Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books

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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Book SynopsisArgues that a refined concept of culture can be used by American courts to better analyze cases that cover the sense of community.Supreme Court Justices frequently justify their opinions in terms of the traditions and customs of a community. Yet, the rights and interests of entities that fit neither with the state nor the individual are treated as fluid and subjective, often existing without clarity in the current legal framework. The Rights of Groups focuses on a series of specific examples to argue that a more refined concept of culture than has been employed by American courts could offer better ways to analyze a broad range of cases that employ the notion of community.Through an original reading of the Ninth Amendment, Lawrence Rosen illustrates how a constitutional consideration for group protections might be applied to decisions arising before the Supreme Court, including the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Similarly, in other chapters, Rosen

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Book SynopsisA fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists togetherProperties of Empire shows the dynamic relationship between Native and English systems of property on the turbulent edge of Britain's empire, and how so many colonists came to believe their prosperity depended on acknowledging Indigenous land rights.As absentee land speculators and hardscrabble colonists squabbled over conflicting visions for the frontier, Wabanaki Indians' unity allowed them to forcefully project their own interpretations of often poorly remembered old land deeds and treaties. The result was the creation of a system of property in Maine that defied English law, and preserved Native power and territory. Eventually, ordinary colonists, dissident speculators, and grasping officials succeeded in undermining and finally destroying this arrangement, a process that took place in councils and courtrooms, in taverns and Trade ReviewProperties of Empire makes an impressive contribution to this corpus in its attention to the intricacies of colonial land grabbing in northern New England and its appreciation of Wabanaki savviness in weathering and channeling the storm. * William and Mary Quarterly *Documents a general settler colonialist occupation of indigenous space, but again one impeded by complex intercultural and interracial entanglements. In specific, he addresses the transition of the “Dawnland”—the frontier of what is now central Maine— from Wabanaki to British colonial possession from the late seventeenth century through the first half of the eighteenth. * Early American Literature *Properties of Empire is a fine-grained cross-cultural study of trying “to bring order to a turbulent world.” The process, as Saxine conceptualizes it, was a multifaceted “conversation frequently marked by misunderstanding, deception, and even violence.” The book’s framework takes Wabanaki actors seriously as coproducers of legal and property regimes, rather than situating them as more passive respondents to colonial forces and ideologies; and it productively complicates what the “colonial” dimension entailed, highlighting dissonances within Anglo-American society and power structures. -- Christine DeLucia * Enterprise & Society *Saxine is an admirably careful historian, attuned to the complexities and contingencies of historic conditions and human decisions… Properties of Empire is an inventive and important contribution to the dauntingly rich literature on early New England, and a fascinating case study to add to larger discussions of property formation and land ownership across North America. * Reviews in American History *A much needed and long overdue corrective ... greatly adding to our understanding of the complex interplay of forces where Native Americans and Europeans interacted in borderlands ... Properties of Empire should be the standard work on land issues in Maine in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. * History: Reviews of New Books *An intriguing, thought provoking, and important [book] that recognizes the importance of land issues in Indian Country today through close historical work on the ideologies that surround land ownership in previous centuries. * Christopher Bilodeau, Dickinson College *Properties of Empire clearly reflects the authors deep immersionandstrong understanding of Wabanaki and Anglo-American social, and cultural patterns. Asignificant contribution to the field of Native-colonial relations. * Daniel Mandell, Truman State University *It is precisely his focus on local circumstances that gives Saxine’s work its value. Paying close attention to the intricate web of arrangements that determined the possession of territory on the Anglo-Wabanaki frontier, he puts to rest the notion that the colonial conquest of the land was inevitable or uncontested. Scholars of other borderland regions in North America would do well to follow his example. * Social History *Ian Saxine provides readers with an excellent history of the Indians, colonists, and land speculators on the New England frontier … Properties of Empire is a valuable resource for persons interested in early New England history and for persons involved in the ongoing movement, both within the United States and internationally, to repudiate the doctrine of discovery based on European power. * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *Favorable review in academic journal by prominent early American historian: Saxine is a talented writer. Each chapter begins with a telling vignette that draws the reader in and connects to the argument. While the chapters follow a clear narrative arc, they could also stand alone as effective teaching pieces. The revival of this careful, document-based approach in the present day is a fitting symbol of the historic strategies and enduring presence of the Wabanakis. - Jenny Hale Pulsipher, American Historical Review. -- American Historical Review * American Historical Review *

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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 inundated Trade 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 *

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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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Book SynopsisThe Blackfoot Dictionary is a comprehensive guide to the vocabulary of Blackfoot. This third edition of the critically acclaimed dictionary adds more than 1,100 new entries, major additions to verb stems, and the inclusion of vai, vii, vta, and viti syntactic categories.Trade Review'The thought and care that have gone into the definitions are everywhere apparent; of necessity economical, they are always lucid. ... The result is an admirable example of lexicography.' -- Richard W. Parker Canadian Book Review Annual 'This dictionary, the first to be published in over 50 years, is a milestone.' -- B.R. Johnson Choice 'It is therefore a real pleasure to welcome the appearance of this dictionary, produced by a team with both technical expertise in linguistics and dictionary making and excellent competence in the Blackfoot language.' -- Allan R. Taylor American Indian Culture and Research Journal 'A major contribution to Algonquian lexicography, a most welcome addition to the literature...It should have an honoured place on the bookshelf of everyone interested in the Western Algonquian languages.' -- Paul Proulx Canadian Journal of LinguisticsTable of ContentsHow to Use This Dictionary Acknowledgements Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction Blackfoot-English Dictionary English Index

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Book SynopsisBlackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to The Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes Third Edition, provides description and analyses of the major features of Blackfoot grammar and language structures.Trade Review'It compiles a wealth of information in a single volume, which, together with the previously published dictionary, is a welcome addition to the field.' -- Canadian Journal of Linguistics 'Frantz has addressed all of the important aspects of Blackfoot structure and in a way that is accessible to people who need or want to know about the language. His study is concise, clear, and largely accurate ... an outstanding addition to the growing corpus of descriptions of Algonquian languages.' -- American Indian Culture and Research Journal '... this work, which greatly increases the amount of readily available lexical material, is most welcome on both scientific and cultural grounds.' -- Language and LinguisticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 1 The Blackfoot Alphabet Chapter 2 Some Basics of Noun Inflection Chapter 3 Intransitive Verbs Chapter 4 More on Intransitive Verbs Chapter 5 Some Phonological Rules Chapter 6 Tense and Aspect Chapter 7 Four Verb Stem Types Chapter 8 Transitive Inanimate Verbs Chapter 9 Attached Pronouns Chapter 10 Transitive Animate, Part 1: Direct Chapter 11 Transitive Animate, Part 2: Inverse Chapter 12 Transitive Animate, Part 3 Chapter 13 Demonstratives Chapter 14 Possessives Chapter 15 Allomorphy Chapter 16 Complex Verb Stems, Part 1 Chapter 17 Complex Verb Stems, Part 2: Finals Chapter 18 Some Concrete Finals Chapter 19 Other Verb Paradigms Chapter 20 Nominalizations Chapter 21 Questions Chapter 22 Complement Clause Types Chapter 23 Translating from English to Blackfoot Chapter 24 Numbers and Enumeration Appendix A Verb Paradigms Appendix B Phonological Rules Appendix C The Sounds of Blackfoot Appendix D Design of the Blackfoot Alphabet Appendix E Ikasskini: Analyzed Blackfoot Text References Index

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Book SynopsisRoots of Entanglement offers an historical exploration of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and European newcomers in the territory that would become Canada.Trade Review"Emerging from the field of Canadian Native-newcomer relations, this edited volume focuses on Natives seen as individuals instead of a generalized people, engaging with the historic or contemporary circumstances of colonial invasion." -- F. K. Holmes * Choice Connect *"Roots of Entanglement: Essays in the History of Native-Newcomer Relations addresses the consequences of historical cultural conquest and assumptions of western superiority throughout. It has everything that talented scholars work so hard their entire lives to achieve, but it falls short when it comes to implementing the actual goal of reconciliation which it promotes. For that, we await some future time and place – wherein we might fundamentally challenge cherished values and ideas and divide up the funding pie to include those who did not receive their fair share in the beginning. As Indigenous people have participated in Canada’s military history, Canadian military historians should draw more directly upon Indigenous perspectives, including their voices in our publications and allowing them to tell their truths." -- Isabel Campbell * Canadian Military History *Table of ContentsI Introduction Myra Rutherdale, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, and Kerry Abel II The Crown, Colonial Spaces, and Aboriginality The Simcoes and the Indians, Kerry Abel Lord Bury and the First Nations: A Year in the Canadas, Donald B. Smith "Chief Teller of Tales": John Buchan's Ideas on Indigenous Peoples, the Commonwealth, and an Emerging Idea of Canada, 1935-40, Brendan Frederick R. Edwards At the Crossroads of Militarism and Modernization: Inuit-Military Relations in the Cold War Arctic, P. Whitney Lackenbauer Alaska Highway Nurses and DEW Line Doctors: Medical Encounters in Northern Canadian Indigenous Communities, Myra Rutherdale III Interraciality and Education Negotiating Aboriginal Interraciality in Three Early British Columbian Indian Residential Schools, Jean Barman Language, Place, and Kinship Ties: Past and Present Necessities for Metis Education, Jonathan Anuik IV Law, Legislation, and History They Have Suffered the Most: First Nations and the Aftermath of the 1885 North-West Rebellion, Bill Waiser "Powerless To Protect": Ontario Game Protection Legislation, Unreported and Indetermined Case Law, and the Criminalization of Indian Hunting in the Robinson Treaty Territories, 1892-1931, Frank Tough One Good Thing: Law and Elevator Etiquette in the Indian Territories, Hamar Foster Reclaiming History through the Courts: Aboriginal Rights, the Marshall Decision, and Maritime History, Kenneth S. Coates VI Anthropologists, Historians, and the Indigenous Historiography "We Could Not Help Noticing the Fact That Many of Them Were Cross-eyed": Historical Evidence and Coast Salish Leadership, Keith Carlson An Appealing Anthropology, Frozen in Time: Diamond Jenness' The Indians of Canada, Dianne Newell and Arthur J. Ray VII Conclusion Aboriginal Research in Troubled Times, Alan C. Cairns Note on Contributors

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Book SynopsisAuthor J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current impasse in which Indigenous peoples are resisting displacement and marginalization.Trade Review"If we learn anything from history it will be because of histories like Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens, which help put into perspective what Buffy Ste. Marie sings about as the ‘bitter past’ and give to Indian-white relations a sense of hope." -- M.T. Kelly * Globe and Mail *"Drawing on recent scholarship, [Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens] is both broad and even-handed, covering developments in the Indigenous-settler relationship as it headed into the twenty-first century…." -- Susan Neylan, Wilfred Laurier University * The Canadian Historical Review, Vol 100 1, March ‘19 *Table of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition Note on Terminology Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the First Edition INTRODUCTION 1 Indigenous Peoples and Europeans at the Time of Contact PART ONE: COOPERATION 2 Early Contacts in the Eastern Woodlands 3 Commercial Partnership and Mutual Benefit 4 Military Allies through a Century of Warfare PART TWO: COERCION 5 From Alliance to "Irrelevance" 6 Reserves, Residential Schools, and the Threat of Assimilation 7 The Commercial Frontier on the Western Plains 8 Contact, Commerce, and Christianity on the Pacific 9 Resistance in Red River and the Numbered Treaties: "Bounty and Benevolence" 10 The North-West Rebellion 11 The Policy of the Bible and the Plough 12 Residents and Transients in the North: Relations to the 1960s PART THREE: CONFRONTATION 13 The Beginnings of Political Organization 14 Land Claims and Self-Government from the White Paper to Guerin 15 Meech, Oka, Charlottetown, Nass, and Ottawa: Relations 1986-2000 PART FOUR: RECONCILIATION? 16 Relations in the Twenty-First Century 17 Do We Learn Anything from History? Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index Maps First Nations of Canada First Nations of northeastern North America at contact Iroquoia (showing height of land) The Ohio and Illinois Country, 1754 French possessions in North America, 1750 Effect of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 Location of western nations, 1821 First Nations of British Columbia The numbered treaties, 1871–1921 North-West Rebellion, 1885

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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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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 even Trade 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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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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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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Book SynopsisPeter H. Russell presents an accessible, historically-informed biography of the sovereignty claim, explores its limitations as well as ways of transcending them through the division of powers found within federal states.Trade Review"It is wry, fast-moving and instructive…Sovereignty casts a bright light on platitudes that dominate official discourse on First Nations. The result is absorbing." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *"Sovereignty: The Biography of a Claim provides a nuanced… approach to nation-state claims of sovereignty that serve as a useful contrast to Indigenous and emerging articulations of self-determination, thus underscoring the relationships at stake in such claims and the practices these claims foster." -- Jim Miranda, Bentley University * Transmotion *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Confronting the Claim to Sovereignty 2. Cannosa: Emperor and Pope Fight for It 3. Westphalia: The State Gets It 4. We the People Become Sovereign 5. Sovereignty as the Instrument of European Imperialism 6. Federalism Paves the Way for Removing Sovereignty’s Sting 7. Sovereignty Challenged Beyond and Within the State 8. Conclusion: Sharing Power Instead of Claiming Sovereignty

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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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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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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 the Table 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Book SynopsisBorn in 1861 to a Methodist family, William Henry Jackson grew up in Ontario before moving to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he sympathized with the Métis and became personal secretary to Louis Riel. After the Métis defeat a Regina court committed the young English Canadian idealist to the lunatic asylum at Lower Fort Garry. He eventually escaped to the United States, joined the labour union movement, and renounced his race. Self-identifying as Métis, he changed his name to the French-sounding Honoré Jaxon and devoted the remainder of his life to fighting for the working class and the Indigenous peoples of North America. In Honoré Jaxon, Donald B. Smith draws on extensive archival research and interviews with family members to present a definitive biography of this complex political man. The book follows Jaxon into the 1940s, where his life mission became the establishment of a library for the First Nations in Saskatchewan, collecting as many books, newspapers, aTrade Review"Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary reminds us that behind every eccentric who lives next door lies a sometimes-fascinating story." -- Sam Roberts * The New York Times *"It is Smith’s careful attention to detail that allows us to contemplate the shape and consequences of Jaxon’s appropriation of an essential Métis identity. It would have been easy for Smith to slip towards simple condemnation of Jaxon’s conceits, but in this work we also get a truly humane representation of a final prairie imposter. This work is a fine wrap-up to an intriguing series." -- Mike Evans * Literary Review of Canada *"In clearly written prose, and in a dynamic storytelling ability lost to most Canadian historians, Smith writes a highly entertaining account of Jaxon’s life." -- Darren R. Préfontaine * New Breed Magazine *"Donald B. Smith’s Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary is a lively page-turner, an engaging narrative of the life of an intriguing chameleon." -- Barbara J. Messamore * Journal of Historical Biography *"Smith treats this story with sympathy and understanding. His use of Jaxon’s own letters and interviews enables him to tell it very much as Jaxon saw it, treating all his schemes, ambitions, and pretensions as seriously as possible. It’s a sad but entertaining tale of a talented but unfocused imposter on the margin of history." -- A.I. Silver * University of Toronto Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface to the New Edition Prologue: New York City, Winter 1951–52 Note on Usage 1. Young Will, 1861–77 2. Call to Greatness, 1878–84 3. “Riel’s Secretary,” 1884–85 4. The Trial, the Lunatic Asylum, and Exile, 1885–86 5. Jackson becomes Jaxon, 1886–89 6. Chicago’s “Long-Haired Child of Destiny,” 1890–96 7. Honoré in Love, 1897–1907 8. Return of the “Native” Son, 1907–09 9. Crescendo, 1910–18 10. Becoming a Capitalist, 1919–34 11. Light, Storm, and Shadow, 1935–45 12. The Descent, New York City, 1946–52 Conclusion: The Summing Up Acknowledgements Abbreviations Endnotes A Short Bibliography Index

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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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Book SynopsisThe original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it was unfolding. Niezen used testimonies, texts, and visual materials produced by the Commission as well as interviews with survivors, priests, and nuns to raise important questions about the TRC process. He asked what the TRC meant for reconciliation, transitional justice, and conceptions of traumatic memory. In this updated edition, Niezen discusses the Final Report and Calls to Action bringing the book up to date and making it a valuable text for teaching about transitional justice, colonialism and redress, public anthropology, and human rights. Thoughtful, provocative, and uncompromising in the need to tell the truth as he sees it, Niezen offers an important contribution to understanding truth and reconciliation processes in general, and the Canadian experience in particular.Trade Review"...a tremendous step forward from a scholarly human rights culture that has been overly awed by the truth commission phenomenon and far too slow in probing beneath the surfaces." -- Human Rights Quarterly"Niezen opts for a clinical remove from the moral content of the story, in order to observe the TRC more critically. There was an easier book to write, but Truth and Indignation is more nuanced, more challenging, and as a result more stimulating." -- Literary Review of CanadaTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations List of Figures Preface to the Second Edition Preface 1. The Sense of Injustice 2. The Unfolding 3. The Process 4. Templates and Exclusions 5. Testimony 6. Traumatic Memory 7. Witnessing History 8. Solitudes Epilogue References Index

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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

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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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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 coTrade 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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Book SynopsisThe Killing of Chief Crazy Horse is a story of envy, greed, and treachery. In the year after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the great Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse and his half-starved followers finally surrendered to the U.S. Army near Camp Robinson, Nebraska. Chiefs who had already surrendered resented the favors he received in doing so. When the army asked for his help rounding up the the Nez Percés, Crazy Horse's reply was allegedly mistranslated by Frank Grouard, a scout for General George Crook. By August rumors had spread that Crazy Horse was planning another uprising. Tension continued to mount, and Crazy Horse was arrested at Fort Robinson on September 5. During a scuffle Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet in front of several witnesses. Here the killing of Crazy Horse is viewed from three widely differing perspectivesthat of Chief He Dog, the victim's friend and lifelong companion; that of William Garnett, the guide and interpreter for Lieutenant William P. CTrade Review"A must-read!"—Aaron Parrett, Montana The Magazine of Western History“Robert Clark has authoritatively marshaled the perspectives of three of the major protagonists in the slaying of Crazy Horse. Obscure motives are revealed. The accounts of the three are critical to understanding the tragedy. Clark expertly weaves them into a coherent explanation.”—Robert Utley, former chief historian of the National Park Service and author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction to the Bison Classic Edition Preface to the First Bison Books Edition Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse History of Chief Crazy Horse Obituary of Five Oglala Sioux Chiefs Introductory Note to William Garnett’s Account William Garnett’s Account of the Chief’s Death Introductory Note to Correspondence The Correspondence of Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy and William Garnett Lieutenant William Philo Clark, Second Cavalry Baptiste “Little Bat” Garnier William Gentles Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis In Saga of Chief Joseph, Helen Addison Howard has written the definitive biography of the great Nez Perce chief, a diplomat among warriors. In times of war and peace, Chief Joseph exhibited gifts of the first rank as a leader for peace and tribal liberty. Following his people’s internment in Indian Territory in 1877, Chief Josephsecured their release in 1885 and led them back to their home country. Fiercely principled, he never abandoned his quest to have his country, the Wallowa Valley, returned to its rightful owners. The struggle of the Nez Perces for the freedom they considered paramount in life constitutes one of the most dramatic episodes inIndian history. This completely revised edition of the author’s 1941 version(titled War Chief Joseph) presents in exciting detail the full story of Chief Joseph, with a reevaluation of the five bands engaged in the Nez Perce War, told from the Indian, the white military, and the settlerpoints of view. EsTrade Review"From Joseph’s years as a spiritual leader to the 1877 battle of the Bearpaw Mountains and surrender of the Nez Perce, Howard renders Joseph’s life and times in fine detail. Her storytelling reflects a sharp journalistic eye and a knack for the grand sweep of history."—Publishers Weekly“A priceless contribution.”—Los Angeles Times“A stirring and dramatic biography of a great man.”—Montreal Star “This work . . . is a standard in the field.”—CHOICE Books for College LibrariesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction to the Bison Classic Edition Prologue Part I. Early History 1. The Valley of Winding Waters 2. The Coming of the Missionaries 3. Thunder-rolling-in-the-mountains Part II. Treaty History 4. The Council Smoke of 1855 5. War in the Columbia Basin—1856–58 6. The Treaty of 1863 7. The Tah-mah-ne-wes Beckons 8. The Earth-mother Drinks Blood 9. The Council at Fort Lapwai—1877 10. Chief White Bird’s Murders Part III. The Military Campaign of 1877 11. The Settlers Prepare for War 12. The Battle of White Bird Canyon 13. The Skirmish at Cottonwood 14. The Battle of the Clearwater 15 The March Over the Lolo Trail 16. The Affair at “Fort Fizzle” 17. The Battle of the Big Hole 18. The Camas Meadows Raid 19. The Attack on the Cowan and Weikert Parties 20. The Battle of Canyon Creek 21. The Skirmish at Cow Island 22. Battle of the Bearpaw Mountains 23. Joseph’s Surrender Part IV. Later History 24. Prisoners of War 25. “Somebody Has Got Our Horses” 26. Return from Exile 27. The Trail to the Setting Sun Appendix 1: Genealogy Chart Appendix 2: Sidelights Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"I would argue that even for those of us who merely have to stroll to the refrigerator for food, the stories teach important lessons about the relations between humans, animals and the land, and about generosity and hospitality."—Margery Fee, Canadian Journal of Native Studies“Anthropologists have been analyzing the oral stories of Aboriginal cultures for a long time. Aboriginal peoples have also been untangling the stories told to them by their elders. Daniel Clément weaves these two perspectives together to get at the meaning of these ‘myths.’”—Stephen J. Augustine, hereditary chief, Mi’kmaq Grand Council “The introduction is one of the most readable critiques of structuralism I have ever seen. It is nuanced yet accessible and poses terrific questions about structuralism. I can imagine this [book] as a central resource for indigenous scholars, historians, naturalists, and anthropologists. It contributes greatly to the comparative study of mythology and contemporary studies of structural analysis.”—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 ContentsContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Caribou Takes In His Wife’s Dress (Subarctic) 2. Snake Makes a Meal in the Embers (Southwest) 3. The Fire Trap (Grand Basin) 4. While Bird Sings, Bear Cooks (Northwest Coast) 5. Seal Roasts His Hands (Northwest Coast) 6. Silver Fox Digs Up Yellow Jacket Larvae with His Penis (California) 7. Wildcat Beats a Blanket (California) 8. Deer Kills Her Children and Puts Their Bones Into the Water (Southwest) 9. Wolf Transforms Two Arrowheads into Mincemeat Puddings (Southwest) 10. Badger Pushes a Stick Down His Throat and Gets Yucca-Juice (Southwest) 11. Bison Skewers His Nose (Plains) 12. White-Tailed Deer Shoots at a Red Clay Bank (Plains) 13. Man Kills Bison with His Sharpened Leg (Plains, Plateau) 14. Black-Mountain-Bear Gets Persimmons by Leaning Against a Tree (Southeast) 15. Rabbit Gathers Canes (Southeast) 16. Squirrel Slits Open His Scrotum (Plains) 17. Duck Excretes Rice (Northeast) 18. Bird Gets Salmon Eggs by Striking His Ankle (Northwest Coast) 19. Muskrat Cooks Some Ice (Northeast) 20. Woodpecker Pulls Eels Out of Trees (Subarctic) Conclusion Appendix: Bungling Host Myths Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA collaborative volume of traditional stories collected by the anthropologist Franz Boas from tribal knowledge keepers in the early twentieth century. Both Boas and Amrine Goertz worked with past and present elders, including Robert Choke, Marion Davis, Peter Heck, Blanche Pete Dawson, and Jonas Secena, in collecting and contextualizing traditional knowledge of the Chehalis people.Trade Review"Chehalis Stories rather amazingly gives us the past, the present, and the future of Indigenous literary studies."—Danica Sterud Miller, Pacific Northwest Quarterly"This exciting volume repatriates much traditional knowledge collected decades ago among Chehalis Salish Indians of western Washington by pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas and others. The importance of this point—that not just physical but also intellectual artifacts must return to Native control—cannot be overstated. This fine book pointedly makes long-inaccessible ancient stories available to and usable by tribal descendants."—David Robertson, Oregon Historical Quarterly“Chehalis Stories is a boon to those who wish to study these compelling narratives and at the same time learn about the work of early anthropologists in the Northwest. It differs from other collections of tales in putting the storytellers front and center [by] celebrating their lives and contributions to the cultural heritage of the Chehalis people.”—LLyn De Danaan, author of Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman’s Life on Oyster Bay “Outstanding. This is the grand slam for Chehalis, Salish, and Native American stories, publishing the last third of these tribal stories even as it outpaces the wave of Franz Boas revival now gaining momentum.”—Jay Miller, author of Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey: An Anchored RadianceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction A Story xwəné·xwəne: A Story Bear, Yellow Jacket, and Ant A Visit to the Skokomish Gossip Snowbird Rabbit and Mountain Lion Bluejay Mink The Flood Skunk xwə́n and Raccoon xwə́n Kills k’wə́cxwe xwə́n and Bluejay S’yawyu’wun xwə́n One-Legged Monster Chipmunk Why the Dog Has Marks on His Paws The Flood (The Deluge) The Crows Untitled Story Beaver and the Woman xwə́n and Crane Raccoon and His Grandmother The Five Brothers The Chief and His House The Way of the q’way’áyiɬq’ A Farewell Speech Source Acknowledgments Appendix 1: Lower Chehalis Stories Appendix 2: Edmond S. Meany’s Chehalis Reservation Field Notes Appendix 3: Franz Boas’s “A Chehalis Text” Appendix 4: M. Dale Kinkade’s “Bear and Bee” Appendix 5: M. Dale Kinkade’s “Daughters of Fire” Notes References Index

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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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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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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This acclaimed volume has been out of print and difficult to access for many years. It is our good fortune that the new 50th Anniversary edition makes this important work readily available. . . . Anyone interested in Native American history, culture, and art owes a debt of gratitude to the University of Nebraska Press for publishing and then republishing this invaluable volume."—Ann Billesbach, Nebraska History"This book is beautiful. It is beautifully organized, beautifully analyzed, and beautifully crafted. The University of Nebraska Press has produced, or more accurately reproduced, a wonderful work that reaches a broad range of audiences. . . . This endeavor was clearly a labor of love for all who worked on it. From the dual-textured cover, to the high-quality paper, to the generosity of the editor and the press in allowing blank pages to beautify the transitions between sections of text, this project produced a beautiful and invaluable historical work."—Jeffrey D. Means, South Dakota History"This lavish 50th anniversary edition of A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux is indispensable not just for specialists, but anyone interested in American Indian history. Through a careful reading of Bad Heart Bull's drawings, Lakota history and culture come to life, offering a wholly Native perspective on this transformational time."—Bradley Shreve, Tribal College Journal"This fiftieth-anniversary edition makes Bad Heart Bull's art and his work as a historian available to new audiences. It will remain a valuable resource for scholars in multiple fields, including Native American history, historical geography, and art history."—Christopher Steinke, Historical Geography"This five-pound, 50th-anniversary labor of love reproduces all 414 ledger pages of Amos Bad Heart Bull's annotated pictorial history of his Oglala Lakota people, with digitized prints of the glass plate photographs of the original."—A. B. Kehoe, Choice“The significance of Amos Bad Heart Bull’s work to our understanding of Plains Indian history cannot be overstated. It is an unparalleled Native account documenting Oglala Lakota life during the tumultuous period of the 1860s to the 1910s. This anniversary issue provides both enhanced illustrations and additional context from the past fifty years, making it even more valuable to the Native and scholarly communities and everyone interested in American Indian art, culture, and history.”—Christina E. Burke, curator of Native American and non-Western art at the Philbrook Museum of Art "A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux was published in 1967, instantly becoming a landmark volume of Native history and art, a status that it retains five decades later. Until this month, however, [the text] could only be found in libraries, private collections and, for a price, at booksellers. . . . To remedy that and celebrate a half-century of the book, a 50th Anniversary Edition of A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux has just been published. On shelves for a little over a week, the 648-page volume . . . reproduces and augments the original with newly reproduced images of the drawings and a pair of introductory essays."—L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star"This 50th anniversary edition improves on the earlier version by sourcing many of the images to the original glass plate negatives of the reproductions, which had surfaced in the 1980s. The edition endeavours to utilize modern techniques to enhance the overall quality of these astonishing images and faithfully reproduce the attendant text, while also allowing the cumulation of decades of research since the original manuscript to respectfully deflate some of the attendant legends, and clarify details with the latest understandings. The result is one of the finest accounts of the life and times of these storied peoples available anywhere."—Jeff Carter, Pop MattersTable of ContentsPublisher’s Preface for the new edition A Short History of Amos Bad Heart Bull and Helen Blish, by Emily Levine Significance of the Ledger Drawings, by Candace Greene Publisher’s Preface List of Color Plates List of Illustrations Introduction by Mari Sandoz Foreword by Helen H. Blish Dedication PART ONE Chapter I The Artist and His Work Chapter II Dakota Histories and Historical Art Chapter III The Bad Heart Bull Manuscript as History Chapter IV Bad Heart Bull as an Artist Chapter V Dakotan Art and Thought PART TWO Chapter VI Introduction to the Drawings Chapter VII The Drawings Bibliography Appendix: Descriptive Listing of the Drawings A Note on the Editing The Artist and The Author Note on Images Index

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Book Synopsis Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology chronicles the seminal contributions, tumultuous history, and recent renaissance of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology (RSPM).The only archaeology museum that is part of an American high school, it also did cutting-edge research from the 1930s through the 1970s, ultimately returning to its core mission of teaching and learning in the twenty-first century. Essays explore the early history and notable contributions of the museum’s directors and curators, including a tour de force chapter by James Richardson and J. M. Adovasio that interweaves the history of research at the museum with the intriguing story of the peopling of the Americas.Other chapters tackle the challenges of the 1990s, including shrinking financial resources, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and relationships with American Indian tribes, and the need to revisit the original missTrade Review“The Robert S. Peabody Museum, Phillips Academy, and its faculty, students, and affiliates have played important roles in the history of Americanist archaeology for a century. The excellent essays in this volume chronicle the fluctuating history of the institution as a museum, science center, and teaching institution.”—Don D. Fowler, Mamie Kleberg Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and past president of the Society for American Archaeology “Behold, dear reader! You hold the rarest of literary creatures—an honest institutional historiography. This is a remarkable history of a history, a bold narrative that critically engages authentic sources and key particulars about the Robert S. Peabody Museum, synthesized as they should be, warts and all.”—David Hurst Thomas, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History “This is an excellent book on the history not only of one of the treasured institutions of archaeology in the United States but of the many colorful people who worked there. Their collective legacy in archaeology is almost unparalleled. Those of us who are interested in the history of American archaeology must have this book on our shelves.”—Michael J. O’Brien, provost at Texas A&M University–San Antonio Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Introduction: Present and Past at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Malinda Stafford Blustain and Ryan Wheeler 1. A Biographical History of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Nathan D. Hamilton and Eugene C. Winter Jr. 2. A History of Research: Focusing on the Peopling of the Americas James B. Richardson III and James M. Adovasio 3. A.V. Kidder, Pecos Pueblo, and the Robert S. Peabody Museum: A Continuing Legacy Linda S. Cordell 4. Laying the Foundations for Northeastern North American Archaeology Brian S. Robinson 5. Recent Research at Maine Sites Nathan D. Hamilton and Donald A. Slater 6. A Retrospective Interpretation of the Origins of American Agriculture Mary Eubanks 7. Trials and Redemption at the Peabody Museum Malinda Stafford Blustain 8. Negotiating NAGPRA: Rediscovering the Human Side of Science James W. Bradley 9 . Pecos Pathways: A Model for Lasting Partnerships Lindsay Randall and Christopher Toya 10. Teaching Science at the Peabody Museum Jeremiah Hagler 11. Experiential Learning and the New Peabody Museum Donald A. Slater and Nathan D. Hamilton 12. Reflections and Stories Using Archaeology as a Basis for Learning: How Archaeology Can Teach Almost Anything! Margaret Conkey Perspectives from Indian Country Hillary Abé The Piette Program in France Claire Gallou Just Down the Road: A Former Student’s Perspective on the Peabody Museum and Its Approach to Secondary Education Kristi Gilleon From Research to Education: The Peabody-Phillips Academy Connection Rebecca Miller Sykes Open Doors: A Retrospective on the Robert S. Peabody Museum Abigail Seldin List of Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Dictionary of the Ponca People presents approximately five thousand words and definitions used by Ponca speakers from the late nineteenth century to the present. Until relatively recently, the Ponca language had been passed down solely as part of an oral tradition in which children learned the language at home by listening to their elders. Almost every family on the southern Ponca reservation in Oklahoma spoke the language fluently until the 1940s, when English began to replace the Ponca language as children entered government boarding schools and were forced to learn English. In response to demand, Ponca language classes are now being offered to children and adults as people seek to gain knowledge of this important link to tradition and culture. Theapproximately five thousand words in this volumTrade Review“As Chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, I recently issued a State of Emergency as it relates to the near extinction of the Ponca Language in our Tribal Nation. Through assimilation and termination polices of the United States, our language is critically endangered. The Ponca Community Dictionary will be a vital tool in preserving and revitalizing the Ponca language. The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska will be utilizing it for future generations of Ponca speakers.”—Larry Wright Jr., chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska “This dictionary is the culmination of decades of work and persistence to save a language the U.S. federal government worked hard to eradicate. As a first language Ponca speaker, Louis Headman has worked tirelessly with teachers, elders, and citizens of both the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma to record and preserve their language. Because of their efforts, the Ponca language will endure long after the boarding schools the Federal Government erected to eliminate it.”—Mary Kathryn Nagle, citizen of Cherokee Nation, partner at Pipestem Law P.C., and author of Waaxe’s Law “As a descendent of Chief Headman, and nephew to Louis Headman, I can say emphatically that the importance of Ponca language preservation and maintenance cannot be overstated or taken for granted. It has been a journey to walk a few steps with my uncle who has been on a lifelong journey to accomplish this incredible and vast contribution to the future of Ponca speakers and singers.”—Randall Bruce Howe Ross, Ponca/Otoe Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Notes on Ponca Pronunciation and Grammar Part 1. Ponca to English Part 2. English to Ponca Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a vast array of primary and secondary sources, Roger L. Nichols traces the changing relationships between Native peoples and whites in the United States and Canada from colonial times to the present.Dividing this history into five stages, beginning with Native supremacy over European settlers and concluding with Native peoples’ political, economic, and cultural resurgence, Nichols carefully compares and contrasts the effects of each stage on Native populations in the United States and Canada. This second edition includes new chapters on major transformations from 1945 to the present, focusing on social issues such as transracial adoption of Native children, the uses of national and international media to gain public awareness, and demands for increasing respect for tribal religious practices, burial sites, and historic and funerary remains. Trade Review“A watershed study. . . . There is certainly no better place to begin and continue the comparison of the United States and Canada.”—Tony Gulig, Canadian Journal of History“The range of Nichols’s book is impressive and conveys an excellent overview of the changing position of Native peoples in American and Canadian history. It will appeal to both the specialist and the novice.”—Historical Journal of Massachusetts“Balanced and objective and a trustworthy point of departure for anyone curious about the subject. This will be a standard reference work for years to come.”—William T. Hagan, American Indian Libraries Newsletter“Writing within the framework of the two nations and their growth, Nichols nonetheless sees events as much from the Indian angle as from the white. . . . This is only one of many virtues in this thoughtful, largely successful, and ambitious book.”—Elliot West, Times Literary Supplement“This overview . . . [gives] students on both sides of the border a cogent reference work as well as a primer on themes of Indian-White relations grounded in the older literature, mixed with the latest revisionism of the New Indian History. . . . This is an earnest and admirable effort to do what no scholar has attempted.”—William R. Swagerty, Western Historical Quarterly“An insightful comparative history. . . . Nichols formulates a true comparative approach; rather than merely presenting the Canadian story alongside that of the U.S., he effectively integrates the two throughout the work.”—Choice“Nichols has made a significant contribution to Western hemispheric history and has demonstrated the value of comparative history for the study of multiracial relations at an international level.”—William E. Unrau, Pacific Northwest Quarterly“A useful and groundbreaking addition to existing works on Native history. Nichols has done an excellent job of bringing together a wealth of sources into a readable account and has taken an important first step in providing a foundation on which other comparative studies can be built.”—Rob Nestor, American Indian Quarterly“Highly recommended. [Nichols] is able to present complicated regional histories in a readable style.”—Laurie Weinstein, Ethnic Conflict Research DigestTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Acknowledgments for the Second Edition Introduction 1. Indians Meet the Spanish, French, and Dutch, 1513–1701 2. Indians and English near the Chesapeake, 1570s–1670s 3. Indians and English in New England, 1600–1670s 4. Trade, Diplomacy, Warfare, and Acculturation, 1670s–1750s 5. Striving for Independence, 1750–1790s 6. Old Threats, New Resolve, 1795–1820s 7. Cultural Persistence, Physical Retreat, 1820s–1860s 8. Societies under Siege, 1860s–1890 9. Surviving Marginalization, 1890s–1920 10. Change, Depression, and War, 1920–1945 11. Attacking Native Cultures and Communities, 1940–1970s 12. Indigenous Resources, Rights, and Self-Determination, 1940s–1990s 13. Indians and the Modern State, 1980s–Present Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska were among the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup'ik language and many traditions remain vital into the twenty-first century. Wise Words of the Yup'ik People documents their qanruyutait (adages, words of wisdom, and oral instructions) regarding the proper living of life.Trade Review“Significant and timely. . . . Wise Words of the Yup’ik People and Yup’ik Words of Wisdom together honor the richness of oral tradition among Alaska Natives while addressing a broader audience of the next generation of Yup’ik people, scholars of various disciplines, and policymakers alike.”—Andrea D. Robertson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly “This book will prove to be an important resource for scholars in the future, as well as an excellent record of Yup’ik oral culture.”—Polar Record“Valuable. . . . These texts are important vehicles for both the preservation and use of Yup’ik traditional knowledge for self-determination.”—CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction to the New Bison Books Edition Acknowledgments Introduction Yup’ik Transcription and Translation List of Yup’ik Contributors Elders Spoke and Young People Listened A Powerful Mind Boys Are Like Puppies, Ears Are Eyes, and Women Are Death Parents and Children Men and Women Those Who Are Rich in Relatives: Extended Family Relations Tuqluucaraq: The Way of Addressing One’s Relatives The World Contains No Others, Only Persons: Yup’ik Views of Self and Other Qanrucunailnguut: Those Who Do Not Listen and Adhere Eyagyarat: Abstinence Practices Making the Past Present: The Desertion of the Qasgi Notes Glossary References Index Map. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region

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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 to Trade 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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Book SynopsisBetween 1942 and 1945 more than two million servicemen occupied the southern Pacific theater, the majority of whom were Americans in service with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. During the occupation, American servicemen married approximately 1,800 women from New Zealand and the island Pacific, creating legal bonds through marriage and through children. Additionally, American servicemen fathered an estimated four thousand nonmarital children with Indigenous women in the South Pacific Command Area. In Of Love and War Angela Wanhalla details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind. Paying particular attention to the experiences of women in New Zealand and in the island Pacific-including Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, and the Cook Islands-Of Love and War aims to illuminate the impact of global war on these women, their families, and Pacific societies. Wanhalla argues that Pacific war brides are an important though largely neglected cohort whose experiences of U.S. military occupation expand our understanding of global war. By examining the effects of American law on the marital opportunities of couples, their ability to reunite in the immediate postwar years, and the citizenship status of any children born of wartime relationships, Wanhalla makes a significant contribution to a flourishing scholarship concerned with the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, and militarization in the World War II era. Trade Review“Of Love and War offers a methodological case study that historians of other conflicts can apply to their work in order to demonstrate the effects of war and militarization on women’s lives and the involvement of the U.S. military in regulating the personal lives of soldiers and occupied citizens. Angela Wanhalla paints a rich and compelling picture of the lives of soldiers and civilians in love and war. . . . Fascinating and well-researched.”—Heather Marie Stur, author of Saigon at War: South Vietnam and the Global SixtiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. War in the South Pacific 2. Pacific Home Fronts 3. Intimate Histories 4. Governing Marriage 5. Departing Pacific Shores 6. Married for the Duration 7. After They Sailed 8. Destinies Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“An extraordinarily vivid and detailed story, full of earthily realistic dialogue, told with an amazing storyteller’s craft.”—The Roundup “A serious anthropological study that reads like a combination of Tobacco Road with two parts of Studs Lonigan.”—New Republic “An entertaining and absorbing story about Indian life.”—True West "For Western fiction writers, there is much to glean here; for anthropologists . . . there is an opportunity here to read and reflect on the discipline and its relationship with indigenous people."—Tom Carpenter, Roundup Magazine

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Book SynopsisThe Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska were among the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup'ik language and many traditions remain vital into the twenty-first century. Wise Words of the Yup'ik People documents their qanruyutait (adages, words of wisdom, and oral instructions) regarding the proper living of life.Trade Review“Significant and timely. . . . Wise Words of the Yup’ik People and Yup’ik Words of Wisdom together honor the richness of oral tradition among Alaska Natives while addressing a broader audience of the next generation of Yup’ik people, scholars of various disciplines, and policymakers alike.”—Andrea D. Robertson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly “This book will prove to be an important resource for scholars in the future, as well as an excellent record of Yup’ik oral culture.”—Polar Record“Valuable. . . . These texts are important vehicles for both the preservation and use of Yup’ik traditional knowledge for self-determination.”—CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction to the New Bison Books Edition Acknowledgments Introduction Yup’ik Transcription and Translation List of Yup’ik Contributors Elders Spoke and Young People Listened A Powerful Mind Boys Are Like Puppies, Ears Are Eyes, and Women Are Death Parents and Children Men and Women Those Who Are Rich in Relatives: Extended Family Relations Tuqluucaraq: The Way of Addressing One’s Relatives The World Contains No Others, Only Persons: Yup’ik Views of Self and Other Qanrucunailnguut: Those Who Do Not Listen and Adhere Eyagyarat: Abstinence Practices Making the Past Present: The Desertion of the Qasgi Notes Glossary References Index Map. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region

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Book SynopsisThe Bungling Host motif appears in countless indigenous cultures in North America and beyond. In this groundbreaking work Daniel Clément has gatherednearlyfour hundred North American variants of the story to examine how myths acquire meaning for their indigenous users and explores how seemingly absurd narratives can prove to be a rich source of meaning when understood within the appropriate context. In analyzing the Bungling Host tales, Clément considers not only material culture but also social, economic, and cultural life; Native knowledge of the environment; and the world of plants and animals. Clément’s analysis uncovers four operational modes in myth construction and clarifies the relationship between mythology and science. Ultimately he demonstrates how science may have developed out of an operational mode that already existed in the mythological mind. Trade Review"I would argue that even for those of us who merely have to stroll to the refrigerator for food, the stories teach important lessons about the relations between humans, animals and the land, and about generosity and hospitality."—Margery Fee, Canadian Journal of Native Studies“Anthropologists have been analyzing the oral stories of Aboriginal cultures for a long time. Aboriginal peoples have also been untangling the stories told to them by their elders. Daniel Clément weaves these two perspectives together to get at the meaning of these ‘myths.’”—Stephen J. Augustine, hereditary chief, Mi’kmaq Grand Council “The introduction is one of the most readable critiques of structuralism I have ever seen. It is nuanced yet accessible and poses terrific questions about structuralism. I can imagine this [book] as a central resource for indigenous scholars, historians, naturalists, and anthropologists. It contributes greatly to the comparative study of mythology and contemporary studies of structural analysis.”—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 ContentsContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1. Caribou Takes In His Wife’s Dress (Subarctic) 2. Snake Makes a Meal in the Embers (Southwest) 3. The Fire Trap (Grand Basin) 4. While Bird Sings, Bear Cooks (Northwest Coast) 5. Seal Roasts His Hands (Northwest Coast) 6. Silver Fox Digs Up Yellow Jacket Larvae with His Penis (California) 7. Wildcat Beats a Blanket (California) 8. Deer Kills Her Children and Puts Their Bones Into the Water (Southwest) 9. Wolf Transforms Two Arrowheads into Mincemeat Puddings (Southwest) 10. Badger Pushes a Stick Down His Throat and Gets Yucca-Juice (Southwest) 11. Bison Skewers His Nose (Plains) 12. White-Tailed Deer Shoots at a Red Clay Bank (Plains) 13. Man Kills Bison with His Sharpened Leg (Plains, Plateau) 14. Black-Mountain-Bear Gets Persimmons by Leaning Against a Tree (Southeast) 15. Rabbit Gathers Canes (Southeast) 16. Squirrel Slits Open His Scrotum (Plains) 17. Duck Excretes Rice (Northeast) 18. Bird Gets Salmon Eggs by Striking His Ankle (Northwest Coast) 19. Muskrat Cooks Some Ice (Northeast) 20. Woodpecker Pulls Eels Out of Trees (Subarctic) Conclusion Appendix: Bungling Host Myths Notes Bibliography

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