Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books

Book SynopsisUsing a range of historical, literary, and legal texts, the contributors to Critically Sovereign trace the ways in which gender is inextricably linked to Indigenous politics and U.S. and Canadian colonialism, showing how gender, sexuality, and feminism work as co-productive forces of Native American and Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, and epistemology.Trade Review“Critically Sovereign is not only a necessary reading for those studying Indigenous politics, it should also be considered a required reading for scholars and activists who study race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and colonialism.” -- Brionca Taylor * Gender & Society *"Through a collective of brilliant voices, the essays in this book grapple with the significance of gender, sexuality, and politics with searing wisdom. Critically Sovereign gives readers a reason to hope for a decolonized tomorrow." -- Dianca Potts * Signature *"A powerful and urgently needed anthology. . . . Critically Sovereign is an essential text for anyone engaged in feminist and queer theory or projects of decolonization." -- Stephanie Lumsden * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *"Critically Sovereign offers a strong addition to scholarship or graduate-level coursework engaged with global feminisms. . . . Critically Sovereign provides a timely entry point into the seismic stakes and shifts within Native American and Indigenous studies." -- Kirisitina Sailiata * Feminist Review *"This collection rejects the elimination of the Indigenous through the erasure of gender and sexuality. For the queer, femme, and two-spirit people at the center of Indigenous movements for autonomy and freedom, this is a deeply important project. Critically Sovereign is an opening salvo in what I hope is a burgeoning intellectual and intersectional field." -- Anne Spice * Women's Studies Quarterly *"For those of us seeking to grow our equity work in educational settings, reading essays like those in this collection allow us to privilege-check our own approaches. The denseness of the material aside, each piece acts as a motivator for equity work and as a reminder that this work cannot be done in a vacuum, and can never be complete without an understanding of intersectionality." -- Tracey Germa * Education Forum *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Critically Sovereign / Joanne Barker 1 1. Indigenous Hawaiian Sexuality and the Politics of Nationalist Decolonization / J. Kehaulani Kauanui 45 2. Return to "The Uprising at Beautiful Mountain in 1913": Marriage and Sexuality in the Making of the Modern Navajo Nation / Jennifer Nez Denetdale 69 3. Ongoing Storms and Struggles: Gendered Violence and Resource Exploitation / Mishuana R. Goeman 99 4. Audiovisualizing Inupiaq Men and Masculinities On the Ice / Jessica Bissett Perrea 127 5. Around 1978: Family, Culture, and Race in the Federal Production of Indianness / Mark Rifkin 169 6. Loving Unbecoming: The Queer Politics of the Transitive Native / Jodi A. Byrd 207 7. Getting Dirty: The Eco-Eroticism of Women in Indigenous Oral Literatures / Melissa K. Nelson 229 Contributor Biographies 261 Index 263

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Book SynopsisJessica L. Horton explores how the artists of the American Indian Movement (AIM) generation remapped the spatial, temporal, and material coordinates of modernity by placing colonialism's displacement of indigenous people, objects, and worldviews at the center of their work.Trade Review"Horton’s study is scholarship as advocacy and a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion about how to develop a truly global perspective in the study of contemporary art.... This is a scholarly book with the usual apparatus and takes into account a range of theoretical approaches but is written clearly enough to offer something to serious general readers." -- Andrea Kirsh * Artblog *"At last an art book that recognizes Native American art as mainstream, and takes it seriously and interprets it with the same care and scrutiny given to art created by white people.... The research behind Art for an Undivided Earth is deep and reaches not only into Native roots but also across the ocean to European influences. The plentiful color illustrations enhance the points Horton makes, and the narrative is thorough and well written.... Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." -- A. Wirkkala * Choice *"The book is well-illustrated, with color plates focusing on the main artworks discussed. The author has clearly done extensive research, in some cases communicating with the artists themselves, and compiled a very thorough bibliography. The index to the book is also thoughtful, providing nuances for broad topics. In all, this book is a worthwhile read." -- Amy Lazet * ARLIS/NA Reviews *"The book ... comes alive through the author’s creative reinterpretation of the art, along with the author’s cogent primary data consisting of participant observation and interviews.... A widespread interdisciplinary audience ... likely will find plenty of insights in this interesting book." -- Tim Kubal * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *“Horton offers a model of contemporary art scholarship that is informed not only by wide-ranging critical theory but also of the historical traditions of Native American art. It adheres to the highest standards of scholarship while also engaging a constructive and hopeful intercultural dialogue.” -- Ruth Phillips * European Journal of American Culture *"Jessica L. Horton’s book is a carefully and lovingly collected archive of stories, images, and histories that draw one closer to the artists discussed." -- Lindsay Nixon * Art Journal *“Art For An Undivided Earth is perhaps the most involved and in-depth study of Native Modernism to date. . . . Horton’s work is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduates through professional-level academics, but is a required read for anyone pursuing Native American scholarship in museum studies, archival studies, and art history, or any other discipline which calls for a deeper investment than the identitarian/ethnographic approach which too often reigns supreme.” -- Anthony Ballas * InVisible Culture *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. The Word for World and the Word for History Are the Same: Jimmie Durham, the American Indian Movement, and Spatial Thinking 16 2. Now That We Are Christians We Dance for Ceremony: James Luna, Performing Props, and Sacred Space 61 3. They Sent Me Way Out in the Foreign Country and Told Me to Forget It: Fred Kabotie, Dance Memories, and the 1932 U.S. Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 94 4. Dance Is the One Activity That I Know Of When Virtual Strangers Can Embrace: Kay WalkingStick, Creative Kinship, and Art History's Tangled Legs 123 5. They Advanced to the Portraits of Their Friends and Offered Them Their Hands: Robert Houle, Ojibwa Tableaux Vivants, and Transcultural Materialism 152 Epilogue: Traveligng with Stones 184 Notes 197 Bibliography 249 Index 283

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Book SynopsisJessica L. Horton explores how the artists of the American Indian Movement (AIM) generation remapped the spatial, temporal, and material coordinates of modernity by placing colonialism's displacement of indigenous people, objects, and worldviews at the center of their work.Trade Review"Horton’s study is scholarship as advocacy and a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion about how to develop a truly global perspective in the study of contemporary art.... This is a scholarly book with the usual apparatus and takes into account a range of theoretical approaches but is written clearly enough to offer something to serious general readers." -- Andrea Kirsh * Artblog *"At last an art book that recognizes Native American art as mainstream, and takes it seriously and interprets it with the same care and scrutiny given to art created by white people.... The research behind Art for an Undivided Earth is deep and reaches not only into Native roots but also across the ocean to European influences. The plentiful color illustrations enhance the points Horton makes, and the narrative is thorough and well written.... Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." -- A. Wirkkala * Choice *"The book is well-illustrated, with color plates focusing on the main artworks discussed. The author has clearly done extensive research, in some cases communicating with the artists themselves, and compiled a very thorough bibliography. The index to the book is also thoughtful, providing nuances for broad topics. In all, this book is a worthwhile read." -- Amy Lazet * ARLIS/NA Reviews *"The book ... comes alive through the author’s creative reinterpretation of the art, along with the author’s cogent primary data consisting of participant observation and interviews.... A widespread interdisciplinary audience ... likely will find plenty of insights in this interesting book." -- Tim Kubal * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *“Horton offers a model of contemporary art scholarship that is informed not only by wide-ranging critical theory but also of the historical traditions of Native American art. It adheres to the highest standards of scholarship while also engaging a constructive and hopeful intercultural dialogue.” -- Ruth Phillips * European Journal of American Culture *"Jessica L. Horton’s book is a carefully and lovingly collected archive of stories, images, and histories that draw one closer to the artists discussed." -- Lindsay Nixon * Art Journal *“Art For An Undivided Earth is perhaps the most involved and in-depth study of Native Modernism to date. . . . Horton’s work is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduates through professional-level academics, but is a required read for anyone pursuing Native American scholarship in museum studies, archival studies, and art history, or any other discipline which calls for a deeper investment than the identitarian/ethnographic approach which too often reigns supreme.” -- Anthony Ballas * InVisible Culture *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. The Word for World and the Word for History Are the Same: Jimmie Durham, the American Indian Movement, and Spatial Thinking 16 2. Now That We Are Christians We Dance for Ceremony: James Luna, Performing Props, and Sacred Space 61 3. They Sent Me Way Out in the Foreign Country and Told Me to Forget It: Fred Kabotie, Dance Memories, and the 1932 U.S. Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 94 4. Dance Is the One Activity That I Know Of When Virtual Strangers Can Embrace: Kay WalkingStick, Creative Kinship, and Art History's Tangled Legs 123 5. They Advanced to the Portraits of Their Friends and Offered Them Their Hands: Robert Houle, Ojibwa Tableaux Vivants, and Transcultural Materialism 152 Epilogue: Traveligng with Stones 184 Notes 197 Bibliography 249 Index 283

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kauanui’s study constitutes a significant addition to the existing anthropological and historical scholarship that engages with events taking place in the nineteenth century in the islands, and scholarship linked to the contepmorary sovereignty movement, complementing the existing scholarship in a nuanced and commanding way. There is no doubt that this study will be of interest to scholars in the field, and its varied insights will constitute an enduring gift to the decolonization movement and its undertaking, both in the islands and more broadly amongst Indigenous communities worldwide." -- Naomi Alisa Calnitsky * Anthropology Book Forum *"Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is yet another highly significant and extremely well-researched and theoretically contextualized contribution to the rapidly growing body of literature by native Hawaiian scholars on their history, culture, and political struggles." -- Jonathan Y. Okamura * Journal of American History *"[Kauanu] is to be commended for her diligence in both scholarship and activism. The book is a fine example of scholarship demonstrating the intersectionality of nationality, ethnicity, and gender in a meaningful and robust manner." -- David Fazzino * Pacific Affairs *"In this deeply engaging book, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui unpacks paradoxes inherent in past and contemporary assertions of Hawaiian sovereignty. . . . While Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is set in Hawai‘i, it will prove useful for anyone interested in the global politics of Indigeneity and settler colonialism—in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and Israel/Palestine." -- Tomonori Sugimoto * PoLAR *"An ambitious and provocative work of decolonial scholarship." -- Joshua Bartlett * American Indian Quarterly *“Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty is a much-needed, incisive, yet eas­ily accessible addition to conversations in academia and activism alike. Kauanui’s work calls on Kanaka ‘Ōiwi to face the settler-colonial complexi­ties and paradoxes embedded within our histories and our current political movements while also providing us with guidance toward reimagined futu­rities that are truly decolonized and free from the heteropatriarchal settler-colonial structures and mindsets.” -- Natalee Kehaulani Bauer * Native American and Indigenous Studies *"Kauanui draws on feminist and queer theory, and Foucault’s notions of biopolitics and biopower, to provide a fine-grained masterpiece problematizing state-centric notions of sovereignty." -- Michelle Nayahamui Rooney * Journal of Pacific History *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction. Contradictory Sovereignty 1 1. Contested Indigeneity: Between Kingdom and "Tribe" 43 2. Properties of Land: That Which Feeds 76 3. Gender, Marriage, and Coverture: A New Proprietary Relationship 113 4. "Savage: Sexualities 153 Conclusion. Decolonial Challenges to the Legacies of Occupation and Settler Colonialism 194 Notes 203 Glossary of Hawaiian Words and Phrases 235 Bibliography 237 Index 263

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Book SynopsisWalter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.Trade Review"As the first book in the Decoloniality series, it sets the tone and terms; it opens the conversation on decoloniality that is relevant globally as the Right rises and the colonial matrix of power is only strengthened through global capitalism. On Decoloniality brings important insights to the fore from locations not as well-known by English-reading theorists who might not concentrate on colonial language areas other than English." -- Laura Marie de Vos * Transmotion *"On Decoloniality reflects on what it means to think, live and act decolonially in our present moment: what is at stake when we seek a decolonial perspective in both theory and praxis. This is not a compilation of the latest literature or a comprehensive introduction to decolonial thought, but rather an invitation to think dialectically about the decolonial praxis(es) and decolonial analytics." -- Rosa M. O'Connor Acevedo * Radical Philosophy Review *"Although divided into two distinct parts authored under individual signatures, this is a book, which like a piano concert for two hands, displays a high degree of interplay and collaboration between Mignolo and Walsh. . . . For all readers and doers a major challenge and invitation is issued in the pages of On Decoloniality for learning how to think relationality will make serious demands of all imaginaries and modes of thinking we have thus far inherited and developed. This carefully thought-out book is not only a necessary intervention in the annals of 'theory' but a felicitous achievement in collaboration and in bringing together the task of presenting concepts, analytics and praxis under one single treatise." -- Sara Castro-Klarén * MLN *"In the current climate of trying to rethink everything in order to find a way out of the contemporary morass of bankrupt and destructive epistemologies that are destroying the planet, [this] book is a timely intervention. It succinctly offers the reasons to find new concepts as well as providing incremental steps that do not simply reproduce what we 'know' already." -- Sneja Gunew * Postcolonial Text *"Recalling Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang's critique that reminds us that decolonisation is more than a metaphor for Indigenous peoples, the participants in this forum grapple with the colonial matrix of power and modernity/coloniality/decoloniality analytics to unbuild violence and imagine worlds of hope and freedom through alliances that recognise settler guilt." -- Michele Lobo * Postcolonial Studies *"The fable of modernity was the unifying arc of this aggressive universalism, and Mignolo’s principal argument is that any variety of Marxist argument that focuses primarily on capitalism, class, and material exploitation misses the forms of power that came through this cultural and epistemological domination. To resist and replace it with another epistemological worldview, Walsh and Mignolo recommend decoloniality, an outlook that embraces Indigenous modes of thinking and rejects those Western expressions of modernity imposed on much of the world through colonialism and empire." -- Arjun Appadurai * The Nation *"An un-disciplinary read, challenging the foundational logic of Western knowledge production." -- Kirsten Mundt * Cultural Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I. Decoloniality In/As Praxis / Catherine E. Walsh 1. The Decolonial For: Resurgences, Shifts, and Movements 15 2. Insurgency and Decolonial Prospect, Praxis, and Project 33 3. Interculturality and Decoloniality 57 4. On Decolonial Dangers, Decolonial Cracks, and Decolonial Pedagogies Rising 81 Conclusion: Sowing and Growing Decoloniality in/as Praxis: Some Final Thoughts 99 II. The Decolonial Option / Walter D. Mignolo 5. What Does It Mean to Decolonize? 105 6. The Conceptual Triad: Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality 135 7. The Invention of the Human and the Three Pillars of the Colonial Matrix of Power (Racism, Sexism, and Nature) 153 8. Colonial/Imperial Differences: Classifying and Inventing Global Orders of Lands, Seas, and Living Organisms 177 9. Eurocentrism and Coloniality: The Question of the Totality of Knowledge 194 10. Decoloniality Is an Option, Not a Mission 211 Concluding Remarks: Colonial Wounds, Decolonial Healings, Re-existences, Resurgences 227 After-Word(s) 245 Bibliography 259 Index 279

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Book SynopsisBrenna Bhandar examines how the emergence of modern property law contributed to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies, showing how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon ideologies of European racial superiority as well as legal narratives that equated civilized life with English concepts of property.Trade Review"I am obsessed with the force and eloquence with which [Bhandar] analyzes the birth of private property and its ongoing devastating effects. This book is going to be precious to me and many other people, too." -- Jordy Rosenberg * Shelf Awareness *"A multidisciplinary and highly original historical account of the legal and philosophical justifications for appropriation and private ownership in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." -- Liz Fekete * Race & Class *"Bhandar's important and nuanced book is highly recommended to those with an interest in property theory." -- Ambreena Manji * Journal of Law and Society *"Through close reading of the work of property philosophers as they travel between settler colonial spaces, Bhandar sheds light on where and how the most corrosive ideologies of property reside in the interstitial spaces of everyday culture." -- Anjali Vats * Quarterly Journal of Speech *"Colonial Lives of Property is a deft and nuanced analysis of the various ways that property—as both a concept and a set of practices—has been formative to the production and maintenance of categories of racial governance in late modern and contemporary settler colonial societies. It makes significant contributions to social, political, and legal theory, as well as to Indigenous and settler colonial studies and is a necessary text for those with active research agendas or pedagogical interests in those fields. . . . Colonial Lives of Property offers an impressive, sweeping critical analysis of the property-race nexus in settler colonial contexts." -- Robert Nichols * Theory & Event *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Property, Law, and Race in the Colony 1 1. Use 33 2. Propertied Abstractions 77 3. Improvement 115 4. Status 149 Conclusion: Life beyond the Boundary 181 Notes 201 Bibliography 239 Index 257

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Book SynopsisFocuses on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States, and the Carribean. Fifteen essays cover a world of topics, from American girls' Double Dutch games to protest discourse in Ghana; from the history of Rasta to the evolving significance of kente cloth from rap video music to hip-hop to zouk.

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Book SynopsisThe book examines the complex and sophisticated efforts of American Indian writers and orators to constructively engage an often hostile and resistant white audience through language and other symbol systems.

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Book SynopsisPart field diary, part art critique, and part cultural anthropology— the book offers a glimpse of an aesthetic "other" (the Ishir [Chamacoco] of Parguay), causing us to reexamine Western perspectives on the interpretation of art, religion, and Native American culture.

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Book SynopsisConsiders Ecuador's united indigenous movement and compares it to the more fragmented situation in Bolivia. This book analyzes the mechanisms at work in political and social structures to explain the different outcomes in various cases.

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Book SynopsisOn December 22, 1997, forty-five unarmed members of the indigenous organization Las Abejas (The Bees) were massacred in a prayer meeting in the village of Acteal, Mexico. This work contrasts the accounts of the Acteal massacre and other events with state attempts to frame the past, control subaltern populations, and legitimatize its own authority.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the tumultuous history of state making in mid-nineteenth- century North America from a continental perspective. Essays by experts on Canadian Confederation, the U.S. Civil War, Mexico’s fight against French imperialists, and indigenous Americans shed new light on events traditionally studied as separate national stories.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sovereignty and the Nation-State in Nineteenth-Century North America Frank Towers | 1 Part I: Making Nations 1 The United States from the Inside Out and the Southside North Steven Hahn | 25 2 Confederation as a Hemispheric Anomaly: Why Canada Chose a Unique Model of Sovereignty in the 1860s Andrew Smith | 36 3 Civil War and Nation Building in North America, 1848–1867 Pablo Mijangos y González | 61 4 1860s Capitalscapes, Governing Interiors, and the Illustration of North American Sovereignty Robert Bonner | 90 Part II: Indigenous Polities 5 The Long War: Sustaining Indigenous Communities and Contesting Sovereignties in the Civil War South Jane Dinwoodie | 107 6 Negotiating Sovereignty: U.S. and Canadian Colonialisms on the Northwest Plains, 1855–1877 Ryan Hall | 132 7 Indian Raids in Northern Mexico and the Construction of Mexican Sovereignty Marcela Terrazas y Basante | 153 Part III: The Complications of the Market 8 State, Market, and Popular Sovereignty in Agrarian North America: Th e United States, 1850–1920 Christopher Clark | 177 9 Reconstructing North America: The Borderlands of Juan Cortina and Louis Riel in an Age of National Consolidation Benjamin H. Johnson | 200 10 City Sovereignty in the Era of the American Civil War Mary P. Ryan | 220 Conclusion: Continental History and the Problem of Time and Place Frank Towers | 251 Acknowledgments | 261 List of Contributors | 263 Index | 265

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the tumultuous history of state making in mid-nineteenth- century North America from a continental perspective. Essays by experts on Canadian Confederation, the U.S. Civil War, Mexico’s fight against French imperialists, and indigenous Americans shed new light on events traditionally studied as separate national stories.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Sovereignty and the Nation-State in Nineteenth-Century North America Frank Towers | 1 Part I: Making Nations 1 The United States from the Inside Out and the Southside North Steven Hahn | 25 2 Confederation as a Hemispheric Anomaly: Why Canada Chose a Unique Model of Sovereignty in the 1860s Andrew Smith | 36 3 Civil War and Nation Building in North America, 1848–1867 Pablo Mijangos y González | 61 4 1860s Capitalscapes, Governing Interiors, and the Illustration of North American Sovereignty Robert Bonner | 90 Part II: Indigenous Polities 5 The Long War: Sustaining Indigenous Communities and Contesting Sovereignties in the Civil War South Jane Dinwoodie | 107 6 Negotiating Sovereignty: U.S. and Canadian Colonialisms on the Northwest Plains, 1855–1877 Ryan Hall | 132 7 Indian Raids in Northern Mexico and the Construction of Mexican Sovereignty Marcela Terrazas y Basante | 153 Part III: The Complications of the Market 8 State, Market, and Popular Sovereignty in Agrarian North America: Th e United States, 1850–1920 Christopher Clark | 177 9 Reconstructing North America: The Borderlands of Juan Cortina and Louis Riel in an Age of National Consolidation Benjamin H. Johnson | 200 10 City Sovereignty in the Era of the American Civil War Mary P. Ryan | 220 Conclusion: Continental History and the Problem of Time and Place Frank Towers | 251 Acknowledgments | 261 List of Contributors | 263 Index | 265

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Book SynopsisPrior to European arrival in New Zealand, fishing was a significant component of Maori subsistence. The abundant fish stocks provided a rich and readily available resource, with methods of procuring fish based on careful observations of generations of fishers. Maori fished efficiently and sustainably utilizing nets, traps, pots, spears, and lures, as well as hooks made of wood, bone, shell or stone.

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Book SynopsisPresents the journey of Captain Korent Joel, who, having been forced into exile from the near-apocalyptic thermonuclear Bravo test of 1954, has reconnected to his ancestral maritime heritage and forged an unprecedented path toward becoming a navigator.

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Book SynopsisOffers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on Indigenous societies. Using historical and ethnographic sources, Lin Poyer examines how Indigenous communities emerged from the trauma of the wartime era with social forms and cultural ideas that laid the foundations for their emergence as players on the worldâs political stage.

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Book SynopsisTraces the 77-year history of a youth development program that, at its height, engaged over a half million participants annually. Beginning with idealistic origins, intending to soften the stereotypical stern father, Y-Indian Guides traced a complicated thread of American history, touching upon themes of family, race, class, and privilege.Trade ReviewThe narrative attends to an important chapter in our (western) histories of masculinity, colonialism, fatherhood/boyhood, and Indigeneity."—Jason Edward Black, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, coauthor of Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports "Hillmer and Bean’s sophisticated historical analysis of YMCA Indian Guides wrestles with the central problematic of progressive multiculturalism in a settler colonial nation: the desire to champion and recreate Indigenous culture while evading both the lived reality of Indigenous people as well as a formal reckoning with the white history of genocidal violence. Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides illustrates how white people symbolically and materially colonized Indigenous people and traditions to strengthen white familial bonds at the cost of American Indian history and dignity. The book brings new and important insights on the use of Indigenous caricature and cultural appropriation in the white colonial imaginary."—Casey Ryan Kelly, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, author of Apocalypse Man: The Death Drive and the Rhetoric of White Masculine Victimhood "Cultural appropriation has been an ever-present characteristic of settler colonialism in North America. In their examination of the Y-Indian Guides program, Paul Hillmer and Ryan Bean demonstrate how the program, over its 77 years of existence, appropriated Indigenous experiences and imagery in the service of strengthening family, building community, and, much more problematically, honoring Indigenous peoples and cultures. This book joins a growing and important literature examining how North American institutions have affected and been affected by settler colonialism."—Jon Weier, George Brown College, coeditor of ActiveHistory.ca

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Book SynopsisThis is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since the publication of Washington Matthew's Navaho Legends in 1897. Paul G Zolbrod's new translation attempts to render the power and delicacy of the oral storytelling performance on the page.

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Book SynopsisInspired by Chief Joseph's statement that “the Earth and myself are of one mind”, Dunsmore studies the works of the major Native writers and their connection with the natural world.

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Book SynopsisAlthough the general public is not widely aware of this trend, American Indian population has grown phenomenally since 1900, their demographic nadir. No longer a vanishing race, Indians have rebounded to 1492 population estimates in nine decades. Until now, most research has focused on catastrophic population decline, but Nancy Shoemaker studies how and why American Indians have recovered.

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of conquest and colonization in Paraguay during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasizing the social and cultural agency of Guarani, Shawn Michael Austin argues that interethnic relations and cultural change in Paraguay can only be properly understood through the Guarani logic of kinship.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Glossary Introduction Part One. Beginnings Chapter One. Cuñadasgo and Conquistador Polygamists, 1530s-1550s Chapter Two. Institutionalizing Kinship: The Encomienda and Franciscan Reducciones, 1550s-1640s Chapter Three. Embodied Borders: Conflict and Convergence in Guairá, 1570s-1630s Part Two. Challenges Chapter Four. Resplendent Prophets and Vengeful Warriors: Guaraní Rejection of Colonial Rule Chapter Five. Indios Fronterizos and the Spanish-Guaraní Militias Part Three. Communities Chapter Six. Beyond the Missions: Guaraní Reducciones in Asunción's Orbit Chapter Seven. The Other Reducción: Asunción's Indios Chapter Eight. Beyond Mestizos: Afro-Guaraní Relations Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first biography of Pablo Abeita, a man considered the most important Native leader in the American Southwest in his day. Abeita’s story is one of a people still living on their ancestral homelands, struggling to protect their land and water, and ultimately thriving as a modern pueblo.

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Book SynopsisThe story of Wilhelmina Yazzie and her son’s effort to seek adequate education in New Mexico schools revealed an educational system with poor policy implementation, inadequate funding, and piecemeal reform. In this collection of essays, contributors cover the background and significance of the lawsuit and its impact on racial and social politics.Trade ReviewAn unchanged education effectuated by systems and institutions not designed for us will continue to marginalize our Indigenous people and children. The heart of this continuing fight is for justice and equity. It is about the right to exist as we choose. Wilhelmina Yazzie personalizes the heartbreaking story of generations of parents in this struggle. She eloquently speaks of her love of her language and culture and the value of a balanced education, treating both as equally valuable for the health of our children and the future well-being of our people."The Yazzie Case is an extraordinarily and profoundly compelling call to action. It should be read by policymakers and educators at all levels. The book provides a history that should be required reading for us to realize what we are doing to ourselves in a state where 80 percent of our children come from linguistic and culturally different backgrounds. That is what enriches our diversity. We must act to do the right thing for the right reasons at the right time. This is the time!"—Regis Pecos, former governor of Cochiti Pueblo"A critically important collection. . . . The text offers high-quality educational and Indigenous education research, and it proposes recommendations and insights for practitioners in the field. Practitioners, lawyers, educators, parents, undergraduate and graduate students, policymakers, and white, non-Native public school teachers--all those who are invested in the education of our Native children will benefit."—John P. Hopkins, author of Indian Education for All: Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Public Schools"A superb collection of essays analyzing the issues involved in the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit and what needs to be done to fully implement the judge's decision supporting the plaintiffs."—Jon Allan Reyhner, coauthor of American Indian Education: A HistoryTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Wilhelmina Yazzie Introduction. An Examination of the Yazzie Side of the Martinez/Yazzie Lawsuit Wendy S. Greyeyes, Lloyd L. Lee, and Glenabah MartinezPart I. The Case Chapter One. The Legal Significance and Background of the Yazzie/Martinez Lawsuit Preston Sanchez Chapter Two. Post-Summit Report on the Yazzie/Martinez Ruling: Action Report Glenabah Martinez, Terri Flowerday, Lloyd L. Lee, Leola Paquin, Wendy S. Greyeyes, Nathaniel Charley, and Carlotta Penny Bird Chapter Three. Witness Perspective from a Mother and Academic Georgina Badoni Chapter Four. The Significance of the New Mexico Indian Education Act in the Yazzie/Martinez Case Carlotta Penny BirdPart II. The Response Chapter Five. The New Mexico Public Education Department Response: An Analysis of the 2021 Strategic Plan to Resolve the Yazzie/Martinez Case Wendy S. Greyeyes Chapter Six. Navajo Nation's Response to the Yazzie/Martinez Case: Implications for Navajo Nation's Educational Sovereignty Alexandra Bray Kinsella, Navajo Nation Department of Justice Attorney (2018-2021) Chapter Seven. Narratives and Responses to Yazzie/Martinez: Tribal Consultation and Community Engagement Natalie Martinez Chapter Eight. The Department of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico: Role and Responsibilities with the Yazzie v. New Mexico Education Ruling Lloyd L. LeePart III. The Future Chapter Nine. The Yazzie/Martinez Ruling: The Politics of Culturally Relevant Curriculum Glenabah Martinez Chapter Ten. The Complexities of Language Learning for New Mexico's Indigenous Students Christine Sims and Rebecca Blum Martínez Chapter Eleven. Diné Language Teacher Institute and Language Immersion Education Tiffany S. Lee, Vincent Werito, and Melvatha R. Chee Chapter Twelve. Lessons from the Past: Fifty Years after Sinajini v. Board of Education of San Juan School District Cynthia Benally and Donna Deyhle Chapter Thirteen. Promoting Solidarity for Social Justice and Indigenous Educational Sovereignty in the Cuba Independent School District Leola Tsinnajinnie Paquin, Shiv R. Desai, Vincent Werito, Nancy López, and Karen Sanchez-Griego Conclusion. Constructing Critically Conscious Race Policy for Our State: The Case for a Re-racialization and Indigenizing of Our Education Policies Wendy S. Greyeyes and Navajo Nation president Jonathan NezAppendix A. Teaching Recommendations for this Book Appendix B. Martinez/Yazzie v. State of New Mexico Lawsuit Timeline Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, works by American Indian artists and filmmakers have illustrated the importance of visual culture as a means to mediate identity in contemporary Native America. This collection of essays explores how identity is created and communicated through Native film, video, and art; what role these practices play in cultural revitalization; and how indigenous creators revisit media pasts and resignify dominant discourses through their work.

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Book SynopsisFew books are devoted to the Pacific Northwest’s unique linguistic heritage. The essays collected in Northwest Voices examine the historical background of the Pacific Northwest, the contributions of Indigenous languages, the regional legacy of English, and the relationship between our perceptions of people and the languages they speak.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe most comprehensive introduction currently available to the genres and major authors of native American oral and written literature." - Booklist"An essential introductory work for researchers and teachers new to Native American literatures and a helpful source for scholars in the field." - College Literature"The first thing likely to strike the reader upon opening LaVonne Ruoff's new volume is the range, variety, and richness of American Indian literatures . . . Well-conceived and executed, [the book] will be welcomed by students and teachers who are approaching the subject for the first time." - Studies in American Indian Literature

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Table of ContentsEditor's NoteAuthor's Preface: The Modoc StoryForeword by Vivian ArvisoPrologue: The HangingPart One. The Screeching of the OwlChapter 1. A Harmonious WorldChapter 2. The White World ArrivesChapter 3. The Applegate FactorChapter 4. Dueling TreatiesChapter 5. Captain Jack FleesChapter 6. Jesse Applegate Meets Captain JackChapter 7. Alfred MeachamChapter 8. General E.R.S. CanbyChapter 9. Storm Clouds for Captain JackChapter 10. A Lost River ReservationChapter 11. Captain Jack Must GoPart Two. A Spirit In The RockChapter 12. Meacham Is FiredChapter 13. A Grave MistakeChapter 14. Attack On Lost River VillageChapter 15. Revenge: Fourteen Settlers Murdered!Chapter 16. Captain Jack's StrongholdChapter 17. Ready For WarChapter 18. Modoc Victory at the StrongholdChapter 19. The Army Licks Its WoundsChapter 20. Trouble in the StrongholdChapter 21. The ReportersChapter 22. The Applegates Meet the PressChapter 23. The Peace CommissionChapter 24. Talking PeaceA Lethal DecisionChapter 26. The Fateful MeetingChapter 27. Outrage!Part Three. A Shooting StarChapter 28. Second Attack on the StrongholdChapter 29. The Thomas-Wright BattleChapter 30. The Battle of Sorass LakeChapter 31. The BloodhoundsChapter 32. The Capture of Captain JackChapter 33. Captain Jack Will Be TriedChapter 34. The Trial of Captain JackChapter 35. The ExecutionChapter 36. ExileChapter 37. The Skull of Captain JackEpilogue: The AftermathAfterword by Boyd CothranAuthor's AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorAbout the PhotographerVisitor's Guide to Modoc Country

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Book SynopsisDraws on interviews with Nez Perce experts and archival research to tell the Spalding-Allen Collection story. The book also examines the ethics of acquiring, bartering, owning, and selling Native cultural history, as Native American, First Nation, and Indigenous communities continue their efforts to restore their exploited cultural heritage.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Collecting1. The Nez Perce and the Missionary Collector2. Collecting Native American Material Culture 3. The Spaldings and the AllensPart 2 Away from Home4. The Ohio Years: From an Indian Cabinet of Curiosities to Oberlin College5. A Return to Self-Governance6. Asserting Their Rights7. Raising Their Voices: A Portrait of Two InstitutionsPart 3 The Campaign8. From Loan to Recall9. Appraisals and Greed10. Securing the Collection11. Idaho School Kids, NPR Listeners, and Grunge Bands Do Their Part12. The Nation Rallies to the Nez Perce Side13. Chief Joseph's Shirt at Auction14. Reflections on Spalding and the Spalding-Allen Collection15. Sacred Places and a Private Golf Course16. The International Marketplace for Cultural Heritage17. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisCombining narrative ease and a scholar’s eye, David Edward Walker exposes how the ‘white man’s Cat’ continues to push Coyote, Sacred Trickster, on a ‘swing’ of Western mental health ideology that has threatened Native lives and culture for over 150 years.Trade Review"In the IHS, dissension is often suppressed as blasphemy and whistleblowers are rarely tolerated. Walker is to be commended for his thorough research and timely recommendations for reform of the agency's delivery of mental health services in Indian County…I join him in praying that this period of tribal history comes to an end."--Toobshudud Jack Fiander (Yakama), attorney "A great piece of work… I can't emphasize that enough…Incorporating his personal experiences of adversity and willingness to acclimate into our community was greatly appreciated."--Lucy Smartlowit, MSW (Yakama Mexican), Interim Executive Director, Peacekeeper Society "A tour de force [and] an extraordinary work of heart, spirit, incisive intelligence, and unflinching truth telling. I highly recommend it."--Steven Newcomb (Shawnee-Lenape), author of Pagans in the Promised Land and co-producer of the documentary, "The Doctrine of Discovery" "An engaging and highly informative read that expertly weaves a much-needed counterpoint to the prevailing narratives of the mental health profession."--Dr. Amber Logan, psychologist, public health professional, Indigenous historian, and traditional Kahungunu Maori wahine "A comprehensive account of how Native Americans… continue to be re-traumatized by a U.S. mental health profession that has exacerbated rather than reduced violence, suicide, and substance abuse. Original and compelling."--Bruce E. Levine, author of A Profession Without ReasonTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Cat Brings Coyote's Swing One: Coyote Swings Two: "Who Are You, And Why Are You Here?" Three: A Brief Swing Backwards Part II: Coyote Swings Back & Forth Four: The Disordered Native Five: Oppressive & Genocidal Realities Six: IHS Attempts to Prevent Native Suicide Seven: Border Skirmish Eight: "Being PTSD" Part III: Building Coyote's Swing Nine: Collective Suffering Ten: Exploring the Soul Wound Twelve: Continuance of Their Race Thirteen: My Generational Carry Fourteen: Entering the Asylum Fifteen: Locked Inside Hiawatha: Josephine's Delusions Sixteen: Locked Inside Hiawatha: Emily's Demise Seventeen: Locked Inside Hiawatha: Two Eyewitnesses Eighteen: Locked Inside Hiawatha: The Soldier Nineteen: Today's Indian Asylums Part IV: Dismantling Coyote's Swing Twenty: Hope & Reason

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Book SynopsisThis paper is the first of two volumes presenting the ethnographic field notes of Willard Z. Parks, who studied the Northern Paiute from 1933 to 1940.

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Book SynopsisMore than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social deprivation.Trade Review"Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice "Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction: The Question of Identity 1. Identity and the City 2. Institutions and Identities 3. "Assimilated Indians" 4. "Paper Indians" 5. Family Ties Conclusion: A Matter of Community Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn an era when minorities were struggling for recognition, LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller utilized their gender and ethnicity to further the interests of Native Americans and forge a place for women in politics. This title examines the public identity these women created for themselves and how their identities shaped their political fortunes.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. * Choice *Janda offers a pivotal work that documents the contributions of American Indian feminists to politics. * Western Historical Quarterly *Enlightening... a thorough examination of the women and their contributions. * The Journal of American History *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Harris Chapter One: "Freddie and the Indian" Chapter Two: An Activist in Her Own Right Part II: Mankiller Chapter Three: Beloved Woman Politicized Chapter Four: Tribal Governance and Indian Identity Part III: Comparison Chapter Five: Politics and Policy Chapter Six: The Intersection of Feminism and Indianness Author's Note Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMore than half of all native Americans live in cities yet urban Indians have not received the same attention as "traditional" Indians who dwell on reservations. This is a study of a midsized city where shaping a distinct identity has been complicated by economic misfortune and social [deprivation.Trade Review"Magnificent.... Elusive issues of ethnic identity are explored sensitively and in depth."—Choice "Exquisitely crafted."—Joan Weibel-Orlando, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Introduction: The Question of Identity 1. Identity and the City 2. Institutions and Identities 3. "Assimilated Indians" 4. "Paper Indians" 5. Family Ties Conclusion: A Matter of Community Appendix: Quoted Anishinaabe People Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBy the time of the first European contact, the Cherokee Nation had already developed a sophisticated government which embodied a belief in liberty and equality as well as a system of laws regarding murder, property, marriage, warfare, and international relations. This work explores the relationship between the members of the tribe and their law.Trade ReviewDaring and convincing. * Journal of American History *Meaningful.... As a piece of legal history it is exemplary. As a piece of interpretive research it should not be overlooked. * The Journal of Southern History *Rich in detail and explanation.... Certain to remain an exemplary and frequently referenced source for all students of Cherokee history and Native American history. * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Foreword - Gordon Morris Bakken One: A Race of Mountain Men: The People Two: A Source of Disunity: The Regions Three: A Leadership of Crisis: The Ascendency of Chota Four: A Rule by Consensus: The Towns Five: A Family Writ Large: The Clans Six: A Native Politeness: The Headmen Seven: A Nation's Mouth: The National Council and Speaker Eight: A Darling Passion: The Law of Coercion and of Equality Nine: A Right to Vengeance: The Law of Homicide Ten: A Way of Peace: The Mechanics of Vengeance Eleven: A Touch of Justice: The Mitigation of Liability Twelve: A Social Permissiveness: The Law of Marriage Thirteen: An Occupant's Tenure: The Law of Property Fourteen: A Nephew's Right: The Laws of Inheritance and Status Fifteen: A Way to War: The Law of the Nations Sixteen: A Gift of Scalps: The Law of Visitors and Retaliation Seventeen: A Bloody Hatchet: The War Machine Eighteen: A Beloved Occupation: The Law of Capture and Adoption Nineteen: A Path Swept Clean: The Making of Peace Twenty: A Still Hot War: The Keeping of Peace Twenty-One: A Scolding House: The Cherokee Legal System Twenty-Two: A Way of Dreaming: The Cherokee Legal Mind Twenty-Three: A People of Law: The Future Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisExamines the female-dominated practice of herbalism in the seminomadic Muslim communities of Tuareg. This book takes the reader into this world of medicine women through interviews, guided conversations, life histories, illustrative case studies, and the words of the healers and their patients.Trade ReviewHighly recommended... sure to become the authoritative ethnography of a unique and impressive healing tradition. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *Packed with rich and valuable ethnographic material. This is a valuable and provocative ethnography that merits the attention of medical and psychological anthropologists, as well as anthropologists of religion and gender. * Ethos *The author has intimate knowledge of two generations of [medicine] women, the kind of knowledge unavailable to most anthropologists. The book's strength rests in the quality and quantity of its data. * Choice *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Deconstructing and Recasting Female Healing: Preliminary Remarks PART ONE: Departures—Herbal Medicine and Local and Authoritative Systems of Thought 1. The Vexing Problem of Difference and Classifications in Anthropology and the Local Ethnographic Setting 2. Herbalism, Medicine, and Curing—Medicine Women's Concepts of Wellness, Illness, and Healing PART TWO: Touch and Word—Learning and Transmitting Medicine 3. Touch, Body, and Senses 4. Word and Deed—Oral Traditions and the Mythico-History of Herbal Medicine 5. Medicine Women, Gender, and Physical and Social Reproduction over the Life Course 6. Natural Imagery (Arboreal Tropes) in Herbalism—Plant Uses in Nature and Culture PART THREE: Medicine Women and Wider Systems of Power 7. Medicine Women, Sacred Places, and Al Baraka Ritual Benediction 8. Medicine Women and Islam—Relations with Marabouts 9. Medicine Women and Other "Shamans"—Herbalism, the Spirits of the Wild, Divination, and Power 10. Changes in the Wind—Medicine Women's Relations with Established Biomedicine Conclusions—Herbal Healing, Modes of Thought, and Gender Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThe changing roles of native women, devices for assimilation, the re-birth of the Metis: these are among the issues examined in this collection of provocative essays which explore the link between aboriginal culture and economic patterns.

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Book SynopsisYou don't have to use the exact same words. But it has to mean exactly what I said."" Thus began the ten-year collaboration between Innu elder and activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue and Memorial University professor Elizabeth Yeoman. Exactly What I Said reflects on that collaboration and what Yeoman learned from it.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Mapping Chapter 2: Walking Chapter 3: Stories Chapter 4: Looking Chapter 5: Signs Chapter 6: Literacies Chapter 7: Listening Chapter 8: Songs Chapter 9: Wilderness

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