles, Unfair Labor? demystifies, nuances, and legitimizes American Indians’ participation in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.”—Meredith Conti, Theatre History Studies"Unfair Labor? is a carefully organized, argued, and focused contribution to Indigenous labor history. Beck takes good advantage of the vast archival resources related to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to generate a wide-angle snapshot of Indigenous people's efforts to navigate the ethnographic and performative income opportunities that arose under late nineteenth-century colonialism's sustained assimilationist assault."—Paige Raibmon, Native American and Indigenous StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Overview: American Indians and Ethnology at the Fair 1. Fair Representation? 2. Evolution of the American Indian Displays at the Fair Part 2. Before the Fair: Making Money at Home 3. Native People Collecting for the Fair 4. The Department of Ethnology Collecting for the Fair 5. Government Agencies Collecting for the Fair Part 3. During the Fair: Working in Chicago 6. Working the Anthropological and Education Displays 7. Working the Commercial Displays 8. Those Left Out Afterword/Afterward: American Indians and Their New World Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
£25.19
Cornell University Press Tip of the Spear
Book SynopsisIn Tip of the Spear, Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guåhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarized islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. During World War II and the Cold War, Guåhan was a launching site for both covert and open US military operations in the region, a strategically significant role that turned Guåhan into a crucible of US overseas empire. In 1962, the US Navy lost the authority to regulate all travel to and from the island, and a tourist economy eventually emerged that changed the relationship between the Indigenous CHamoru population and the US military, further complicating the process of settler colonialism on the island.The US military occupation of Guåhan was based on a co-constitutive process that included CHamoru land dispossession, discursive justifications for the remaking of the island, the racialization of civilian military labor, and
£37.05
Stanford University Press Emptied Lands: A Legal Geography of Bedouin
Book SynopsisEmptied Lands investigates the protracted legal, planning, and territorial conflict between the settler Israeli state and indigenous Bedouin citizens over traditional lands in southern Israel/Palestine. The authors place this dispute in historical, legal, geographical, and international-comparative perspectives, providing the first legal geographic analysis of the "dead Negev doctrine" used by Israel to dispossess and forcefully displace Bedouin inhabitants in order to Judaize the region. The authors reveal that through manipulative use of Ottoman, British and Israeli laws, the state has constructed its own version ofterra nullius. Yet, the indigenous property and settlement system still functions, creating an ongoing resistance to the Jewish state.Emptied Lands critically examines several key land claims, court rulings, planning policies, and development strategies, offering alternative local, regional, and international routes for justice.Trade Review"People are dispossessed not only with guns and bulldozers, but also with legal practices and strategies. Emptied Lands reveals how the painfully named and legally invoked Dead Negev Doctrine facilitates the continued dispossession of Bedouins in the Negev, the most intense and protracted land dispute within Israel. Drawing from decades of activism and scholarship, Kedar, Amara, and Yiftachel provide a powerful challenge to the doctrine, creating space for better forms of legality."—Nicholas Blomley, Simon Fraser University"Three of the best critical scholars of contemporary Palestine have successfully combined legal, geographical, and political analysis into a forensic study of how Israel has weaponized the law against the most vulnerable of all inhabitants of Palestine, the Bedouins. A remarkable multidisciplinary feat, this book provides an essential understanding of settler colonialism."—Eyal Weizman, Goldsmiths, University of London"This book is particularly valuable on a subject that is as complex as it is almost unresearched—namely, how the state formulates different elements that amalgamate politics with history and law in order to legitimize Bedouin land dispossession. Kedar, Amara, and Yiftachel...are able to identify and explain in their historical and legal context the key elements of the state's policy and the court decisions with regard to the Bedouin land issue."—Morad Elsana, Israel Studies Review"[Emptied Lands] confronts us with a direct, scholarly account of one of the main routes to dispossession on which the State of Israel has relied in emptying the Negev of its Palestinian Bedouin residents. This fascinating and well-written book—the result of extensive archival research, verification of sources, and a thorough reading of historical and geographical documents—systematically dismantles the Israeli establishment's claims using a variety of scientific, legal, geographic, planning, and Zionist sources. The uniqueness of the work lies in the presentation of an alternative, geographically based legal property rights study."—Safa Aburabia, Journal of Palestine Studies"The three authors have done a great service to those who wish to critically appraise the Israeli court position with regard to Bedouin in the Negev, their indigeneity and their claims to autonomy. Knowing the argument put forward to deny their indigeneity, or their rights to the lands of their forefathers, is powerful ammunition for future legal cases, as well as in continuing resistance to being ignored in 'unrecognised villages', or forcibly resettled."—Dawn Chatty, Nomadic PeoplesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Terra Nullius in Zion? 1. The Legal Geography of Indigenous Bedouin Dispossession 2. The Land Regime of the Late Ottoman Period 3. The Land Regime of the Mandate Period 4. Formulating the Dead Negev Doctrine During the Israeli Period 5. Historical Geography of the Negev: Bedouin Agriculture 6. Bedouin Territory and Settlement 7. The Bedouin as an Indigenous Community 8. International Law, Indigenous Land Rights, and Israel 9. State and Bedouin Policies and Plans Conclusion:
£53.60
Stanford University Press Wild Policy: Indigeneity and the Unruly Logics of
Book SynopsisCan there be good social policy? This book describes what happens to Indigenous policy when it targets the supposedly 'wild people' of regional and remote Australia. Tess Lea explores naturalized policy: policy unplugged, gone live, ramifying in everyday life, to show that it is policies that are wild, not the people being targeted. Lea turns the notion of unruliness on its head to reveal a policy-driven world dominated by short term political interests and their erratic, irrational effects, and by the less obvious protection of long-term interests in resource extraction and the liberal settler lifestyles this sustains. Wild Policy argues policies are not about undoing the big causes of enduring inequality, and do not ameliorate harms terribly well either—without yielding all hope. Drawing on efforts across housing and infrastructure, resistant media-making, health, governance and land tenure battles in regional and remote Australia, Wild Policy looks at how the logics of intervention are formulated and what this reveals in answer to the question: why is it all so hard? Lea offers readers a layered, multi-relational approach called policy ecology to probe the related question, 'what is to be done?' Lea's case material will resonate with analysts across the world who deal with infrastructures, policy, technologies, mining, militarization, enduring colonial legacies, and the Anthropocene.Trade Review"By naming the arbitrary, anarchic nature of policy, Tess Lea turns the notion of unruliness on its head. The sheer effectiveness of the writing speaks to her ethnographic skill in delineating bureaucratic purpose: the result is a stunning re-visioning whose implications will reach far beyond what stimulated it." -- Marilyn Strathern * University of Cambridge *"Wild Policy offers an extraordinary contribution to the anthropology of policy, settler colonialism, and infrastructural inequality. Tess Lea's profound accomplishment rests on her sharp, ethnographically innovative account of policy as a milieu, its attention to the uneven ground of policy's materiality, and its appreciation for the work involved in wresting some good from policy's consequential detritus." -- Daniel Fisher * University of California, Berkeley *"Lea is an acute observer of the everyday practices that characterise the wild, disorderly, and strange cultural world of the interventionist settler-colonial state....this is courageous scholarship. Wild Policy's blast of originality compelled me." -- Eve Vincent * Sydney Review of Books *"[There] is a poetics in Lea's anthologising of policies, one that is profoundly moored in land and relations. The efficacy and power of Lea's work, be [it] destabilising or advocating, lies in their specific and relational mode of engagement with human and more-than-human worlds." -- Jamie Wang * Sydney Environment Institute *"Wild Policy provides a nuanced take on how policy is formulated and implemented in ways that exclude Indigenous experience, and seeks to rectify this through the interludes that present Indigenous knowledge apart from scholarly theorization." -- Claire Ross and Alexander Howes * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
£75.20
Stanford University Press Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and
Book SynopsisOaxaca Resurgent examines how Indigenous people in one of Mexico's most rebellious states shaped local and national politics during the twentieth century. Drawing on declassified surveillance documents and original ethnographic research, A. S. Dillingham traces the contested history of indigenous development and the trajectory of the Mexican government's Instituto Nacional Indigenista, the most ambitious agency of its kind in the Americas. This book shows how generations of Indigenous actors, operating from within the Mexican government while also challenging its authority, proved instrumental in democratizing the local teachers' trade union and implementing bilingual education. Focusing on the experiences of anthropologists, government bureaucrats, trade unionists, and activists, Dillingham explores the relationship between indigeneity, rural education and development, and the political radicalism of the Global Sixties. By centering Indigenous expressions of anticolonialism, Oaxaca Resurgent offers key insights into the entangled histories of Indigenous resurgence movements and the rise of state-sponsored multiculturalism in the Americas. This revelatory book provides crucial context for understanding post-1968 Mexican history and the rise of the 2006 Oaxacan social movement.Trade Review"Thoroughly researched and wonderfully written, Oaxaca Resurgent vividly portrays how bilingual teachers and other indigenista brokers managed to resist, selectively accept, and reshape developmentalist policies and multicultural state projects throughout the 20th century. Based on surveillance documents from Mexican Intelligence Services as well as oral interviews he conducted in Spanish and Mixtec, a language he learned as his intellectual and personal life became increasingly intertwined with the destiny of Oaxaca, Dillingham works with care and empathy, persuasively arguing that Oaxaca's gift for our contemporary world resides in the indomitable energy and plurality of vision of its many indigenous communities."—Cristina Rivera Garza, author of The Restless Dead: Necrowriting and Disappropriation"Oaxaca Resurgent provides a wide-ranging analysis of the tug of war between Mexico's developmentalist policy and historic strategies of indigenous resistance. With careful attention to state projects and grassroots initiatives, Dillingham offers a compelling picture of the institutions, actors and ideologies that shaped the politics of indigeneity in the complex and dynamic terrain of Oaxaca."—Tanalís Padilla, author of Rural Resistance in the Land of Zapata"A. S. Dillingham's meticulous archival and oral reconstruction places Mixtec intellectuals and activists at the center of indigenista thinking and development schemes: authoring, appropriating, retooling, and transforming every aspect of indigenismo for their own purposes, from the postrevolutionary period to the neoliberal present. Dillingham brings to life three generations of activists who came to political maturity under that mantle of indigenismo, transforming its meaning from the inside out, and tracing how these Mixtec actors contributed to the resurgence of indigenous anticolonial and autonomy movements that swept the hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century. A must read for hemispheric Native American and indigenous scholars."—María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, author of Indian Given: Racial Geographies across Mexico and the United States"Those of us who have conducted archival research on indigenista development and education sometimes struggle to highlight the indigenous brokers who were trained and paid to carry out these programs. In this book, Dillingham supplements his archival work with a healthy dose of interviews to shine a light on these critical actors. Indigenous men (and, later, women) used the crisis of Mexican indigenismo, Echeverría's 'opening' and his Third-Worldist discourse, and the politics of the New Left to push for multicultural state development and education programs. Dillingham restores agency to these people, which may be this fine book's greatest contribution."—Stephen Lewis, H-LatAm"Dillingham's use of local archives and oral histories reconstructs how teachers and activists pursued their own goals within state and party institutions, undermining many of these institutions in the long run... Oaxaca Resurgent undoubtedly adds a regional perspective and original evidence to the ongoing debate about the nature of Mexico's postrevolutionary state."– Emilio de Antuñano, Hispanic American Historical Review"Oaxaca Resurgent brings together two important conversations in Mexican Indigenous history: the ongoing colonialism of national development and the longstanding Indigenous resistance. Using twentieth-century Oaxaca both as case study and as exemplar, Dillingham offers an illuminating window into Indigenous political activism in the face of postrevolutionary state appropriation of Indigenous culture and history. Examining what he calls the 'double bind of indigenismo,' a space for Indigenous resurgence that emerges from the tension between state constructions of Indigeneity and the strategic deployment of those constructions by Native peoples from the state of Oaxaca, Dillingham carefully reconstructs how Indigenous individuals and communities forwarded—and continue to forward—their own anticolonial projects by leveraging and undermining nationalistic invocations of Indigeneity. The book draws on an impressive range of sources, including declassified surveillance documents and oral histories, and it is beautifully written. This innovative work will resonate broadly with Indigenous activists and scholars alike."—American Society for Ethnohistory"In the face of more than a century of scholarship that has made Oaxaca and its peoples an object of inquiry—in archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and other fields—this wide-ranging study instead demonstrates the many ways that Oaxacans have made themselves the subjects of their own history. ...Dillingham's argument is the assertion that this multiculturalism was not merely an identity based strategy of the state to incorporate Indigenous Mexicans into an increasingly austere, neoliberal economy. He shows instead that the struggle for multicultural recognition maintained its class character, serving as a source of organizing power especially for the dissident teachers-union movement that flourished in Oaxaca and directly challenged the hegemony of the ruling party."—Christy Thornton, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"A.S. Dillingham weaves together a powerful story of resistance in one of Latin America's most culturally rich regions... The value this important study brings to the field is that it uncovers the long history of indigenous activism that survived and even thrived despite the oppressive nature of one of the longest-lived political regimes of the Western Hemisphere, a testament to the will of Oaxaca's communities."—James A. Garza, The Americas"Oaxaca Resurgent is an outstanding book. Dillingham's analysis is sharp and conclusive but measured.... By embedding his analysis in layers of context, Dillingham tells a universal story, moved by the ebbs and flows of global intellectual sea change, yet never loses sight of the small group of Indigenous bilingual teachers from Oaxaca who drive his story, who are here not relegated to dancing for the approbation of the state."—Colby Ristow, Latin American Politics and Society"Much of the literature on neoliberalism and multiculturalism has conceptualized official multiculturalism as a consolation in lieu of socio-economic reform. Dillingham instead shows how indigenous activists, empowered by state indigenismo, crafted the multiculturalism that the state would later embrace. They may not have always gotten what they demanded, but they were never merely victims of forces beyond their control."—Eben Levey, The Latin AmericanistTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Double Bind of Indigenismo 1. Modernizing the Mixteca: Regional Approaches to Underdevelopment 2. "Was It God or the Devil?": Bilingual Radio Schools and Cold War Catholicism 3. Mixtec Land and Labor: Migration and State-Sponsored Resettlement on the Costa Chica 4. Indigenismo in the Age of Three Worlds: Oaxacan Youth and Mexico's Democratic Opening 5. Bilingual Teachers at the Front: The Rise of Dissident Trade Unionism and the Neoliberal Order 6. Anticolonialism in the Classroom: The Institutionalization of Multiculturalism Conclusion: The Entangled Histories of Recognition and Resurgence
£86.40
Stanford University Press Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and
Book SynopsisOaxaca Resurgent examines how Indigenous people in one of Mexico's most rebellious states shaped local and national politics during the twentieth century. Drawing on declassified surveillance documents and original ethnographic research, A. S. Dillingham traces the contested history of indigenous development and the trajectory of the Mexican government's Instituto Nacional Indigenista, the most ambitious agency of its kind in the Americas. This book shows how generations of Indigenous actors, operating from within the Mexican government while also challenging its authority, proved instrumental in democratizing the local teachers' trade union and implementing bilingual education. Focusing on the experiences of anthropologists, government bureaucrats, trade unionists, and activists, Dillingham explores the relationship between indigeneity, rural education and development, and the political radicalism of the Global Sixties. By centering Indigenous expressions of anticolonialism, Oaxaca Resurgent offers key insights into the entangled histories of Indigenous resurgence movements and the rise of state-sponsored multiculturalism in the Americas. This revelatory book provides crucial context for understanding post-1968 Mexican history and the rise of the 2006 Oaxacan social movement.Trade Review"Thoroughly researched and wonderfully written, Oaxaca Resurgent vividly portrays how bilingual teachers and other indigenista brokers managed to resist, selectively accept, and reshape developmentalist policies and multicultural state projects throughout the 20th century. Based on surveillance documents from Mexican Intelligence Services as well as oral interviews he conducted in Spanish and Mixtec, a language he learned as his intellectual and personal life became increasingly intertwined with the destiny of Oaxaca, Dillingham works with care and empathy, persuasively arguing that Oaxaca's gift for our contemporary world resides in the indomitable energy and plurality of vision of its many indigenous communities."—Cristina Rivera Garza, author of The Restless Dead: Necrowriting and Disappropriation"Oaxaca Resurgent provides a wide-ranging analysis of the tug of war between Mexico's developmentalist policy and historic strategies of indigenous resistance. With careful attention to state projects and grassroots initiatives, Dillingham offers a compelling picture of the institutions, actors and ideologies that shaped the politics of indigeneity in the complex and dynamic terrain of Oaxaca."—Tanalís Padilla, author of Rural Resistance in the Land of Zapata"A. S. Dillingham's meticulous archival and oral reconstruction places Mixtec intellectuals and activists at the center of indigenista thinking and development schemes: authoring, appropriating, retooling, and transforming every aspect of indigenismo for their own purposes, from the postrevolutionary period to the neoliberal present. Dillingham brings to life three generations of activists who came to political maturity under that mantle of indigenismo, transforming its meaning from the inside out, and tracing how these Mixtec actors contributed to the resurgence of indigenous anticolonial and autonomy movements that swept the hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century. A must read for hemispheric Native American and indigenous scholars."—María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, author of Indian Given: Racial Geographies across Mexico and the United States"Those of us who have conducted archival research on indigenista development and education sometimes struggle to highlight the indigenous brokers who were trained and paid to carry out these programs. In this book, Dillingham supplements his archival work with a healthy dose of interviews to shine a light on these critical actors. Indigenous men (and, later, women) used the crisis of Mexican indigenismo, Echeverría's 'opening' and his Third-Worldist discourse, and the politics of the New Left to push for multicultural state development and education programs. Dillingham restores agency to these people, which may be this fine book's greatest contribution."—Stephen Lewis, H-LatAm"Dillingham's use of local archives and oral histories reconstructs how teachers and activists pursued their own goals within state and party institutions, undermining many of these institutions in the long run... Oaxaca Resurgent undoubtedly adds a regional perspective and original evidence to the ongoing debate about the nature of Mexico's postrevolutionary state."– Emilio de Antuñano, Hispanic American Historical Review"Oaxaca Resurgent brings together two important conversations in Mexican Indigenous history: the ongoing colonialism of national development and the longstanding Indigenous resistance. Using twentieth-century Oaxaca both as case study and as exemplar, Dillingham offers an illuminating window into Indigenous political activism in the face of postrevolutionary state appropriation of Indigenous culture and history. Examining what he calls the 'double bind of indigenismo,' a space for Indigenous resurgence that emerges from the tension between state constructions of Indigeneity and the strategic deployment of those constructions by Native peoples from the state of Oaxaca, Dillingham carefully reconstructs how Indigenous individuals and communities forwarded—and continue to forward—their own anticolonial projects by leveraging and undermining nationalistic invocations of Indigeneity. The book draws on an impressive range of sources, including declassified surveillance documents and oral histories, and it is beautifully written. This innovative work will resonate broadly with Indigenous activists and scholars alike."—American Society for Ethnohistory"In the face of more than a century of scholarship that has made Oaxaca and its peoples an object of inquiry—in archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and other fields—this wide-ranging study instead demonstrates the many ways that Oaxacans have made themselves the subjects of their own history. ...Dillingham's argument is the assertion that this multiculturalism was not merely an identity based strategy of the state to incorporate Indigenous Mexicans into an increasingly austere, neoliberal economy. He shows instead that the struggle for multicultural recognition maintained its class character, serving as a source of organizing power especially for the dissident teachers-union movement that flourished in Oaxaca and directly challenged the hegemony of the ruling party."—Christy Thornton, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"A.S. Dillingham weaves together a powerful story of resistance in one of Latin America's most culturally rich regions... The value this important study brings to the field is that it uncovers the long history of indigenous activism that survived and even thrived despite the oppressive nature of one of the longest-lived political regimes of the Western Hemisphere, a testament to the will of Oaxaca's communities."—James A. Garza, The Americas"Oaxaca Resurgent is an outstanding book. Dillingham's analysis is sharp and conclusive but measured.... By embedding his analysis in layers of context, Dillingham tells a universal story, moved by the ebbs and flows of global intellectual sea change, yet never loses sight of the small group of Indigenous bilingual teachers from Oaxaca who drive his story, who are here not relegated to dancing for the approbation of the state."—Colby Ristow, Latin American Politics and Society"Much of the literature on neoliberalism and multiculturalism has conceptualized official multiculturalism as a consolation in lieu of socio-economic reform. Dillingham instead shows how indigenous activists, empowered by state indigenismo, crafted the multiculturalism that the state would later embrace. They may not have always gotten what they demanded, but they were never merely victims of forces beyond their control."—Eben Levey, The Latin AmericanistTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Double Bind of Indigenismo 1. Modernizing the Mixteca: Regional Approaches to Underdevelopment 2. "Was It God or the Devil?": Bilingual Radio Schools and Cold War Catholicism 3. Mixtec Land and Labor: Migration and State-Sponsored Resettlement on the Costa Chica 4. Indigenismo in the Age of Three Worlds: Oaxacan Youth and Mexico's Democratic Opening 5. Bilingual Teachers at the Front: The Rise of Dissident Trade Unionism and the Neoliberal Order 6. Anticolonialism in the Classroom: The Institutionalization of Multiculturalism Conclusion: The Entangled Histories of Recognition and Resurgence
£23.39
Stanford University Press Contact Strategies: Histories of Native Autonomy
Book SynopsisAround the year 1800, independent Native groups still effectively controlled about half the territory of the Americas. How did they maintain their political autonomy and territorial sovereignty, hundreds of years after the arrival of Europeans? In a study that spans the eighteenth to twentieth centuries and ranges across the vast interior of South America, Heather F. Roller examines this history of power and persistence from the vantage point of autonomous Native peoples in Brazil. The central argument of the book is that Indigenous groups took the initiative in their contacts with Brazilian society. Rather than fleeing or evading contact, Native peoples actively sought to appropriate what was useful and potent from outsiders, incorporating new knowledge, products, and even people, on their own terms and for their own purposes. At the same time, autonomous Native groups aimed to control contact with dangerous outsiders, so as to protect their communities from threats that came in the form of sicknesses, vices, forced labor, and land invasions. Their tactical decisions shaped and limited colonizing enterprises in Brazil, while revealing Native peoples' capacity for cultural persistence through transformation. These contact strategies are preserved in the collective memories of Indigenous groups today, informing struggles for survival and self-determination in the present.Trade Review"This beautifully written and deeply researched history opens new interpretations of both peaceful and violent contacts among Indigenous peoples and colonial settlers, missionaries, and traders. Heather F. Roller highlights stories of engagement across Native Brazil, focused on the Mura and Guaikurú's emblematic strategies for autonomy that shaped the sertões and framed the survival of their present-day descendants."—Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill"Indigenous people living independently from colonial and national rule used to cover much of the American continent. This book compellingly tells the vigorous histories of key Indigenous societies around Brazil and its western borders. Roller's groundbreaking study is timely, stirring and revelatory."—Mark Harris, University of St Andrews, Scotland"It is rare when a respected researcher revisits her work and comes to a totally different conclusion about its meaning. However, that is exactly what Roller has done in her important new book. ... This work is more than informative: it is imperative reading for all Brazilianists and Latin American scholars of the colonial and modern periods. Essential."—R.M. Delson, CHOICE"Contact Strategiessets a high standard for ethnographic research that future historians may fruitfully emulate toextract insights from hostile sources that rarely even acknowledgedIndigenous people by name."—Hendrik Kraay,Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Roller tracks changes and continuities in Indigenous engagement with dominant society through a methodical and far-ranging combing of archival and printed sources... [Her] ability to ground the chapters of this sprawling diachronic study in the patterned initiatives of Indigenous populations is innovative and illuminating." –Seth Garfield,Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Facing Empire 2. Why Embrace the Whites? 3. Practices of Peace 4. A Return to War Is Always Possible 5. Against Extinction Conclusion
£92.80
Stanford University Press Contact Strategies: Histories of Native Autonomy
Book SynopsisAround the year 1800, independent Native groups still effectively controlled about half the territory of the Americas. How did they maintain their political autonomy and territorial sovereignty, hundreds of years after the arrival of Europeans? In a study that spans the eighteenth to twentieth centuries and ranges across the vast interior of South America, Heather F. Roller examines this history of power and persistence from the vantage point of autonomous Native peoples in Brazil. The central argument of the book is that Indigenous groups took the initiative in their contacts with Brazilian society. Rather than fleeing or evading contact, Native peoples actively sought to appropriate what was useful and potent from outsiders, incorporating new knowledge, products, and even people, on their own terms and for their own purposes. At the same time, autonomous Native groups aimed to control contact with dangerous outsiders, so as to protect their communities from threats that came in the form of sicknesses, vices, forced labor, and land invasions. Their tactical decisions shaped and limited colonizing enterprises in Brazil, while revealing Native peoples' capacity for cultural persistence through transformation. These contact strategies are preserved in the collective memories of Indigenous groups today, informing struggles for survival and self-determination in the present.Trade Review"This beautifully written and deeply researched history opens new interpretations of both peaceful and violent contacts among Indigenous peoples and colonial settlers, missionaries, and traders. Heather F. Roller highlights stories of engagement across Native Brazil, focused on the Mura and Guaikurú's emblematic strategies for autonomy that shaped the sertões and framed the survival of their present-day descendants."—Cynthia Radding, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill"Indigenous people living independently from colonial and national rule used to cover much of the American continent. This book compellingly tells the vigorous histories of key Indigenous societies around Brazil and its western borders. Roller's groundbreaking study is timely, stirring and revelatory."—Mark Harris, University of St Andrews, Scotland"It is rare when a respected researcher revisits her work and comes to a totally different conclusion about its meaning. However, that is exactly what Roller has done in her important new book. ... This work is more than informative: it is imperative reading for all Brazilianists and Latin American scholars of the colonial and modern periods. Essential."—R.M. Delson, CHOICE"Contact Strategiessets a high standard for ethnographic research that future historians may fruitfully emulate toextract insights from hostile sources that rarely even acknowledgedIndigenous people by name."—Hendrik Kraay,Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Roller tracks changes and continuities in Indigenous engagement with dominant society through a methodical and far-ranging combing of archival and printed sources... [Her] ability to ground the chapters of this sprawling diachronic study in the patterned initiatives of Indigenous populations is innovative and illuminating." –Seth Garfield,Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Facing Empire 2. Why Embrace the Whites? 3. Practices of Peace 4. A Return to War Is Always Possible 5. Against Extinction Conclusion
£23.79
Stanford University Press Paletó and Me: Memories of My Indigenous Father
Book SynopsisWinner of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize, this work spins a heartfelt story of an improbable relationship between an anthropologist and her charismatic Indigenous father. When Aparecida Vilaça first traveled down the remote Negro River in Amazonia, she expected to come back with notebooks and tapes full of observations about the Indigenous Wari' people—but not with a new father. In Paletó and Me, Vilaça shares her life with her adoptive Wari' family, and the profound personal transformations involved in becoming kin. Paletó—unfailingly charming, always prepared with a joke—shines with life in Vilaça's account of their unusual father-daughter relationship. Paletó was many things: he was a survivor, who lived through the arrival of violent invaders and diseases. He was a leader, who taught through laughter and care, spoke softly, yet was always ready to jump into the unknown. He could shift seamlessly between the roles of the observer and the observed, and in his visits to Rio de Janeiro, deconstructs urban social conventions with ease and wit. Begun the day after Paletó's death at the age of 85, Paletó and Me is a celebration of life, weaving together the author's own memories of learning the lifeways of Indigenous Amazonia with her father's testimony to Wari' persistence in the face of colonization. Speaking from the heart as both anthropologist and daughter, Vilaça offers an intimate look at Indigenous lives in Brazil over nearly a century.Trade Review"In this extraordinary account, the rich experiences of a seasoned social anthropologist are superbly sustained by novelistic insights. Aparecida Vilaça takes us on a journey into a profoundly alien culture by entering the mind of one man, Paletó. His life spanned, it seemed, an entire history of human civilization. From an upbringing and early adulthood in an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon forest to the explosive, savage intrusions of modernity, his outlook remained deeply humane. Through him, Vilaça holds up a mirror to the unchanging fundamentals of human nature."—Ian McEwan"Simple and profound, this book is a testament to an ethical, moral, and political commitment to the colonized peoples of America."—Casa de las Américas Prize committee"When I read Paletó and Me, I had a wonderful revelation. Our ancestors, with wisdom and magic, foresaw an irrepressible capacity of people to affect worlds and to make families across cultures. And I gained a 'relative' in the talented writer Aparecida Vilaça, whose anthropology is made of affects between worlds."—Ailton Krenak, author of Ideas to Postpone the End of the World"The wonderful draw of Paletó and Me is the courage of one woman immersing herself in another culture and 'making relatives.' Through her acute observations, Aparecida Vilaça conveys a way of being to any reader who may not know how one indigenous community continues to exist." —Linda Hogan, author of The Radiant Lives of Animals"Paletó and Aparecida's unlikely, potent kinship is narrated unforgettably in this book, without the narrator glossing over any of the violence of colonialism across which it happened. Kinship is always a surprise, never to be taken for granted. Paletó and Me shows how such a surprise continues to matter."—Donna Haraway, author of Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene"In this fascinating account, Aparecida Vilaça at times effaces herself—concealed by her friend's lively voice—and at times reemerges in the luminous form of her singular and personal writing. Far from being a conventional anthropological text, Paletó and Me depicts the inebriating journey between identities that reveal themselves to be both ancient and fleeting."—Mia Couto, author of Sleepwalking Land"Written in a conversational tone and guided by memories, Paletó and Me is inspired by questions rather than conclusions and completely forsakes ideology, rendering Aparecida Vilaça's memories into a delightful story."—Paulo Roberto Pires, Época Magazine"Vilaa manages to captivate us by letting her and Paletó's memories speak for themselves. Beautifully written, Paletó and me is not only a joy to read, but should become the model for anthropologists wishing to express the personal aspects of their fieldwork."—Niklas Hartmann, Journal of the Anthropological Society of OxfordTable of Contents1. Death without Cannibalism 2. The Encounter 3. The Peccary Brother 4. The Houses 5. Escaping Death for the First Time 6. The First White and Other Wars 7. The Stone Axe, the Dream of Paris, and the Bachelor House 8. The Jaguar Mother-in-Law 9. The Wives 10. Escaping Death for the Second Time: The Massacre 11. The Bewitched Bride and Poison in the Houses 12. Meeting the Whites 13. Sexy 14. Talking with the Bishop and the Misunderstandings of Contact 15. The Epidemics 16. Guajará-Mirim, Brazil 17. Meeting the Missionaries 18. In the Land of the Priests 19. Becoming a Believer 20. One Coach Station, Two Airports, and a Titanium Leg 21. When the Water Meets the Clouds and the Fish-Men 22. The Animals Who Are People, the Big Rock, and the Bones of the Dead 23. The Slippery People and the Big Television 24. Making Kin 25. The Farewell
£18.89
Stanford University Press Acts of Growth: Development and the Politics of
Book SynopsisOver the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth. Yet, for villagers in Peru's southern Andes, few have felt the material benefits. With this book, Eric Hirsch considers what growth means—and importantly how it feels. Hirsch proposes an analysis of boom-time capitalism that starts not from considerations of poverty, but from the premise that Peru is wealthy. He situates his work in a network of villages near new mining sites, agricultural export markets, and tourist attractions, where Peruvian prosperity appears tantalizingly close, yet just out of reach. This book centers on small-scale development investments working to transform villagers into Indigenous entrepreneurs ready to capitalize on Peru's new national brand and access the constantly deferred promise of national growth. That meant identifying as Indigenous, where few actively did so; identifying as an entrepreneur, in a place where single-minded devotion to a business went against the tendency to diversify income sources; and identifying every dimension of one's daily life as a resource, despite the unwelcome intimacy this required. Theorizing growth as an affective project that requires constant physical and emotional labor, Acts of Growth follows a diverse group of Andean residents through the exhausting work of making an economy grow.Trade Review"With Acts of Growth, Eric Hirsch beautifully navigates the shifting terrain of southern Peru as he critically examines neoliberal capitalism's prescriptions for local performances of plenitude and growth amid dispossession. His brilliant ethnography of development initiatives offers rich new insights into the region and broader contexts of change."—Florence E. Babb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"Acts of Growth is a compelling account of how 'extractive care' insinuates itself into everyday structures of feeling in Andean Peru. Reframing conversations about extraction, Indigenous entrepreneurship, and Indigenous theorizations of non-human relations, Eric Hirsch sees one of the oldest stories in the Americas with fresh eyes. Powerful and insightful."—María Elena García, University of Washington
£86.40
Stanford University Press Acts of Growth: Development and the Politics of
Book SynopsisOver the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth. Yet, for villagers in Peru's southern Andes, few have felt the material benefits. With this book, Eric Hirsch considers what growth means—and importantly how it feels. Hirsch proposes an analysis of boom-time capitalism that starts not from considerations of poverty, but from the premise that Peru is wealthy. He situates his work in a network of villages near new mining sites, agricultural export markets, and tourist attractions, where Peruvian prosperity appears tantalizingly close, yet just out of reach. This book centers on small-scale development investments working to transform villagers into Indigenous entrepreneurs ready to capitalize on Peru's new national brand and access the constantly deferred promise of national growth. That meant identifying as Indigenous, where few actively did so; identifying as an entrepreneur, in a place where single-minded devotion to a business went against the tendency to diversify income sources; and identifying every dimension of one's daily life as a resource, despite the unwelcome intimacy this required. Theorizing growth as an affective project that requires constant physical and emotional labor, Acts of Growth follows a diverse group of Andean residents through the exhausting work of making an economy grow.Trade Review"With Acts of Growth, Eric Hirsch beautifully navigates the shifting terrain of southern Peru as he critically examines neoliberal capitalism's prescriptions for local performances of plenitude and growth amid dispossession. His brilliant ethnography of development initiatives offers rich new insights into the region and broader contexts of change."—Florence E. Babb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"Acts of Growth is a compelling account of how 'extractive care' insinuates itself into everyday structures of feeling in Andean Peru. Reframing conversations about extraction, Indigenous entrepreneurship, and Indigenous theorizations of non-human relations, Eric Hirsch sees one of the oldest stories in the Americas with fresh eyes. Powerful and insightful."—María Elena García, University of Washington
£23.39
Stanford University Press Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks
Book SynopsisPalestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. In both groups, activists assert that they share a single political struggle for national liberation. Yet, obstacles inhibit their ability to speak to each other and as a collective. Geopolitical boundaries fragment Palestinians into ever smaller groups. Crossing a Line enters these distinct environments for political expression and action of Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and Palestinians subject to Israeli military occupation in the West Bank, and considers how Palestinians are differently impacted by dispossession, settler colonialism, and militarism. Amahl Bishara looks to sites of political practice—journalism, historical commemorations, street demonstrations, social media, in prison, and on the road—to analyze how Palestinians create collectivities in these varied circumstances. She draws on firsthand research, personal interviews, and public media to examine how people shape and reshape meanings in circumstances of constraint. In considering these different environments for political expression and action, Bishara illuminates how expression is always grounded in place—and how a people can struggle together for liberation even when they cannot join together in protest.Trade Review"Crossing a Line tells a story of connection and fragmentation, of joy and grief, and of Palestine and its impossible geographies. With a penetrating ethnographic eye and elegant prose, Amahl Bishara gives us an account of Palestinian political expression across barriers that should be widely read."—Ilana Feldman, George Washington University"This riveting and remarkable book transforms our understanding of the fragility and perseverance of Palestinian collectivities separated by the violence of Israeli settler colonialism. Amahl Bishara's eloquent ethnography examines political and expressive relationships between communities affected differentially by 1948 and by 1967, and in the diaspora."—Lisa Lowe, Yale University"In this deeply engaged ethnography, Amahl Bishara traces the varying modes and expressions of embodied protest among Palestinians fragmented across Israel's colonial geography. Offering a sensitive reading of Palestinian peoplehood and political difference, Crossing a Line brings social movement theory into critical engagement with settler colonial and native studies." —Rema Hammami, Birzeit University"This critical examination of Palestinian life in Israel and under occupation is accessible to a wide audience and deeply revealing of the relationship between place, people, and politics. Recommended."—P. Rowe, CHOICE"The very structure of occupation promotes atomization, which severely undermines the Palestinian cause. Bridging the divide among Palestinians, as Bishara and many others seek to do, is a necessary step in the way to a freer Palestine."—Marc Martorell Junyent, Informed Comment"Crossing a Line serves as a reminder for those committed to anti-imperialism to look beyond the corporate window-dressing version of sovereignty, to unearth alternative and emergent projects for liberation that are more firmly rooted in lived experience."—Leila Kawar, Against the Current"Bishara's ethnographic research, stretching over nearly two decades, has produced a meticulous study of Israel's continuing domination and steady appropriation through multiple forms of fragmentation, immobilisation, ghettoisation and violence.... Crossing a Line is an extraordinarily multi-layered and nuanced book in which she probes the particulars of the Palestinian experience and relates them to broader contexts of colonisation, dispossession, racism and violence within the USA and elsewhere."—Nancy Murray, Race and Class"Bishara's ultimate gift to the reader is a comprehensive story of Palestinian life. To the Palestinian reader, it grows faith in our cause and fortitude. To others, it is an invitation to witness...: not in the hope of an immediate departures, but to stay with us long enough to learn how to traverse the colonial situation—the thing that makes reality unlivable—and find life again in the company of the joys and pains of others."—Eman Ghanayem, Public BooksTable of ContentsPrologue Introduction Passage 1: Passage: Aida Refugee Camp to the Haifa Beach 1. The Shifting Ground of Palestine Passage 2: Passage: Aida Refugee Camp to the Northern Galilee 2. Protesting the War on Gaza Together, Apart Passage 3: Passage: Bethlehem to Lubiya 3. The Momentum of Commemoration Passage 4: Passage: Jaffa to Aida Refugee Camp 4. A Juxtaposition of Palestinian Places Passage 5: Passage: Jerusalem to Nablus 5. Territory and Mourning on Social Media Passage 6: Passage: Bethlehem to Jerusalem 6. Bonds of Care: Prison and the Green Line Passage 7: Driving North Conclusion
£86.40
Stanford University Press Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks
Book SynopsisPalestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. In both groups, activists assert that they share a single political struggle for national liberation. Yet, obstacles inhibit their ability to speak to each other and as a collective. Geopolitical boundaries fragment Palestinians into ever smaller groups. Crossing a Line enters these distinct environments for political expression and action of Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and Palestinians subject to Israeli military occupation in the West Bank, and considers how Palestinians are differently impacted by dispossession, settler colonialism, and militarism. Amahl Bishara looks to sites of political practice—journalism, historical commemorations, street demonstrations, social media, in prison, and on the road—to analyze how Palestinians create collectivities in these varied circumstances. She draws on firsthand research, personal interviews, and public media to examine how people shape and reshape meanings in circumstances of constraint. In considering these different environments for political expression and action, Bishara illuminates how expression is always grounded in place—and how a people can struggle together for liberation even when they cannot join together in protest.Trade Review"Crossing a Line tells a story of connection and fragmentation, of joy and grief, and of Palestine and its impossible geographies. With a penetrating ethnographic eye and elegant prose, Amahl Bishara gives us an account of Palestinian political expression across barriers that should be widely read."—Ilana Feldman, George Washington University"This riveting and remarkable book transforms our understanding of the fragility and perseverance of Palestinian collectivities separated by the violence of Israeli settler colonialism. Amahl Bishara's eloquent ethnography examines political and expressive relationships between communities affected differentially by 1948 and by 1967, and in the diaspora."—Lisa Lowe, Yale University"In this deeply engaged ethnography, Amahl Bishara traces the varying modes and expressions of embodied protest among Palestinians fragmented across Israel's colonial geography. Offering a sensitive reading of Palestinian peoplehood and political difference, Crossing a Line brings social movement theory into critical engagement with settler colonial and native studies." —Rema Hammami, Birzeit University"This critical examination of Palestinian life in Israel and under occupation is accessible to a wide audience and deeply revealing of the relationship between place, people, and politics. Recommended."—P. Rowe, CHOICE"The very structure of occupation promotes atomization, which severely undermines the Palestinian cause. Bridging the divide among Palestinians, as Bishara and many others seek to do, is a necessary step in the way to a freer Palestine."—Marc Martorell Junyent, Informed Comment"Crossing a Line serves as a reminder for those committed to anti-imperialism to look beyond the corporate window-dressing version of sovereignty, to unearth alternative and emergent projects for liberation that are more firmly rooted in lived experience."—Leila Kawar, Against the Current"Bishara's ethnographic research, stretching over nearly two decades, has produced a meticulous study of Israel's continuing domination and steady appropriation through multiple forms of fragmentation, immobilisation, ghettoisation and violence.... Crossing a Line is an extraordinarily multi-layered and nuanced book in which she probes the particulars of the Palestinian experience and relates them to broader contexts of colonisation, dispossession, racism and violence within the USA and elsewhere."—Nancy Murray, Race and Class"Bishara's ultimate gift to the reader is a comprehensive story of Palestinian life. To the Palestinian reader, it grows faith in our cause and fortitude. To others, it is an invitation to witness...: not in the hope of an immediate departures, but to stay with us long enough to learn how to traverse the colonial situation—the thing that makes reality unlivable—and find life again in the company of the joys and pains of others."—Eman Ghanayem, Public BooksTable of ContentsPrologue Introduction Passage 1: Passage: Aida Refugee Camp to the Haifa Beach 1. The Shifting Ground of Palestine Passage 2: Passage: Aida Refugee Camp to the Northern Galilee 2. Protesting the War on Gaza Together, Apart Passage 3: Passage: Bethlehem to Lubiya 3. The Momentum of Commemoration Passage 4: Passage: Jaffa to Aida Refugee Camp 4. A Juxtaposition of Palestinian Places Passage 5: Passage: Jerusalem to Nablus 5. Territory and Mourning on Social Media Passage 6: Passage: Bethlehem to Jerusalem 6. Bonds of Care: Prison and the Green Line Passage 7: Driving North Conclusion
£23.39
University of Pennsylvania Press Cultivating Empire: Capitalism, Philanthropy, and
Book SynopsisCultivating Empire charts the connections between missionary work, capitalism, and Native politics to understand the making of the American empire in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It presents American empire-building as a negotiated phenomenon that was built upon the foundations of earlier Atlantic empires, and it shows how U.S. territorial and economic development went hand-in-hand. Lori. J. Daggar explores how Native authority and diplomatic protocols encouraged the fledgling U.S. federal government to partner with missionaries in the realm of Indian affairs, and she charts how that partnership borrowed and deviated from earlier imperial-missionary partnerships. Employing the terminology of speculative philanthropy to underscore the ways in which a desire to do good often coexisted with a desire to make profit, Cultivating Empire links eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century U.S. Indian policy—often framed as benevolent by its crafters—with the emergence of racial capitalism in the United States. In the process, Daggar argues that Native peoples wielded ideas of philanthropy and civilization for their own purposes and that Indian Country played a critical role in the construction of the U.S. imperial state and its economy. Rather than understand civilizing missions simply as tools for assimilation, then, Cultivating Empire reveals that missions were hinges for U.S. economic and political development that could both devastate Indigenous communities and offer Native peoples additional means to negotiate for power and endure.Trade Review"[A]n ambitious book...Cultivating Empire connects the United States’ civilizing mission among Shawnees and Miamis to the development of capitalism in those nations’ homelands in what is now western Ohio and Indiana...[This volume] is not the last word on the subjects it tackles, nor should it be. Daggar’s work opens doors, and historians of the early republic, of Indian policy, and of capitalism should read it." * H-Early America *"In Cultivating Empire, Lori Daggar illuminates the intertwined histories of missions, settler colonialism, and Indigenous survivance in the Northwest Territory. It is a deeply researched and carefully argued book that provides new insights into the early United States’ careful attempts to position itself as a ‘benevolent empire.’ Sure to become the standard text on the ‘civilization plan,’ Cultivating Empire is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of American imperialism." * Emily Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Foundations Chapter 1. Missionaries and the Making of a New Empire in North America Chapter 2. Resurrecting the “Chain of Friendship”: The International Politics of Intercultural Diplomacy Part II. Routes Chapter 3. Becoming Useful: Speculative Philanthropy, Civilization, and Educational Reform Chapter 4. The Mission Complex: The Material Consequences of Civilizing Work Part III. Negotiations Chapter 5. “A Damnd Rebelious Race”: Native Authority in the Aftermath of War Chapter 6. “The Best and Cheapest Way to Get Rid of Them”: Speculative Philanthropy and Indigenous Dispossession Chapter 7. “Of Mercy and of Sound Policy Too”: Cultivating American Empire on the Continent and Overseas Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments
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