Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books

Book SynopsisBrings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing understanding of indigeneity from first contact to the contemporary period in three of the world's major regions of indigenous peoples.Trade Review"One of the strengths of this collection is that the articles reference one another, providing critical links between the geographic regions and highlighting areas of similarity and difference between Indigenous agency and activism in diverse locales. The range of contributions with regard to content, writing style, and sources used makes the edited collection Hemispheric Indigeneities an excellent text for a course in contemporary Indigenous studies and one that would be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of folklore, history, theatre, literary studies, and anthropology."—Sarah Campbell, Journal of Folklore Research"Innovative in its effort to bring scholars from these different regions together, Hemispheric Indigeneities offers a solid contribution on which future comparative scholarship can build."—David Carey Jr., Hispanic American Historical Review“This collection makes a tremendous contribution to burgeoning discussions of Indigeneity. In rich and fascinating detail, each chapter elaborates processes and meanings of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ Indigenous across time and geographic space in the Americas. It is sure to enrich hemispheric and global dialogue about the nuances, diversity, complexities, and contradictions of Indigeneity both historically and in the contemporary world.”—Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa and coeditor of Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary ExperiencesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. First Contacts, First Nations 1. The Early Colonial Origins of Indigeneity in and around the Basin of Mexico Susan Kellogg 2. Existing Ancestralities and the Failure of Colonial Regimes Susan Elizabeth Ramírez 3. “We Do the Same Thing among Ourselves”: Becoming Indigenous in Atlantic Canada David T. McNab Part 2. Indigenous Survival and Selfhood in the Long Nineteenth Century 4. Everything Must Change so that Everything Can Stay the Same: Miscegenation, Racialization, and Culture in Modern Mesoamerica Luis Fernando Granados 5. From Prosperity to Poverty: Andeans in the Nineteenth Century Erick D. Langer 6. Nation Making / Nation Breaking: “Effective Control” of Aboriginal Lands and Peoples by Settlers in Transition Karl S. Hele Part 3. Asserting Indigeneity in the Contemporary Era 7. Asserting Indigeneity in Contemporary Mexico and Central America: Autonomy, Rights, and Confronting Nation-States Lynn Stephen 8. Against Coloniality: Andrés Jach’aqullu’s Indigenous Movement in the Era of the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki 9. Reel Visions: Snapshots from a Half Century of First Nations Cinema Miléna Santoro Postface. Indigenous Experience and Legacies 10. Travels of a Métis through Spirit Memory, around Turtle Island, and Beyond David T. McNab Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the economic impact of Native Americans who participated in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. The book tells the stories of labourers at the fair, uncovering the roles that they played in the changing economic conditions of tribal peoples, and redefining their place in the American socioeconomic landscape.Trade Review“Beck has given us a master class in historical research and interpretation. Drawing on an impressive array of previously unseen sources . . . he has assembled a picture of Indian-white interactions that, while notably unequal, nonetheless display Native American agency and determination in numerous directions. . . . Beck has done signal service in exposing the grounded reality of Indian-white economic relations at the height of the Gilded Age. It is not a pretty picture.”—Curtis M. Hinsley, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era"This is an important and deeply researched contribution and recommended reading for social and labor historians as well as those in Native history."—Julie Guard, Great Plains Research"This book will be of interest to specialists in the field of Native American studies. There is no other in-depth study of the Native Americans in this significant fair, and some labor historians will welcome the consideration of the commodification of labor in these tribes and its limits. It is a fresh way of thinking about this moment."—Rosemary Feurer, Nebraska History"Beck details the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that Indigenous people brought to Chicago—and took home—in the 1890s."—Katrina Phillips, Western Historical Quarterly"This is a revealing glimpse into such pioneers of American anthropology as Frederic Putnam, Franz Boas, and James Mooney. Undergraduate seminars will be well served with this volume as required reading, and even interested general readers will find it informative."—J.H. O’Donnell, Choice"Unfair Labor? is an important contribution to indigenous labor history, as well as to the history of world’s fairs."—Abigail Markwyn, Journal of American Ethnic History"Unfair Labor is the most thorough analysis we have of Native Americans’ involvement with the 1893 fair."—Robert W. Rydell, Journal of Arizona History"Unfair Labor? is captivating, well researched, and clearly written. It would be an excellent resource for a variety of upper-secondary and college-level history and American studies courses that cover labor, capitalism, material culture, public history, American Indians, or social forces, to name a few. The book would be a welcome addition to both public and academic libraries alike."—Julie Hawks, Journal of American Culture“Beck, a seasoned historian with a reputation for lucid prose, is modeling . . . a scholarly generosity that tacitly acknowledges how historical knowledge is built, distributed, absorbed, and remade. A meaningful addition to Beck’s body of work and the University of Nebraska Press’s noteworthy catalogue of Native American and Indigenous studies titles, Unfair Labor? demystifies, nuances, and legitimizes American Indians’ participation in the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.”—Meredith Conti, Theatre History Studies"Unfair Labor? is a carefully organized, argued, and focused contribution to Indigenous labor history. Beck takes good advantage of the vast archival resources related to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to generate a wide-angle snapshot of Indigenous people's efforts to navigate the ethnographic and performative income opportunities that arose under late nineteenth-century colonialism's sustained assimilationist assault."—Paige Raibmon, Native American and Indigenous StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Overview: American Indians and Ethnology at the Fair 1. Fair Representation? 2. Evolution of the American Indian Displays at the Fair Part 2. Before the Fair: Making Money at Home 3. Native People Collecting for the Fair 4. The Department of Ethnology Collecting for the Fair 5. Government Agencies Collecting for the Fair Part 3. During the Fair: Working in Chicago 6. Working the Anthropological and Education Displays 7. Working the Commercial Displays 8. Those Left Out Afterword/Afterward: American Indians and Their New World Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Walking to Magdalena, Seth Schermerhorn explores a question that is central to the interface of religious studies and Native American and indigenous studies: What have Native peoples made of Christianity? By focusing on the annual pilgrimage of the Tohono O’odham to Magdalena in Sonora, Mexico, Schermerhorn examines how these indigenous people of southern Arizona have made Christianity their own. This walk serves as the entry point for larger questions about what the Tohono O’odham have made of Christianity. With scholarly rigor and passionate empathy, Schermerhorn offers a deep understanding of Tohono O’odham Christian traditions as practiced in everyday life and in the words of the O’odham themselves. The author’s rich ethnographic description and analyses are also drawn from his experiences accompanying a group ofO’odham walkers on their pilgrimage to Saint Francis in Magdalena. For many years scholars have agreed thaTrade Review“In the tradition of Keith Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places, Seth Schermerhorn’s Walking to Magdalena grounds the study of Native American religion, and in this case Tohono O’odham Catholicism, in a profoundly sophisticated sense of place and deliberate movement across ancestral landscapes. Theoretically informed and tangibly grounded in respectful relationships with Tohono O’odham elders, Walking to Magdalena is as humble a book as it is game-changing. We come to think differently about pilgrimage, the indigenization of Christianity, and what it might mean to become fully human.”—Michael D. McNally, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religion at Carleton College"With methodological sophistication, sound original arguments, emic sensitivity, and even a good dose of self-aware, self-deprecating humor, Walking to Magdalena may very well become a young classic in the study of Native American Christianity."—David J. Howlett, Journal of the American Academy of Religion"[Schermerhorn] provokes in a wonderful way. . . . Walking to Magdalena succeeds as a study of walking and as a study in listening, and as such will be a welcome contribution across several fields within religious studies."—Kathleen Holscher, Journal of Religion"Walking to Magdalena makes many original contributions to the anthropology of the Southwest, and readers interested in these theoretical discussions (from ontology to transnationalism) will profit enormously from poring over the rich and sensitive ethnography in this book. As such, this book makes a number of important contributions to anthropology—as well as to the allied disciplines of Native American studies, history, and religious studies."—Sean O’Neill, Journal of Anthropological Research"Probably not since Ruth M. Underhill’s Singing for Power: The Song Magic of the Papago Indians of Southern Arizona . . . has anyone devoted a study to O’odham pilgrimage traditions. . . . Students of O’odham culture and history now have a worthy companion to Underhill’s seminal text."—David Martinez, Kiva: Journal of Southwestern Anthropology & History"Twenty years ago, Michael D. McNally proposed a compelling framework for decolonizing the study of Native American religions. . . . Nowhere since has that approach found greater resonance than in Seth Schermerhorn’s Walking to Magdalena, a terrific new book that reformulates McNally’s historiographical method as ethnographic practice."—Maxine Allison Vande Vaarst, Western Historical Quarterly"Walking to Magdalena is a fine ethnography that contributes to the emerging understanding of embodiment, emplacement, and religious co-existence or layering in contemporary cultures. Schermerhorn demonstrates a mastery of several bodies of academic literature, including anthropology and religious studies."—Jack David Eller, Reading Religion"This is a worthwhile text that demonstrates the deep importance and meaning that O’odham and other Indigenous peoples convey as they complete their yearly walk to Magdalena."—Juan A. Avila-Hernandez, Native American and Indigenous Studies"The subject-matter of the book is original: a decade-long partnership with the O'odham, built on trust, offers the reader insights into contemporary, every-day, lived religious experiences of this Indigenous Catholic community. . . . The conscious revelation of self, as it sits alongside the presentation of the O'odham, allows the author to acknowledge his position as the author, without effacing the co-production of this work with his partners in the O'odham community."—Kathryn N. Gray, Transmotion"This book will be of interest to those concerned with Native American Christianities, theories of pilgrimage, and the interaction between selfhood and place. Scholars of Tohono O’odham culture will be particularly drawn to this text, which provides such a careful analysis of material culture and song work."—Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Material ReligionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Tohono O’odham Pronunciation Guide Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Personhood and Place 2. O’odham Songscapes 3. Walkers and Their Staffs 4. Walking to Magdalena 5. Writing O’odham History Conclusion Appendix 1: O’odham Religious History and the Magdalena Pilgrimage Appendix 2: O’odham Speech Genres Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMemory Wars is an ethnographic study that explores how commemorative sites and patriotic fanfare marking the mission of General John Sullivan into Iroquois territory during the Revolutionary War continue to shape historical understandings today.Trade Review"Beginning with the question of how settlers dealt with the knowledge that their presence on particular lands resulted from others' dispossession, Smith examines an array of diverse, often overlooked primary sources and places them into conversation with theoretical studies on memory work and historical consciousness. The result is a much-needed intervention in early American studies."—J. W. Parmenter, Choice“A. Lynn Smith demonstrates the power of combining history and ethnography in the study of historical consciousness. At once a history of commemoration and an ethnography of remembrance, the book illuminates long, tangled histories of both settler and Native understandings of events at the heart of the American origin story.”—Geoffrey M. White, author of Memorializing Pearl Harbor: Unfinished Histories and the Work of Remembrance“Important and timely. Memory Wars is relevant to public historians, museum professionals, and others who study, create, and dismantle narratives consumed by the public at interpretive sites. It makes a contribution to early American history by challenging the interpretations of the Sullivan Expedition and its commemoration and the erasure of intra-settler conflicts. Finally, the research makes a significant contribution to Native American history.”—Dawn G. Marsh, author of A Lenape among the Quakers: The Life of Hannah Freeman“An excellent case study of historical memory formation that is relevant to contemporary debates over commemorations and the legacy of settler colonialism grounded in especially fascinating fieldwork. This is a very engaging read.”—Andrew Newman, author of On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and MemoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgements Terminology Introduction: The Stories We Tell Part I: Origins: Settler Colonial Public Memory Pennsylvania: In the Shadow of Wyoming 1. Yankee Insurgency and the Battle of Wyoming 2. Patriotic Women Celebrate Sullivan 3. Pennsylvania’s 1929 Sullivan Series New York: Replacement through Just Warfare 4. Ambivalent Festivities and the Newtown Centennial of 1879 5. Inventing “Sullivan-Clinton” for New York 6. Celebrating Sullivan in Indian Country 7. The 1929 “Pageant of Decision” 8. A Tale of Two States Part 2: Reverberations: The Revolutionary Past in Contemporary America 9. Dueling Celebrations 10. Pennsylvania 11. New York 12. Changing the Narrative Part 3: Interventions: Indigenous Histories of Settler Colonialism 13. Haudenosaunee Historical Consciousness Epilogue Bibliography Notes Index

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Book Synopsis2019 High Plains Book Award (Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer categories) 2021 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado In Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father about her “real” parents. He replied that they had died in a car accident not long after she was born—except they hadn’t, as Harness would learn in a conversation with a social worker a few years later. Harness’s search for answers revolved around her need to ascertain why she was the target of racist remarks and why she seemed always to be on the outside looking in. New questions followed her through college and into her twenties when she started her own family. Meeting her biological family in her early thirties generated evenTrade Review"What does it mean to be Native when you weren't raised Native? What does it mean when the members of your birth family who remained on the reservation tell you that you were lucky to be raised elsewhere, but you don’t feel lucky? Harness brings us right into the middle of these questions and shows how emotionally fraught they can be. . . . It's time everyone learned about the many ways there are of being Native."—Carter Meland, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune"Harness's memoir tells a story that we are not often told, one that has taken a generation of knowledge from us and held it hostage, trapped in liminal spaces just out of reach, locked in government offices and files. Hers is a story that our old people remember, but cannot tell, and one that our young people need to hear."—Tarren Andrews, Transmotion"Harness has converted her childhood and early adulthood traumas into a story that can save lives. Bitterroot will be a soothing balm, an extended hand, to anyone who faces the demons of abuse and trauma and is an authoritative guide to those seeking to understand the historical and social structures that perpetuate the vulnerability of Indigenous children and families today."—Katrina Jagodinsky, Oregon Historical Quarterly"The collective scholarly and political work that Harness’s writing has supported and inspired, and now is continuing in her memoir, offers the hope that a more humane approach to transracial adoption—one that works with and learns from Indigenous traditions—is possible."—Lori Askeland, Adoption and Culture“One Salish-Kootenai woman’s journey, this memoir is a heart-wrenching story of finding family and herself, and of a particularly horrific time in Native history. It is a strong and well-told narrative of adoption, survival, resilience, and is truthfully revealed.”—Luana Ross (Bitterroot Salish), codirector of Native Voices Documentary Film at the University of Washington and author of Inventing the Savage "Making sense of her family, the American Indian history of assimilation, and the very real—but culturally constructed—concept of race helped Harness answer the often puzzling questions of stereotypes, a sense of nonbelonging, the meaning of family, and the importance of forgiveness and self-acceptance. In the process Bitterroot also provides a deep and rich context in which to experience life."—Prairie Edge"A moving tale of assimilation and cultural search for identity."—Vernon Schmid, Roundup Magazine"Though there is a distinct sense of dissonance throughout the book, Sue still locates pride in her heritage, when all is said and done. And in finding pride in a troubled history, she is more able to combat her own internal conflict. Despite feelings of abandonment and nonbelonging, love and understanding can still prevail."—Victoria Collins, Hippocampus Magazine"As with any good memoirist, Susan Devan Harness intersperses the past with the present to create dramatic tension, relating how her experience as the American Indian adoptee of white parents shaped her understanding of identity, family, and social responsibility."—House of Books“Bitterroot is an inspiration—one woman’s quest to find herself among the racial, cultural, economic, and historical fault lines of the American West. A compelling, important memoir, as tenaciously beautiful as the flower for which it’s named.”—Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, author of Presentimiento: A Life in DreamsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue 1. I Wasn’t Born; I Was Adopted 2. Coming-of-Age without a Net 3. Coping Mechanisms 4. Lost Bearings 5. Sliding 6. Fort Laramie 7. Institutions of Higher Learning 8. Coyote 9. How Rez Cars Are Made 10. Thicker Than Water, Thinner Than Time 11. In Memory 12. Too White to Be Indian, Too Indian to Be White 13. This Once Used to Be Ours 14. Integration 15. Custer’s Ghost 16. Vernon 17. Will You Be Here Tomorrow? 18. Gifts 19. Losing the Master Key Epilogue

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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 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 SynopsisWeaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, Deep Waters demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification.Trade Review"Christopher Teuton's study of four American Indian writers . . . offers a useful model for theorizing the interdependence of oral and written traditions within Indigenous communities."—Lindsey Claire Smith, Great Plains Quarterly"Articulating a much-needed change in the way scholars approach Native American literatures, Teuton's thought-provoking study redefines one's sense of the relationship between tradition and modernity and poses significant questions for further research and work in the field."—C.L. Sheffield, Choice“Teuton moves elegantly between his tribal background and a multitribal approach that makes a convincing claim for rethinking the role of media in arguments about indigenous literary studies—indeed, in literary studies across the board.”—Wicazo Sa Review“A careful examination of modes of Native American storytelling focusing on links between the oral, graphic, and critical impulses.”—Richard Mace, Pennsylvania Literary JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Diving into Deep Waters 1. The Oral Impulse, the Graphic Impulse, and the Critical Impulse: Reframing Signification in American Indian Literary Studies 2. N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Vision, Textuality, and History 3. Trickster Leads the Way: A Reading of Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles 4. Transforming "Eventuality": The Aesthetics of a Tribal "Word-Collector" in Ray A. Young Bear's Black Eagle Child and Remnants of the First Earth 5. Interpreting Our World: Authority and the Written Word in Robert J. Conley's Real People Series Epilogue: Building Ground in American Indian Textual Studies Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThe natural wealth of the Amazon and Andes has long attracted fortune seekers, from explorers, farmers, and gold panners to multimillion-dollar mining, oil and gas, and timber operations. Modern demands for commodities have given rise to new development schemes, including hydroelectric dams, open cast mines, and industrial agricultural operations. The history of human habitation in this region is intimately tied to its rich biodiversity, and the Amazon basin is home to scores of indigenous groups, many of whom have populations so small that their cultural and physical survival is endangered. Landscapes of Inequity explores the debate over rights to and use of resources and addresses fundamental questions that inform the debate in the western Amazon basin, from the Andes Mountains to the tropical lowlands. Beginning with an examination of the divergent conceptual interpretations of environmental justice, the volume explores the issue from two interlocking perspectives: of indigenous pTrade Review“Environmental injustice most often plays out of sight and mind. Landscapes of Inequity’s brilliant analysis helps ensure this can never happen again. A must-read.”—Thomas E. Lovejoy, University Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University“Landscapes of Inequity provides a sensitive and nuanced road map of the last thirty years of efforts to introduce new models of development in Amazonia and is an unusually coherent collection for understanding the good the bad and the ugly in the transformation of the Latin American tropics.”—Susanna B. Hecht, professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, Institute of the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Maps List of Tables Introduction Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. RobinsPart 1. Extracting Resources, Imposing Inequity 1. A Toxic Reckoning: Legacy Contamination in Huancavelica, Peru Nicholas A. Robins 2. When the Rivers Run Black: Oil and Inequity in the Western Amazon Barbara J. FraserPart 2. Macro-Development and Marginalization 3. Environmental Justice and Brazil’s Amazonian Dams Philip M. Fearnside 4. When Plurinational States Undermine Indigenous Territories: TIPNIS in Bolivia Carwil Bjork-James 5. Environmental Justice in the REDD+ Frontier: Experiences from the Amazon and Beyond Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti and Anne M. LarsonPart 3. Territorial Rights, Ecocosmology, and the Quest for Environmental Justice 6. Indigenism, Isolation, and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in the Javari River Valley Barbara Arisi and Felipe Milanez 7. We Are Here: The State of Community-Based Landscapes in Peru Richard Chase Smith 8. In Search of Justice and Power: Contentious Experiences of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Latin America Roger Merino 9. Indigenous Amazonian Peoples and the Struggle for Environmental Justice in Lowland South America Jonathan D. Hill Epilogue: Is Environmental Justice in the Andes-Amazon Region Illusive, Elusive, or within Reach? Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. Robins Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTells the epic story of one of the early battles for reservation public schools. Martha Louise Hipp describes the successful fight through sustained Native community activism for public school sovereignty during the late 1960s and 1970s on the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes' Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.Trade Review"Martha Louise Hipp's Sovereign Schools candidly illustrates, through exhaustive research and oral interviews, the resiliency of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribal Nations."—Cynthia Landrum, Middle West Reviews"Sovereign Schools definitely belongs on the shelf of students of Indian history and the struggle for self-determination. Martha Louise Hipp ably gives the reader a front row seat to observe this effort."—Kenneth Zontek, Annals of Wyoming"This is a case study that informs and inspires."—Bob Clark, Roundup Magazine“Taking readers through the rocky terrain of state and federal government politics on matters of Indians in general and those specifically related to the Northern Arapaho on the Wind River reservation, Martha Hipp masterfully blends historical and personal accounts of Arapahos who, though scarred by Anglocentric government policies, persevered to assert their sovereignty in establishing their schools.”—Neyooxet Greymorning, professor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of Montana“I am reminded of the struggles, obstacles, barriers, and economic racism that the founders of Wyoming Indian High School endured; this only made them more determined to achieve their goal to establish a public high school. The grassroots effort of the Native community followed its own path to self-determination at Wind River.”—W. Patrick Goggles, former Wyoming state representative and former chairman of the Wyoming Indian School BoardTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Precursors: Massacres, “Agreements,” Boarding Schools, and Strategies for Survival 2. Self-Determination: A Twentieth-Century Use for the Schools 3. Why the Wind River People Wanted a School: Late 1960s 4. False Promises: Mid-1971 5. The Non-Indian Fight over Indian Resources: Fluid Minerals and Hard Feelings, 1969–72 6. Reservation Organizations Oppose the School: Early 1970s 7. Indian School Opens: 1971–72 8. Indian People Speak, Face Retaliation: 1972–73 9. Fights in the Wyoming and Federal Courts: 1973–75 10. Control of Their Destiny: 1975–80s 11. As Seen from the Sun Dance Grounds: A Public School Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA memoir that bridges the personal and professional experiences of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Having spent much of her life illuminating the tragic irony of being an Indian in America, this provocative and often controversial writer narrates the story of her intellectual life in the field of Indian studies.Trade Review“As a Native intellectual and a Dakota intellectual, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn constructs indigeneity as well as her own life while deconstructing U.S. settler-colonialism. She is one of the world’s experts on the subject area, which gives the subjective text a solid foundation. The book is beautifully written, poetic, lyrical, a signature style. It is truly a brilliant work.”—Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, winner of the American Book Award"In Defense of Loose Translations is eyewitness testimony of what Native academics lived through as they infiltrated settler-colonial institutions of higher education, purposefully and diligently working to advance the inclusion of Native history, literature, politics, and environmental management into Western-based Euro-American pedagogy, unmasking pretenders who played Indian to advance themselves and jeopardize fledgling Native programs and scholars as they pursued their self-interests."—Kerri J. Malloy, American Indian Quarterly"Cook-Lynn's sharp wit, careful deconstruction of U.S. policies, and commentary on the complicity of politicians and the press in propping up a sanitized version of the national history could well be, at this point, a matter of preaching to the converted. Those unfamiliar with her work, however, can find much to admire in her positions and may be drawn to consult her earlier writings. She embodies a remarkable consistency and remains unflinching in her dedication to her truth. . . . What she presents is a metamemoir, one we will do well to digest and discuss—or dismiss to our detriment."—Eric P. Anderson, Kansas HistoryTable of Contents Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24. Keyapi

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to speak Sakha in the city? Words Like Birds, a linguistic ethnography of Sakha discourses and practices in urban far eastern Russia, examines the factors that have aided speakers in maintaining—and adapting—their minority language over the course of four hundred years of contact with Russian speakers and the federal power apparatus.Words Like Birds analyzes modern Sakha linguistic sensibilities and practices in the urban space of Yakutsk. Sakha is a north Siberian Turkic language spoken primarily in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in the northeastern Russian Federation. For Sakha speakers, Russian colonization in the region inaugurated a tumultuous history in which their language was at times officially supported and promoted and at other times repressed and discouraged. Jenanne Ferguson explores the communicative norms that arose in response to the top-down promotion of the Russian language in the public sphere andTrade Review"Informed by an awareness of comparable case studies of Native American and other Indigenous language revitalization projects, Words Like Birds is itself a must-read not just for specialists but for all who regard language as a critical resource for maintaining Indigenous cultures and for those who know that revitalization and reclamation are so much more than merely language documentation."—Paul V. Kroskrity, Native American and Indigenous Studies“Ferguson’s vibrant ethnography offers a multifaceted view of contemporary Sakha cultural and linguistic practices, blending analyses of syncretism and language revitalization with explorations of place, movement, and belief to capture speakers’ complex understandings of what it means to be Sakha.”—J. A. Dickinson, associate professor of anthropology at the University of VermontTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Transcription and Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction: A Short History of Sakha 1. We Have Always Been Adaptable: Frameworks for Sakha Language Vitality 2. Sakha under the Tsars and Beyond: Language Policies and Communicative Norms 3. Like Sweet Cream and Lingonberries: Language, Spirits, and Sustenance 4. One Drop Traveling along a Great Artery: Moving the Ulus to the City 5. Sakhalyy in the City: Language Mixing and Indexing Authenticity 6. Acquiring Russian, Maintaining Sakha: Language Choices and Life Trajectories 7. Ohuokhaj in Lenin Square, Hip Hop in Virtual Tühulgeter: Adapting New Spaces for Sakha Conclusion: Words Like Birds Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a stunning relational analysis of social, cultural, and linguistic change in the Lower Mississippi Valley from 500 to 1700. David Kaufman charts how linguistic evidence aids the understanding of earlier cultural and social patterns, traces the diaspora of indigenous peoples, and uncovers instances of human migration.Trade Review"In Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories, Kaufman, an independent researcher who focuses on indigenous language documentation, revitalization, and language contact, uses linguistic evidence to provide an enlightening account of the social and cultural history of this area. Well written and comprehensive, this volume traces the linguistic and trade ties between the Lower Mississippi Valley and other settlements, most notably Cahokia near present-day St. Louis, which was larger even than London at the time. Detailing the influence of Cahokia on the trade routes and language of the Lower Mississippi Valley, this work suggests an even larger network of cultural exchange, spanning as far north as the Ohio Valley and as far south as the Valley of Mexico. Scholars will appreciate the detailed accounts of the many indigenous languages that have sadly been nearly lost in terms of present-day active speakers, making this a useful resource for those working to revitalize these languages. This text is a feast of information for students in Native American studies, archaeology, history, anthropology, and linguistics."—B. E. Johansen, Choice"Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories effectively employs multiple sources of information to provide innovative insights in the culture and linguistic history of the LMV."—Colin M. Betts, Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society“Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories assembles a wide range of information about the peoples, cultures, migrations, archeological traditions, and languages of the area called the Lower Mississippi Valley. Scholars will welcome the compilation and analysis of so many interrelated aspects of this area.”—Marcia Haag, professor of linguistics at the University of Oklahoma“Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories offers a composite portrait of the past based on evidence from linguistics, ethnography, and history, while shedding light on the movement of ideas across linguistic and cultural boundaries. As such, it provides a compelling reconsideration of life in the Mississippi Valley, an area that has attracted broad public interest for generations.”—Sean O’Neill, associate professor of anthropology at the University of OklahomaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part 1. Geography, Archaeology, Peoples, and Languages 1. Geography and Environment 2. Archaeology and History 3. Peoples, Migrations, and Languages Part 2. Language Contact 4. Language Contact 5. Phonetic and Phonological Features 6. Morphological Features 7. Word Borrowings and Calques Conclusion Appendix: Sample Texts from the LMV Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the lives, activism, and intellectual contributions of Henry Cloud (1884-1950), a Ho-Chunk, and Elizabeth Bender Cloud (1887-1965), an Ojibwe, both of whom grew up amid settler colonialism that attempted to break their connection to Native land, treaty rights, and tribal identities.Trade Review"Ramirez tells a valuable story of indigenous resistance and a family legacy of activism."—Publishers Weekly"The themes that Ramirez presents in this book are of great relevance today to the ways in which we examine Indigenous resistance in the settler colonial state, making this book extremely useful and accessible to scholars in a variety of fields, from Indigenous studies, to anthropology, geography, and history."—Deondre Smiles, Great Plains Quarterly"These elegant family sources reveal Henry Cloud as a genuinely indigenous person. Ramirez emphasizes, for example, how her grandfather loved to tell Winnebago Trickster (“Wakdjunkaga”) stories. And these stories are as marvelous and complex as this storyteller."—Dennis (Denny) J. Smith, Nebraska History"An important and informative examination of the careers of two brilliant and proficient activists."—Jay Freeman, Booklist"Ramirez pulls from archives and personal letters to give us a full picture of her grandparents' activist work, including the contradictions, at a time when Indian activism was virtually unheard of."—Mark Anthony Rolo, Progressive"Ramirez's work offers both an intimate story of a scholar's family and insights into how Native Americans navigated and shaped twentieth-century settler colonialism as it operated through institutions that allowed some space for Native participation."—Mark Boxell, Kansas History"Ramirez offers priceless insights into the Clouds’ lives as Native intellectuals coming of age in the oppressive early decades of the twentieth century."—K. Tsianina Lomawaima, Native American and Indigenous Studies“Moving. . . . This is the first project authored by a descendant of these leaders and offers a uniquely nuanced understanding of their activism. The book is a beautiful contribution to the literature on the early twentieth-century Native American experience and honors the life and legacy of two extraordinary leaders.”—Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk), associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums “Renya Ramirez explores how Ho-Chunk and Ojibwe cultures influenced [her grandparents’] shared visions. . . . [and] discusses the vital work of these two leaders in a deeply personal voice.”—Lisbeth Haas, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Saints and Citizens: Indigenous Histories of Colonial and Mexican California “Ramirez’s insightful biography of Henry and Elizabeth Cloud is an excellent example of ‘writing from home,’ and shows us the full richness of the Clouds’ lives as well as their important legacies, both personal and political.”—Cathleen Cahill, associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University and author of Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869–1933Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Henry Cloud’s Childhood and Young Adulthood 2. Society of American Indians and the American Indian Institute 3. Henry Cloud’s Role in the Meriam Report, the Indian Reorganization Act, and the Haskell Institute 4. The Work of Henry and Elizabeth Cloud at Umatilla 5. Elizabeth Bender Cloud’s Intellectual Work and Activism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMargaret Pollak explores experiences, understandings, and care of diabetes in a Native urban community in Chicago made up of individuals representing more than one hundred tribes from across the United States and Canada.Trade Review"Pollak's book is an important and valuable addition to medical historiography. It will be beneficial to a wide audience in the field of history as well as for medical professionals and clinicians. The use of oral history is important in a study like this to give voice to those who have been previously hidden from history. The book is extremely well written and has an excellent flow. It was an enjoyable read and covers a fascinating scope."—Lauren Young, H-Sci-Med-Tech"Drawing on extensive ethnographic interviews, observations, informal conversations, surveys, and field literature, Pollak offers a rich exploration of indigenous Chicagoans' experiences, care, and cultural understandings, noting how diabetes shapes beliefs and practices among those living with the disease and care providers. The study concludes by broadly examining historical and contemporary factors that led to the ongoing epidemic, and subsequently formulated indigenous lay perceptions of illness and health, and how that knowledge may be incorporated into the health-care system to strengthen outcomes, making this book an important contribution."—G. R. Campbell, Choice“The interdisciplinary approach to this subject makes an important contribution not only to medical anthropology and Native American studies but also to public health, medical humanities, American studies, and cultural studies. Pollak deftly and simply lays out the discursive turns of biomedical explanations about diabetes within historical context and also demonstrates the structural injustices that complicate biomedical interventions.”—Sandra L. Garner, author of To Come to a Better Understanding: Medicine Men and Clergy Meetings on the Rosebud Reservation, 1973–1978Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Building of Chicago’s Contemporary Indigenous American Population 2. Native Chicago 3. Diabetes among Indigenous Americans 4. Diabetes in Native Chicago 5. Local Understandings and Explanations of Diabetes 6. Care in the Context of Chronicity Conclusion Appendix 1: Interview Participants Appendix 2: Sample Questions Appendix 3: Research Approval Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the relationship between the Dakota Sioux community and the schools and surrounding region, as well as its long-term effort to maintain its role as caretaker of the “sacred citadel” of its people.Trade Review"Landrum has produced an excellent monograph on the history of the Flandreau and Pipestone schools. The book demonstrates how Dakota peoples embraced the educational process at these institutions as a means to confront banishment, displacement, and attempted erasure by the U.S. government during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."—John R. Legg, Middle West Review"The Dakota Sioux Experience works well as a case study of federal Indian boarding schools and their impact on Native communities. Drawing from archived government reports, as well as personal correspondence, memoirs, and oral history interviews from former students, Landrum presents a detailed, balanced history of the schools’ construction, recruitment strategies, academic curricula, and vocational opportunities."—Rose Buchanan, Native American and Indigenous Studies"This book is an important contribution to the growing literature on American Indians and boarding schools."—Elise Boxer, North Dakota History"This book will appeal to scholars, historians, federal boarding school descendants, Dakota people, and all Native people."—Nancy F. Carlson, Nebraska History“This study of the Flandreau and Pipestone Indian Schools is important because it covers the two schools in great depth while also linking various historical contexts and periods. This book will appeal to both scholars in the field and to descendants of the schools’ students. I especially appreciate Landrum’s inclusion of the specter of race science regarding student evaluations at the schools. She also has further clarified and added greater nuance to the discussion of the Puritan ‘praying towns’ and provided a valuable discussion of the self-pedagogy of the Five Civilized Tribes.”—Hayes P. Mauro, associate professor of art and design at CUNY’s Queensborough Community College and author of The Art of Americanization at the Carlisle Indian School“Landrum’s work provides thorough institutional histories of the Flandreau and Pipestone boarding schools and explains how changing federal Indian policies impacted those who taught, administered, and attended them. She also includes a collection of personal reflections, some heartbreaking and some uplifting, by those who passed through those schools.”—Tim Garrison, professor of history at Portland State University and coeditor of The Native South: New Histories and Enduring LegaciesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. History 1. Missionaries and Education in the Upper Midwest 2. The Early Years 3. The Indian New Deal 4. Termination Legislation and Closure of Pipestone Indian School 5. Self-Determination Part 2. Student Reflections 6. Flandreau Indian School 7. Pipestone Indian School Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProvides a linguistically accurate written record of the endangered Upper Tanana language. Serving as a descriptive grammar of the Upper Tanana language, the book meticulously details a language that is currently fluently spoken by approximately fifty people in limited parts of Alaska's eastern interior and Canada's Yukon Territory.Trade Review“A Grammar of Upper Tanana, Volume 1 moves an already high bar for work on Dene languages even higher with its in-depth coverage of the standard topics enhanced by sections on the semantics of various morphemes, interjections, and nonverbal predicates. It is an outstanding contribution to the understanding of this language.”—Keren Rice, former president of both the Canadian Linguistic Association and the Linguistic Society of America Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Preface I Background 1 About this grammar 2 About Upper Tanana 3 Dialects 4 Some cultural background II Phonology 5 Consonants 6 Vowels 7 Tone 8 A historical perspective on the sound system 9 Stem-initial fricative lenition 10 Syllable structure 11 Light and heavy stems 12 The practical orthography III Lexical categories 13 Nouns 14 Verbs 15 Free postpositions 16 Adverbs 17 Directionals 18 Adjectives and modifiers 19 Pronouns 20 Numerals 21 Other minor word categories IV Morphology 22 Possessor inflection 23 Inflection of postpositions 24 Verbal morphology: An overview 25 Verb theme categories 26 Verb stem 27 Voice/valence markers 28 Subject marking 29 Conjugation and mode prefixes 30 Qualifiers 31 Pronominal prefixes 32 Distributive prefix 33 Incorporated roots 34 Iterative prefix 35 Adverbial-derivational prefixes 36 Bound postpositions 37 Verbal suffixes References

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Book Synopsis2023 NASSH Anthologies Book Award FinalistThe Imperial Gridiron examines the competing versions of manhood at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School between 1879 and 1918. Students often arrived at Carlisle already engrained with Indigenous ideals of masculinity. On many occasions these ideals would come into conflict with the models of manhood created by the school’s original superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt believed that Native Americans required the “embrace of civilization,” and he emphasized the qualities of self-control, Christian ethics, and retaliatory masculinity. He encouraged sportsmanship and fair play over victory. Pratt’s successors, however, adopted a different approach, and victory was enshrined as the main objective of Carlisle sports. As major stars like Jim Thorpe and Lewis Tewanima came to the fore, this change in approach created a conflict over manhood within the school: should the competitive athletiTrade Review"[The Imperial Gridiron] is a valuable contribution that is truly the collaborative product of two fine scholars."—Wade Davies, South Dakota History"The Imperial Gridiron provides another good addition to the study of the complexities of race and athletics that continue to find discourse inside and outside of academia."—Roger Moore, Chronicles of Oklahoma“Carlisle football teams always aimed to show off masculine American Indian bodies. Tracing shifts in the meaning of that display—from virtuous civilization to a more brutal physicality—Matthew Bentley and John Bloom tell a powerful new story about the internal contradictions and long decline of America’s iconic Indian boarding school. A revelatory book that is not to be missed.”—Philip J. Deloria, author of Indians in Unexpected Places“Clear and engaging. This book offers an accessible history of the entanglements of race, empire, sport, gender, and schooling as manifested in the play of football at the Carlisle institution. While we are fortunate to have an increasingly sophisticated literature focused on Native Americans in the field of sports studies, this book stands alone in its close reading of masculinity, racial formation, and modernity.”—C. Richard King, author of Redskins: Insult and Brand“The Imperial Gridiron contributes significantly to the fields of off-reservation Indian boarding school studies, sport studies, and studies on masculinity. What makes this book unique is that it offers a serious interrogation of Native athletes and masculinity by providing the reader with scholarly and theoretical depth.”—Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, author of Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902–1929Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Manhood at Carlisle, 1879–1903 2. Playing White Men, 1893–1903 3. The Rise of Athletic Masculinity at Carlisle, 1904–1913 4. “Civilization” on Trial 5. The Aftermath Epilogue Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFollowing previous dialect studies concerned primarily with varieties of Ojibwe spoken in Canada, Relativization in Ojibwe presents the first study of dialect variation for varieties spoken in the United States and along the border region of Ontario and Minnesota.Trade Review“Breaking new ground with some of the world’s best tribal language speakers, Michael Sullivan has forged a powerful tool for revitalization of Ojibwe. The Ojibwe language is in motion. From linguists in the ivory tower to the staff of the immersion schools sprouting up across Ojibwe country, this is required reading.”—Anton Treuer, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. A Basic Introduction to the Study 1.1. Purpose and Goals 1.2. Ojibwe Relative Clauses 1.2.1. What Is a Relative Clause? 1.2.2. Linguistic Preliminaries 1.2.3. Ojibwe RCs 1.2.3.1. Core versus Relative Root Arguments 1.2.4. Variation in SW Ojibwe 1.3. Algonquian Dialectology 1.3.1. Ojibwe Dialects 1.3.2. Implications of Classifications 1.3.3. Southwestern Ojibwe 1.3.4. Literature Review: Dialect Studies 1.3.4.1. Rhodes and Todd (1981) 1.3.4.2. Valentine (1994) 1.3.4.3. Nichols (2011, 2012) 1.4. Literature Review: Algonquian RCs 1.4.1. Rhodes (1996) 1.4.2. Johns (1982) 1.4.3. Johansson (2011) 1.4.4. Johansson (2013) 1.4.5. Lochbihler and Mathieu (2013) 1.5. Theoretical Preliminaries 1.5.1. Nonconfigurationality 1.5.1.1. The Pronominal Argument Hypothesis (PAH) 1.5.2. The Mirror Principle and the Minimalist Program 1.5.2.1. Feature Checking 1.5.2.2. Independent versus Conjunct 1.5.3. Split-CP Hypothesis (Rizzi 1997) 1.6. Conclusion 1.6.1. Concluding Remarks 2. Ojibwe Morphosyntax 2.1. Typological Preliminaries 2.2. The Sound System 2.2.1. The Vowels 2.2.2. Consonant Inventory 2.3. Morphology 2.3.1. Nouns 2.3.2. Pronouns 2.3.3. Verbal Morphology 2.3.3.1. Palatalization 2.3.3.2. Nominalization 2.3.4. Preverbs 2.4. Inflectional Subsystems 2.4.1. Modes 2.5. Topicality Hierarchy 2.5.1. Obviation 2.6. Initial Change 2.6.1. Wh-questions 2.6.2. Participles 2.6.3. Past/Completive 2.7. Word Order and Clause Structure 2.7.1. The Noun Phrase 2.7.2. Basic Constituency Order 2.7.3. The Left Periphery 2.7.3.1. Focus 2.7.3.2. Topic 3. Methodology 3.1. Survey Apparatus 3.2. Archival Data 3.3. Findings 3.3.1. ji-/da- Complementizer, jibwaa/dabwaa 3.3.2. Preterit Peripheral Suffixes 3.3.3. Neutralization of Inanimate Plural in Conjunct 3.3.4. Number under Obviation 3.3.5. Restructuring of Dependent Stems 3.3.6. Core Demonstratives 3.3.7. Phonological Variation 3.3.7.1. Nasal Behavior 3.3.7.1.1. Initial /n/ 3.3.7.1.2. Final Nasal in Negation Suffix -sii(n) 3.3.7.1.3. Final Nasal /n/ Behavior 3.3.7.1.4. Nasal Spreading 3.3.7.2. Initial /g/ 3.3.7.3. Vowel and Glide Quality 3.3.7.3.1. Labialization and Rounding 3.3.7.3.2. Vowel Height /i/ versus /a/ 3.3.7.3.3. Articulation of Glides /y/ and /w/ 3.3.7.4. Other Points of Variation 3.3.7.4.1. Women’s Names -k(we) 3.3.7.4.2. /t/ Epenthesis 3.3.7.4.3. Syncope 3.3.8. Lexical Variation 3.3.8.1. Body-Part-Incorporating Suffix -e 3.3.8.2. -ngwaam(i) Verbs 3.3.8.3. -aadage/-aadagaa Verbs 3.3.9. Animacy Status 3.3.10. TA -aw Stem Contraction 3.3.11. Initial Vowel Change 3.3.12. Iterative Suffix 3.3.13. Participles 3.3.13.1. Southern Strategies 3.3.13.2. Innovations 3.3.13.3. gaa- Participles 3.4. Discussion 3.4.1. Geographic Variation 3.4.1.1. Leech Lake as a Transitional Area 3.4.1.2. Intelligibility 3.4.2. Age-Graded Variation 3.4.3. Free Variation 4. Relativization in Ojibwe 4.1. Ojibwe Relative Clauses 4.1.1. Findings: Core Argument versus Relative Root Arguments 4.1.2. Variation in Relativization Strategies 4.2. Theoretical Framework 4.2.1. Plain Conjunct Morphosyntax 4.2.1.1. Brittain (2001) 4.2.2. Split-CP Hypothesis (Rizzi 1997) 4.2.2.1. FinP as Host to Conjunct 4.2.2.2. FocP Host to IC 4.2.2.3. ForceP and RCs 4.2.3. Cyclicity and Phases (Bruening 2001) 4.3. Refining the Analysis 4.3.1. Feature Bundles 4.3.2. The Structure of the Ojibwe CP 4.3.3. Internally versus Externally Headed RCs 4.3.4. Concluding Remarks 5. Conclusions 5.1. Review 5.1.1. Implications of the Findings 5.2. Limitations 5.2.1. Obsolescence 5.2.2. Access 5.2.3. L2 Interference 5.3. Comparisons within the Algonquian Family 5.3.1. IC 5.3.2. Algonquian Participles 5.3.2.1. PA Participles 5.4. Directions for Future Research Appendix: VTA Paradigms Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe life story of Katie Gale, a bold and courageous Native American woman in the Puget Sound community of Oyster Bay in Washington during the late nineteenth century. Trade Review"This volume is an act of resurrection, well worth the contemporary reader's immersion in another life and time."—Annie Dawid, High Country News“An imaginative reflection on human dignity and resilience.”—Lisa Blee, Western Historical Quarterly"De Danaan's deeply sympathetic and immersive approach to her subject restores a voice to one among countless people whose story has been silenced."—Shelf Talk“Katie Gale’s story is unique in its scale; few accounts of the nineteenth-century Northwest focus on the life of a single Native woman and her family. LLyn De Danaan’s writing is big history made deeply human, offering insights not just into Native American history but also into the arrival of industrial capitalism on Puget Sound, the politics of statehood and race in Washington, and the profound transformation of local landscapes.”—Coll Thrush, author of Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place“I have followed LLyn De Danaan’s writing path for years now. She is talented and bold, and this new book puts her firmly where she belongs—at the heart of the American voice. Good stuff, highly recommended.”—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway and Into the Beautiful NorthTable of ContentsList of Illustrations1. My Lodestone2. First Salmon3. Where You Come From4. Indian Policy during Katie Gale's Time5. Sometimes I See a Canoe6. Oyster Bay7. The Duties of a Woman8. "Picking Grounds" and the Making of Community9. The People in Her World10. Travels11. Katie Gale's Early Life12. The Kettle Connection13. No Crops of Any Consequence14. Relationships15. Joseph Gale Was an Enterprising Man16. The Marks upon Her Body17. Katie Gale Goes to Court18. Turn Around19. Joseph's Complaints20. The Oyster Bay School21. Katie Gale Died under a Full Moon22. A "Broad and Liberal Man" Meets His Death23. The End of an Era24. Winter SisterPostscriptAcknowledgmentsChronologyNotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisNorthern Cheyenne Ledger Art by Fort Robinson Breakout Survivors presents Dodge City ledger-art images and biographies that document a Native perspective at the cusp of reservation life in 1879.Trade Review"[Northern Cheyenne Ledger Art by Fort Robinson Breakout Survivors] is a great contribution that honors Cheyenne artists, past and present, as well as the Cheyenne culture."—Leo Killsback, Western Historical Quarterly"This beautiful book is important reading for anyone interested in ledger art, Cheyenne, or Great Plains history."—Leila Monaghan, Montana: The Magazine of Western History"Low and Powers and the ledger artists take readers on a journey of self-revelation because of the art and because of the narrative."—Richard Littlebear, Tribal College Journal"This book is highly recommended for persons interested in Indian pictographs, as well as anyone interested in the final days of this era of the Cheyenne Nation."—Jeff Broome, Denver Posse of Westerners"This is a fascinating glimpse of Northern Cheyenne culture researched and written by two well-qualified authors."—Elby Adamson, Clay Center Dispatcher“This book resonates with Indigenous survivance and Northern Cheyenne nationhood, revealing a cultural vitality not erased by settler colonialism in the reservation era. It is an exciting contribution to the field of ledger-art studies. The unique content of the Dodge City drawings constitutes an unusual record of a transitional historical period.”—Brad D. Lookingbill, author of The American Military: A Narrative History“This is an impeccably researched, beautifully written work, worthy of a prominent place in the literature relating to Northern Cheyenne history and art. This volume is a worthy tribute to Wild Hog, Porcupine, and the others with them who, in the misery of prison, created drawings portraying and reflecting the beauty and supernatural power of the life of the people, the Morning Star People.”—Father Peter J. Powell, editor of In Sun’s Likeness and Power: Cheyenne Accounts of Shield and Tipi Heraldry“The seven incarcerated Cheyenne men found freedom through their ledger art. These ledger drawings are true expressions of love for their land and home. This is a fascinating book of Cheyenne history and extraordinary ledger art. Each ledger drawing has hidden interpretations as the Cheyenne ledger artists intended.”—Gordon Yellowman, Southern Cheyenne contemporary ledger artistTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Introduction 1. Historical Context 2. Provenance 3. Ledgers Content Overview 4. Ledger Artists’ Style and Art 5. Artists’ Biographies 6. Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCreek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763–1818 examines how Creek communities and their leaders remained viable geopolitical actors in the trans-Appalachian West well after the American Revolution. The Creeks pursued aggressive and far-reaching diplomacy between 1763 and 1818 to assert their territorial and political sovereignty while thwarting American efforts to establish control over the region. The United States and the Creeks fought to secure recognition from the powers of Europe that would guarantee political and territorial sovereignty: the Creeks fought to maintain their connections to the Atlantic world and preserve their central role in the geopolitics of the trans-Appalachian West, while the American colonies sought first to establish themselves as an independent nation, then to expand borders to secure diplomatic and commercial rights. Creeks continued to forge useful ties with agents of European empires despite American attempts to circTrade Review"Hill absolutely succeeds with Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution. . . . Adding needed complexity to Creek politics across the turn of the nineteenth century."—Kevin Kokomoor, Journal of Southern History"Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution provides an excellent survey of Muscogee history during the titular period of 1763–1818. Even readers unfamiliar with these histories will be able to follow the narrative with ease. . . . Each chapter effectively reintroduces the major themes of the monograph, meaning that the book also has great value if assigned in parts or as a whole to undergraduate and graduate classes. . . . This book should become standard reading for Native American and Indigenous studies scholars researching the Native South or for those interested in debates over local autonomy versus nationalism."—Christopher A. Thrasher, H-AmIndian"Hill has crafted a meticulous narrative that reflects how individual talwas and talofas have and likely continue to shape Muscogee history."—Bryan Rindfleisch, H-Early-America“Hill’s fascinating and insightful Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763–1818 shows us once again that the Creeks and Seminoles were important (and quite clever) players in the Atlantic World.”—Christopher D. Haveman, editor of Bending Their Way Onward: Creek Indian Removal in Documents“A fascinating and important work on the internationalism of the Creek and Seminole/Miccosukee Indians during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is impressive in detail, deeply researched, and recasts our understanding of Indigenous space and diplomacy in important ways.”—Andrew K. Frank, author of Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American FrontierTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Terminology Introduction 1. “Bring Them What They Lack”: Spanish-Creek Exchange and Alliance Making along Florida’s Gulf Coast, 1763–83 2. “Victorious over the Americans in Every Quarter”: Creek Alliances Confronting the American Republic, 1784–88 3. A Voyage “Ill Advised”: A Transatlantic Journey, 1787–91 4. “Come to Populate These Lands”: Competing Political and Diplomatic Visions, 1790–1800 5. “The Voice of the Creeks”: “Prophets’ Men,” Intra- and Inter-talwa Tensions, and Civil War, 1799–1814 6. “Driven to the Desert Lands of the Sea”: The Long Creek War and Diplomacy’s Failure, 1814–18 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFinalist for 2024 Oklahoma Book Award Oklahoma is bound to both the South and the Southwest and their legacies of conquest and Indigenous survivance. At the same time, mobility, ingenuity, cultural exchange, and creative expression—all part of the experience of urbanization—have been fundamental to people of the tribes that call this place home. Tulsa, New Orleans, and Santa Fe, with their importance in histories of geopolitical upheaval and mobility that shaped the establishment of the United States, are key to uncovering the history of urbanization experienced by Native Americans from Oklahoma.Urban Homelands, while examining the overlooked histories of Oklahoma Indigenous urbanization relative to these regions, engages literature and film as not just mirrors of experience but as producers of it. Lindsey Claire Smith brings the work of three-time poet laureate Joy Harjo into conversation with the great Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs and breaTrade Review“In addition to a compelling grasp of urban studies scholarship, Lindsey Claire Smith shows great expertise in swiftly connecting the threads of Indigenous history in three cities—New Orleans, Tulsa, and Santa Fe—through comprehensive historical documentation. This study is rigorous, yet accessible to a wide audience. Urban Homelands makes a timely contribution to contemporary Native and Indigenous studies and urban studies. A must-read.”—Cristina Stanciu, author of The Makings and Unmakings of Americans: Indians and Immigrants in American Literature and Culture, 1879–1924Table of ContentsList of Photographs Acknowledgments Introduction: Writing the Native City from Oklahoma 1. Beyond Monuments: Tracing Indigenous Histories in New Orleans, Tulsa, and Santa Fe 2. Where It All Started: Native American Literatures and the City of New Orleans 3. Finding Tallasi: Native Tulsa in Literature and Film 4. “The City Different”: Writing Oklahoma in Santa Fe Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFreemasonry has played a significant role in the history of Native Americans since the colonial era—a role whose extent and meaning are fully explored for the first time in this book. The overarching concern of Native American Freemasonry is with how Masonry met specific social and personal needs of Native Americans, a theme developed across three periods: the revolutionary era, the last third of the nineteenth century, and the years following the First World War. Joy Porter positions Freemasonry within its historical context, examining its social and political impact as a transatlantic phenomenon at the heart of the colonizing process. She then explores its meaning for many key Native leaders, for ethnic groups that sought to make connections through it, and for the bulk of its American membership—the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant middle class. Through research gleaned from archives in New York, Philadelphia, Oklahoma, California, and London, Porter Trade Review"This elegantly written book has much to recommend it. It is meticulously documented and is based on archival and secondary sources housed in major Masonic libraries in cities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The book serves as a metric for studies of Native Americans and of other minority groups who have participated in Freemasonry. . . . [Native American Freemasonry] breaks new ground and should be read by both historians and general readers."—R. William Weisberger, Journal of American History “Thoughtful and sophisticated.”—Alan Garrison, Pacific Historical Review “Offers many clarifications and revelations about a previously unexplored aspect of Native American history and Freemasonry. It belongs in all university and public libraries.”—Emily E. Auger, Canadian Journal of Native Studies "Joy Porter's book on freemasonry among American Indians deepens our understanding of how an institution once seen solely as elitist and secret could be used to give meaning to native American spiritual beliefs and social activism. It joins a growing scholarly literature that is changing the way we view freemasonry as well as our understanding of Indian Americans. A triumph of scholarship!"—Margaret C. Jacob, distinguished professor of history, UCLA "Native American Freemasonry provides an important insight into how Native and European Americans made use of Masonic space for mutual recognition, acceptance, and cultural exchange and how popular notions of "Nativeness" were exploited within the context of American fraternalism."—Bro. Robert Blackburn, Rising PointTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on Terms 1. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part One 2. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part Two 3. A History of Freemasonry: From Europe to the United States 4. Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarchy 5. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part One 6. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part Two 7. Native American Freemasons: The Revolutionary Era 8. Native American Freemasons: The "Settlement" of the West and the Civil War Era 9. Native American Freemasons: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 10. On Television's Deathblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and the Declining Role of Fraternalism in American Life Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Native South, Tim Alan Garrison and Greg O’Brien assemble contributions from leading ethnohistorians of the American South in a state-of-the-field volume of Native American history from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Spanning such subjects as Seminole–African American kinship systems, Cherokee notions of guilt and innocence in evolving tribal jurisprudence, Indian captives and American empire, and second-wave feminist activism among Cherokee women in the 1970s, The Native South offers a dynamic examination of ethnohistorical methodology and evolving research subjects in southern Native American history. Theda Perdue and Michael Green, pioneers in the modern historiography of the Native South who developed it into a major field of scholarly inquiry today, speak in interviews with the editors about how that field evolved in the late twentieth century after the foundational work of James Mooney, John Swanton, Angie Debo, and CTrade Review"[The Native South] reveals how the history of the Native South and Native southerners is a dynamic form of historical inquiry, a testimony to the skill of the contributors and an enduring testimony to the pathbreaking scholarship of Michael Green and Theda Perdue."—G. D. Smithers, Choice"The Native South offers a collection of essays in honor of Theda Perdue and the late Michael Green by a panel of their former students, all established or up-and-coming scholars of Native history in their own right. The essays are a fine tribute to their mentors."—Michelle LeMaster, Ethnohistory"Whether we train future historians, or future teachers, nurses, or pilots, any professor's greatest legacy is her or his students. In The Native South the editors Tim Alan Garrison and Greg O'Brien have assembled the students of Theda Perdue and the late Mike Green to prove this point forcefully and beautifully."—Matthew Jennings, Journal of American History"Fieldworkers among the Cherokee, Choctaw, and other local groups will find this material useful . . . and ethnographers elsewhere will be encouraged to seek out the discoveries of ethnohistorians to enrich their own work."—Anthropology Review Database"A welcome and long overdue sampling of one of the fastest growing subfields in American Indian history today."—Bradley Shreve, Tribal College Journal"In this compiled volume, Tim Alan Garrison and Greg O'Brien bring together an impressive array of scholarship from the leading voices in southern Indian history."—Rowan Faye Steineker, Chronicles of Oklahoma"The Native South concludes with the finest essay in the collection. In his chapter about legacy and the ghosts of the South, James Taylor Carson studies the airport in Franklin, North Carolina. Carson uses insightful metaphors and quotes from figures in Native American studies and history to showcase how the Eastern Band of Cherokees fought to preserve the burial grounds of their ancestors. This is an apt conclusion to a book whose dedication to legacy and ethnohistory as methods of putting Indigenous peoples at the center of their own stories makes it a necessary resource in contemporary Native American studies."—Jay N. Shelat, American Indian Quarterly“These essays showcase some of the best work in the field. . . . One of the strengths of this volume is the wide scope and diversity in regard to both tribes and time periods.”—Kathryn E. Holland Braund, coeditor of Tohopeka: Rethinking the Creek War and War of 1812 “Really great essays that expand our understanding not only of Indigenous Southerners but of larger processes of social change and cross-cultural encounters.”—Katherine M. B. Osburn, author of Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830–1977Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Greg O’Brien 1. An Interview with Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green Greg O’Brien 2. The Enterprise of War: The Military Economy of the Chickasaw Indians, 1715–1815 David A. Nichols 3. Quieting the Ghosts: How the Choctaws and Chickasaws Stopped Fighting Greg O’Brien 4. Cherokee and Christian Expressions of Spirituality through First Parents: Eve and Selu Rowena McClinton 5. Andrew Jackson’s Indian Son: Native Captives and American Empire Christina Snyder 6. Inevitability and the Southern Opposition to Indian Removal Tim Alan Garrison 7. An Absolute and Unconditional Pardon: Nineteenth-Century Cherokee Indigenous Justice Julie L. Reed 8. Race, Kinship, and Belonging among the Florida Seminoles Mikaëla M. Adams 9. Witnessing the West: Barbara Longknife and the California Gold Rush Rose Stremlau 10. Cherokee Women and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Izumi Ishii 11. Kinship and Capitalism in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations Malinda Maynor Lowery 12. “Engaged in the Struggle for Liberation as They See It”: Indigenous Southern Women and International Women’s Year Meg Devlin O’Sullivan 13. Cherokee Ghostings and the Haunted South James Taylor Carson Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Storied Landscape of Iroquoia explores the creation, destruction, appropriation, and enduring legacy of one of early America’s most important places: the homelands of the Haudenosaunees (also known as the Iroquois Six Nations). Throughout the late seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries of European colonization the Haudenosaunees remained the dominant power in their homelands and one of the most important diplomatic players in the struggle for the continent following European settlement of North America by the Dutch, British, French, Spanish, and Russians. Chad L. Anderson offers a significant contribution to understanding colonialism, intercultural conflict, and intercultural interpretations of the Iroquoian landscape during this timein central and western New York. Although American public memory often recalls a nation founded along a frontier wilderness, these lands had long been inhabited in Native American villages, where history had beTrade Review"Anderson’s fascinating work examines the shifts in the New York landscape through the 1840s as the area was used, shaped, and understood by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and then the Americans. . . . This volume will work well in college courses as it bridges Iroquois and American histories and explores how written history is often based on cultural assumptions, memories, and oral traditions."—D. R. Mandell, Choice“Chad Anderson challenges us to move beyond easy generalizations about how settler colonists simply erased indigenous peoples from the North American landscape. His sensitive, deeply researched meditation on the lives and afterlives of the spiritualized geography of Haudenosaunee country is not to be missed.”—Daniel K. Richter, director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania“A remarkable book about Iroquoia’s built environment—real, imagined, reimagined. From Big Bone Lick to the Book of Mormon, Chad Anderson shows how ancient landmarks haunted Americans—Native and non-Native—in the period of U.S. conquest. With subtle readings of Haudenosaunee sources, Anderson shows the rich possibilities of topographical history.”—Jared Farmer, author of On Zion’s Mount: Mormons, Indians, and the American LandscapeTable of ContentsContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Reading the Early American Landscape1. Visions of the Great Island2. Predators of the Vanishing Landscape3. The Many Deaths of John Montour and the Mystery of the Painted Post4. The Decline and Fall of the Romans of the West5. The Burned-Over DistrictConclusion: Storied MonumentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis2019 High Plains Book Award (Creative Nonfiction and Indigenous Writer categories) 2021 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado In Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father about her “real” parents. He replied that they had died in a car accident not long after she was born—except they hadn’t, as Harness would learn in a conversation with a social worker a few years later. Harness’s search for answers revolved around her need to ascertain why she was the target of racist remarks and why she seemed always to be on the outside looking in. New questions followed her through college and into her twenties when she started her own family. Meeting her biological family in her early thirties generated evenTrade Review"What does it mean to be Native when you weren't raised Native? What does it mean when the members of your birth family who remained on the reservation tell you that you were lucky to be raised elsewhere, but you don’t feel lucky? Harness brings us right into the middle of these questions and shows how emotionally fraught they can be. . . . It's time everyone learned about the many ways there are of being Native."—Carter Meland, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune"Harness's memoir tells a story that we are not often told, one that has taken a generation of knowledge from us and held it hostage, trapped in liminal spaces just out of reach, locked in government offices and files. Hers is a story that our old people remember, but cannot tell, and one that our young people need to hear."—Tarren Andrews, Transmotion"Harness has converted her childhood and early adulthood traumas into a story that can save lives. Bitterroot will be a soothing balm, an extended hand, to anyone who faces the demons of abuse and trauma and is an authoritative guide to those seeking to understand the historical and social structures that perpetuate the vulnerability of Indigenous children and families today."—Katrina Jagodinsky, Oregon Historical Quarterly"The collective scholarly and political work that Harness’s writing has supported and inspired, and now is continuing in her memoir, offers the hope that a more humane approach to transracial adoption—one that works with and learns from Indigenous traditions—is possible."—Lori Askeland, Adoption and Culture“One Salish-Kootenai woman’s journey, this memoir is a heart-wrenching story of finding family and herself, and of a particularly horrific time in Native history. It is a strong and well-told narrative of adoption, survival, resilience, and is truthfully revealed.”—Luana Ross (Bitterroot Salish), codirector of Native Voices Documentary Film at the University of Washington and author of Inventing the Savage "Making sense of her family, the American Indian history of assimilation, and the very real—but culturally constructed—concept of race helped Harness answer the often puzzling questions of stereotypes, a sense of nonbelonging, the meaning of family, and the importance of forgiveness and self-acceptance. In the process Bitterroot also provides a deep and rich context in which to experience life."—Prairie Edge"A moving tale of assimilation and cultural search for identity."—Vernon Schmid, Roundup Magazine"Though there is a distinct sense of dissonance throughout the book, Sue still locates pride in her heritage, when all is said and done. And in finding pride in a troubled history, she is more able to combat her own internal conflict. Despite feelings of abandonment and nonbelonging, love and understanding can still prevail."—Victoria Collins, Hippocampus Magazine"As with any good memoirist, Susan Devan Harness intersperses the past with the present to create dramatic tension, relating how her experience as the American Indian adoptee of white parents shaped her understanding of identity, family, and social responsibility."—House of Books“Bitterroot is an inspiration—one woman’s quest to find herself among the racial, cultural, economic, and historical fault lines of the American West. A compelling, important memoir, as tenaciously beautiful as the flower for which it’s named.”—Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, author of Presentimiento: A Life in DreamsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue 1. I Wasn’t Born; I Was Adopted 2. Coming-of-Age without a Net 3. Coping Mechanisms 4. Lost Bearings 5. Sliding 6. Fort Laramie 7. Institutions of Higher Learning 8. Coyote 9. How Rez Cars Are Made 10. Thicker Than Water, Thinner Than Time 11. In Memory 12. Too White to Be Indian, Too Indian to Be White 13. This Once Used to Be Ours 14. Integration 15. Custer’s Ghost 16. Vernon 17. Will You Be Here Tomorrow? 18. Gifts 19. Losing the Master Key Epilogue

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Book Synopsis2018 Outstanding Academic Title, selected by Choice Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press is the first comprehensive collectionof writings by students and well-known Native American authors who published in boarding school newspapers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Students used their acquired literacy in English along with more concrete tools that the boarding schools made available, such as printing technology, to create identities for themselves as editors and writers.In these roles they sought to challenge Native American stereotypes and share issues of importance to their communities. Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša), Charles Eastman, and Luther Standing Bear are paired with the works of lesser-known writers to reveal parallels and points of contrast between students and generations.Drawing works primarily from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania), the Hampton Institute (Virginia), and the Seneca Indian ScTrade Review"The texts . . . go a long way toward showing the degree to which some embraced assimilationist rhetoric and others saw literacy and publishing as means to adapting, surviving, resisting, "talking back," and ultimately claiming agency over their own futures in a society that, to differing degrees, saw their existence as a problem to be solved."—M. F. McClure, Choice"Emery's book is timely and important, as it is critical that both Native Americans and allies push for education about this period in history, especially at such a crucial time in our development as a country. Now, more than ever, with the call for a "national identity," we should be looking to our past and what the building of that national identity entails. This means that we should be educating our citizens on how our past governments have attempted to shape the "American." Emery's book provides us with a rich resource of stories gathered from the voices of the students who were part of Carlisle founder Richard Henry Pratt's vision."—Lydia Presley, Great Plains Quarterly"This edited volume features work of thirty-five Native writers and editors and brings visibility to the boarding school newspapers, which hopefully will spur efforts at preserving and using these works as an untapped resource that give voice to Native Americans and expand the history of Native American literature."—Jerry W. Carlson, Nebraska History"By carefully doing the time-consuming work of collecting the writings for this book—writings by Indian people themselves that are scattered in difficult-to-access newspaper archives—Emery has provided a valuable service. She has created a resource that can help us restore and recover at least some of our sight, bringing more detail, nuance, complexity, and humanity into view, if only we can take the time to look closely enough."—Steve Amerman, H-AmIndian"The absorbing nature of these writings and reflections, combined with the insights they provide into an often-ignored chapter in U.S. history, illustrate their value and significance and underscore the importance of publishing additional volumes of Native students' writings."—Samantha M. Williams, Transmotion"This invaluable collection of Native American writings from the turn of the 20th century amplifies Indian voices and experiences during one of the most transitional periods for Indigenous communities in North America. . . . These writings offer a lens to the humanity, creativity, and intellectualism of boarding school students who navigated many issues, cultures, and settings, while representing their peoples and futures."—Farina King, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"Emery's most valuable addition to boarding school literature is her use of lesser-known writers. While most boarding school presses were run by boys, Emery also has included unique sources like the all-female editorial group—Ida Johnson, Arizona Jackson, and Lula Walker—who launched the Hallaquah newspaper at Seneca Indian School in 1879. Instead of using the newspaper as a promotion of assimilation, these young women showed agency and used their newspaper as a way to preserve their cultures and serve their neighboring communities."—Amanda Johnson, Chronicles of Oklahoma"The editor's exemplary work, meticulous research, and orchestration of a multi-vocal dialogue between boarding school students and activists across decades paves the way for similar, much-needed work of recovery in the field, both in the boarding school press and beyond. We know that Native students were also skilled poets and performers; this is a study worth undertaking by scholars in the future."—Cristina Stanciu, University of Wisconsin-Madison“Jacqueline Emery offers an important addition to the field of Native American studies and, in particular, boarding school literature. . . . [This study] is a significant contribution to making available early voices of American Indian students.”—Cari M. Carpenter, associate professor of English at West Virginia University and coeditor of The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins's Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864–1891 “This collection offers something not only to specialists but also to general readers, and especially to classes devoted to Native American studies, Native literature, literacy history, and mass communication. This is an important work.”—Hilary E. Wyss, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University and author of English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750–1830 Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part One: Writings by Boarding School Students Letters Arizona Jackson (Wyandot) Letter to Laura, 1880 Letter to the Editors, 1881 Letter to Susan Longstreth, 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) Letter by an Apprentice, 1880 Luther Standing Bear (Oglala Sioux) Letter on Baltimore, 1881 Letter to Father, 1882 Editorials Ida Johnson (Wyandot?), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Lula Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, December 1879 Hallaquah Editorial, January 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, March–April 1880 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1880 Lucy Grey (Seneca), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Bertrand N. O. Walker (Wyandot) Hallaquah Editorial, January 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, February 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, March 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, April 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, May 1881 Hallaquah Editorial, August, September, October, and November 1881 Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) School News Editorial, June 1880 School News Editorial, July 1880 School News Editorial, August 1880 School News Editorial, October 1880 School News Editorial, December 1880 School News Editorial, January 1881 School News Editorial, February 1881 Annie Lovejoy (Sioux), Addie Stevens (Winnebago), James Enouf (Potawatomi), and Frank Hubbard (Penobscot) Our Motto Changed, Talks and Thoughts Editorial, January 1892 Essays Henry Caruthers Roman Nose (Southern Cheyenne) An Indian Boy’s Camp Life, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to New York, 1880 Roman Nose Goes to Indian Territory, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, 1880 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Captain Pratt, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Going to Hampton, 1881 Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Getting an Education,1881 Mary North (Arapaho) A Little Story, 1880 Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) Indians’ Accustoms, 1891 How to Walk Straight, 1892 The Sun Dance, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) Tipi-iyokihe, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) What the White Man Has Gained from the Indian, 1896 Alonzo Lee (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Trail of the Serpent, 1896 Indian Folk-Lore, 1896 An Indian Naturalist, 1897 Transition Scenes, 1899 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) A Glimpse of the Old Indian Religion, 1904 An Indian Girl in Boston, 1904 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) From Hampton to New York, 1905 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) My Home Locality, 1909 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) Christmas Among the Nez Percés, 1911 How the Nez Percés Trained for Long Distance Running, 1911 Short Stories and Retold Tales Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux) A Fox and a Wolf: A Fable, 1892 Harry Hand (Crow Creek Sioux) The Brave War-Chief and the Ghost, 1892 A Buffalo Hunt, 1892 The Story Teller, 1893 The Adventures of a Strange Family, 1893 Chapman Schanandoah (Oneida) How the Bear Lost His Tail: An Old Indian Story, 1893 Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux) The Brave Deaf and Dumb Boy, 1893 The Legend of Owl River, 1895 Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux) Ite Waste, or Fair Face, 1895 Stella Vanessa Bear (Arikara) An Indian Story, 1903 How My People First Came to the World, 1903 An Enemy’s Revenge, 1905 Ghost Bride Pawnee Legend, 1910 Indian Legend—Creation of the World, 1910 Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Quital’s First Hunt, 1904 The First Squirrel, 1904 The Big Dipper, 1904 William J. Owl (Eastern Band Cherokee) The Beautiful Bird, 1910 The Way the Opossum Derived His Name, 1912 Emma La Vatta (Fort Hall Shoshoni) The Story of the Deerskin, 1910 Why the Snake’s Head Became Flat, 1911 J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa) The Maple Sugar Sand, 1910 Caleb Carter (Nez Percé) The Coyote and the Wind, 1913 The Feast of the Animals, 1913 Part Two: Writings by Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Native American Public Intellectuals Francis La Flesche (Omaha) Address to Carlisle Students, 1886 The Laughing Bird, the Wren: An Indian Legend, 1900 The Past Life of the Plains Indians, 1905 One Touch of Nature, 1913 Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai) An Apache, to the Students of Carlisle Indian School, 1887 The Indian Problem from an Indian’s Standpoint, 1898 Civilized Arrow Shots from an Apache Indian, 1902 The Indian Dance, 1902 Flash Lights on the Indian Question, 1902 How America Has Betrayed the Indian, 1903 Charles Alexander Eastman (Santee Sioux) An Indian Collegian’s Speech, 1888 Address at Carlisle Commencement, 1899 The Making of a Prophet, 1899 Notes of a Trip to the Southwest, 1900 An Indian Festival, 1900 A True Story with Several Morals, 1900 Indian Traits, 1903 The Indian’s View of the Indian in Literature, 1903 Life and Handicrafts of the Northern Ojibwas, 1911 “My People”: The Indians’ Contribution to the Art of America, 1914 Angel De Cora (Winnebago) My People, 1897 Native Indian Art, 1907 An Autobiography, 1911 Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Sioux) School Days of an Indian Girl, 1900 Letter to the Red Man, 1900 A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance, 1902 Laura Cornelius Kellogg (Oneida) Indian Public Opinion, 1902 John Milton Oskison (Cherokee) The Outlook for the Indian, 1903 The Problem of Old Harjo, 1907 The Indian in the Professions, 1912 Address by J. M. Oskison, 1912 An Indian Animal Story, 1914 Arthur Caswell Parker (Seneca) Making New Americans from Old, 1911 Progress for the Indian, 1912 Needed Changes in Indian Affairs, 1912 Henry Roe Cloud (Winnebago) Education of the American Indian, 1915 Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa) Training Indian Girls for Efficient Home Makers, 1916 A Hampton Graduate’s Experience, 1916 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPublished through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A Native American language formerly spoken in hundreds of communities in the interior of California, Patwin (also known as Wintun T'ewe) is now spoken by a small but growing number of language revitalizationists and their students. A Grammar of Patwin brings together two hundred years of word lists, notebooks, audio recordings, and manuscripts from archives across the United States and synthesizes this scattered collection into the first published description of the Patwin language. This book shines a light on the knowledge of past speakers and researchers with a clear and well-organized description supported by ample archival evidence. Lewis C. Lawyer addresses the full range of grammatical structure with chapters on phonetics, phonology, nominals, nominal modifiers, spatial terms, verbs, and clauses. At every level of grammTrade Review"Lawyer's grammar of Patwin is an excellent work and an important new resource in that it takes diverse documentation from numerous scholars collected over approximately two centuries and creates a clear, concise, yet also in-depth description, which maintains the rich variation present across Patwin dialects while also remaining accessible to both the scholarly community and those outside of it. This grammar is also of significance and importance to those working to study and revitalize the Patwin language."—Uldis Balodis, Linguistic Typology"This is an incredibly complex study of the grammatical structure of a language that has not been studied with this degree of detail before. It is rare to find any grammar book that pushes beyond repeating what previous grammar textbooks have already stated. Thus, specialists in rare languages, and in particular of Patwin will greatly benefit from having it in their libraries or borrowing it from an academic library to further their relevant research."—Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Journal“This work is a model of the kind of scrupulous philological methodology that must be brought to bear on such projects. In addition to successfully adding Patwin to the canon of linguistically well-described California languages, it also serves as a model for the kind of methodology that will have to be employed on ever-increasing numbers of other Native North American languages that are no longer spoken, languages which are extensively documented in archival sources but not yet competently or comprehensively described.”—David J. Costa, author of The Miami-Illinois LanguageTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Alphabetical List of Morphemes 1. Background 1.1. The Patwin Language 1.2. Materials 1.3. Grammaticography 1.4. Orthography and Formatting 2. Phonemics and Phonetics 2.1. Phoneme Inventory 2.2. Minimal Pairs 2.3. Detailed Phonetic and Phonemic Descriptions 2.4. Stress and Intonation 3. Phonology 3.1. Phonotactics 3.2. The Syllable 3.3. Words and Stems 3.4. Stress Assignment and Syllable Weights 3.5. Segmental Phenomena 3.6. Reduplication 3.7. Loanwords 4. Nominals and Nominal Morphology 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Nouns 4.3. Kinship Terms 4.4. Nominalized Verbs 4.5. Number Marking 4.6. Case Marking 4.7. Absolutive Suffix 4.8. Vocatives 4.9. Order of Morphemes 4.10. Verbalization 4.11. Compound Constructions 5. Pronouns 5.1. Tables of Forms 5.2. Roots 5.3. Suffixes 5.4. Verbalization 5.5. In-Law Address Forms 5.6. Doubled Pronouns 6. Nominal Modifiers and the Noun Phrase 6.1. Pronouns as Modifiers 6.2. Adjectives 6.3. Numerals 6.4. Quantifiers 6.5. Relative Clauses 6.6. Nominal Coordination 6.7. Headless and Discontinuous Noun Phrases 7. Directionals and Cardinals 7.1. Directionals 7.2. Cardinals 8. The Verb and Verbal Morphology 8.1. The Verb Stem 8.2. Verbal Suffixes 8.3. Event and Participant Plurality 8.4. Nominalization 8.5. Verb Compounding 8.6. Citation Forms 9. The Clause 9.1. Auxiliary Verbs 9.2. Particles 9.3. Subordinate Clauses 9.4. Negation 9.5. Comparative Constructions 9.6. Clause Coordination with Connector /=ʔu/ ‘CONN’ Appendix: Attested Pronouns by Dialect A.1. Tables of Attested Pronouns by Dialect A.2. Discussion of Pronoun Data Notes References

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Book Synopsis2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories David V. Kaufman offers a stunning relational analysis of social, cultural, and linguistic change in the Lower Mississippi Valley from 500 to 1700. He charts how linguistic evidence aids the understanding of earlier cultural and social patterns, traces the diaspora of indigenous peoples, and uncovers instances of human migration. Historical linguistics establishes evidence of contact between indigenous peoples in the linguistic record where other disciplinary approaches have obscured these connections. The Mississippi Valley is the heartland of early North American civilizations. The region is a rich and diversified center of transportation for every part of eastern North America and to Mesoamerica. The Lower Mississippi Valley region emerged as the home of the earlTrade Review"In Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories, Kaufman, an independent researcher who focuses on indigenous language documentation, revitalization, and language contact, uses linguistic evidence to provide an enlightening account of the social and cultural history of this area. Well written and comprehensive, this volume traces the linguistic and trade ties between the Lower Mississippi Valley and other settlements, most notably Cahokia near present-day St. Louis, which was larger even than London at the time. Detailing the influence of Cahokia on the trade routes and language of the Lower Mississippi Valley, this work suggests an even larger network of cultural exchange, spanning as far north as the Ohio Valley and as far south as the Valley of Mexico. Scholars will appreciate the detailed accounts of the many indigenous languages that have sadly been nearly lost in terms of present-day active speakers, making this a useful resource for those working to revitalize these languages. This text is a feast of information for students in Native American studies, archaeology, history, anthropology, and linguistics."—B. E. Johansen, Choice"Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories effectively employs multiple sources of information to provide innovative insights in the culture and linguistic history of the LMV."—Colin M. Betts, Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society“Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories assembles a wide range of information about the peoples, cultures, migrations, archeological traditions, and languages of the area called the Lower Mississippi Valley. Scholars will welcome the compilation and analysis of so many interrelated aspects of this area.”—Marcia Haag, professor of linguistics at the University of Oklahoma“Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories offers a composite portrait of the past based on evidence from linguistics, ethnography, and history, while shedding light on the movement of ideas across linguistic and cultural boundaries. As such, it provides a compelling reconsideration of life in the Mississippi Valley, an area that has attracted broad public interest for generations.”—Sean O’Neill, associate professor of anthropology at the University of OklahomaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Part 1. Geography, Archaeology, Peoples, and Languages 1. Geography and Environment 2. Archaeology and History 3. Peoples, Migrations, and Languages Part 2. Language Contact 4. Language Contact 5. Phonetic and Phonological Features 6. Morphological Features 7. Word Borrowings and Calques Conclusion Appendix: Sample Texts from the LMV Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA Grammar of Southern Pomo is the first comprehensive description of the Southern Pomo language, one of seven Pomoan languages once spoken in the vicinity of Clear Lake and the Russian River drainage of California. Trade Review"A Grammar of Southern Pomo is the most extensive treatment of the language to date."—William Salmon, Native American and Indigenous Studies“This detailed grammar of recently extinct Southern Pomo is an important contribution to our understanding of the Indigenous languages of North America and a fitting tribute to the language’s speakers and to the community in which it was once spoken.”—Bernard Comrie, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara “This is a beautiful, sophisticated description of a language of extraordinary phonological and morphological complexity. The Southern Pomo language is described in a remarkably accessible way, always with attention to its cultural and historical context.”—Marianne Mithun, professor of linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara“A Grammar of Southern Pomo is a remarkable contribution to the scholarship on Indigenous languages of California. It is full of rich, well-illustrated phenomena at every level and should be of interest to anyone concerned with American Indigenous cultures.”—Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and director of Kaipuleohone, the University of Hawai‘i Digital Language Archive “Clearly written and well argued, this is undoubtedly a major contribution to our knowledge of Indigenous languages of North America.”—Alexandra Aikhenvald, Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate at James Cook University Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Preface Introduction List of Abbreviations 1. The Cultural, Ecological, and Sociolinguistic Context of the Language 1.1. The Name of the Language 1.2. Previous Research 1.3. Demography at Contact 1.3.1. History after Contact 1.4. The Natural Setting 1.5. Material Culture 1.6. Genetic and Areal Affiliations 1.7. Dialects 1.8. Sociolinguistic Situation 1.8.1. Viability 1.8.2. Loan Words 1.9. The Corpus 1.9.1. Consultants and Other Sources 1.9.2. Presentation of Data 2. Word Structure 2.1. Typological Sketch 2.2. Phonological Inventory and Orthography 2.2.1. Consonants 2.2.2. Vowels 2.2.3. Stress 2.3. Phonetics 2.3.1. Voicing Distinction in Obstruents 2.3.2. Phonemic Status of the Glottal Stop 2.4. Syllable Structure 2.5. Word Structure 2.6. Major Phonological and Morphophonemic Processes 2.6.1. Vowel Harmony 2.6.2. Vowel Deletion 2.6.3. Consonant Alternations 2.6.4. Consonant Assimilation and Dissimilation 2.6.5. Consonant Deletion 2.6.6. Laryngeal Increments 2.7. Relaxed Speech Rules and Contractions 2.8. Word Classes 2.8.1. Nouns 2.8.2. Pronouns 2.8.3. Verbs 2.8.4. Modifiers 2.8.5. Adverbs 2.8.6. The Auxiliary ||yo|| ~ ||=ʔyo|| 2.8.7. Particles or Other Minor Word Classes 2.9. The Noun Phrase 2.9.1. Case-Marking NP Enclitics 2.9.2. Other NP Enclitics 2.9.3. Alienable and Inalienable Possession 3. Sentence Structure 3.1. Intransitives 3.2. Transitives 3.3. Ditransitives 3.4. Grammatical Relations 3.4.1. Agent/Patient Case System 3.4.2. Subject/Object Determiner Enclitics 3.5. Voice and Valence-Related Constructions 3.6. Tense/Aspect/Modality and Evidentials 3.7. Constituent Order 3.8. Negation 3.8.1. Bound Negative Morphemes (and Response Particle) 3.8.2. Words with Inherently Negative Meaning 3.9. Questions 3.10. Clause Combinations 3.10.1. Complement Clauses 3.10.2. Switch-Reference 3.10.3. Nominalized Clauses 3.10.4. Coordination Appendix 1: 2012 Visit with Olive Fulwider and Photographs Appendix 2: Sample Text Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisToo Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of Edward J. Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National Congress of American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic, and convicted felon. Driving Hawk’s story begins with his childhood on the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community, even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, theTrade Review"This book has value to anyone seeking to understand the public and private sides of a Native American leader in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."—Michael J. Smith, Nebraska History"Edward J. Driving Hawk lived a life worthy of your reading, and you will not be left unsatisfied."—Native Sun Times“This book traces the rolls, loops, and wingovers in Driving Hawk’s sometimes dizzying flight path through turbulent skies. A modern Lakota leader and veteran of two wars, he took risks, soaring and scoring but also scarring and being scarred.”—Bunny McBride, author of award-winning Women of the Dawn and Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in ParisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Author’s Note Introductions 1. Sonny 2. A Kid in Uniform 3. Family 4. Vietnam 5. Wakinyan Cangleska 6. Too Strong to Be Broken Epilogue Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question, What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valuable foods, which held medicinal value, and which were best for crafts. Incorporating Native voices, ethnobotanical studies, personal stories, and research techniques, Under Prairie Skies shows how, since the end of the Ice Age, plants have held a central place in the lives of Native peoples. Eventually some groups cultivated seed-bearing annuals and, later, fields of maize and other crops. Throughout history, their lives became linked with the land, both materially and spiritually. Trade Review“There should be a book like this one for each region of the United States—a ‘big picture’ guide to landscapes, original inhabitants, and plants that anchors school curricula, welcomes visitors to new places, and invites residents to think more deeply about where they live. It is a sweeping survey of northern Great Plains landscapes and an engaging retrospective on the lives of the people and plants found there, including that of the author.”—Jonathan Hancock, H-Environment"This is a loving memoir of a life lived studying the Northern Plains with all the paraphernalia necessary to allow readers to follow the author into the field."—L. L. Johnson, Choice"The history of the use of the plants of the prairies of the Northern Plains is written as a story for the general reader but it supplies the necessary scientific documentation, scientific nomenclature, and references and notes to satisfy more demanding scientific readers. It is recommended reading for those interested in prairies, their plants, and the Native peoples whose lives were dependent upon them."—Kenneth P. Vogel, Nebraska History"These close connections of Indigenous peoples to the land, their reverence and respect for natural resources, and their ability to utilize them sustainably are lessons we should all be mindful of as we continue to shape and depend upon this landscape we call home."—Steven L. Matzner, South Dakota History"To the uninitiated, the Northern Plains may appear flat, barren, treeless, and stark, echoing its nineteenth-century characterization as the Great American Desert. Yet through the eyes of anthropologist and ethnobotanist C. Thomas Shay, the plains come alive, pulsing with life and energy, blanketed with plant life that has supported human occupation for thousands of years. In a book that is part memoir, part travelogue, part botanical and archeological handbook, Shay casts an interpretive eye over the interactions of plants and peoples before the coming of Europeans."—Joseph Jastrzembski, Journal of Folklore Research Reviews“Under Prairie Skies is a beautiful love story, pure and simple. C. Thomas Shay writes with deep affection, profound knowledge, and obvious fascination about the plants, places, and Native peoples of the North American prairies.”—Nancy J. Turner, distinguished professor emerita in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria“As engaging as a National Geographic documentary! Blending science and the humanities, Under Prairie Skies takes its place alongside such classics as Melvin Gilmore’s Prairie Smoke and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass.”—Lance M. Foster, tribal historic preservation officer and vice chairman of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska“C. Thomas Shay skillfully blends ecology, archaeology, botany, and traditional knowledge, revealing the entangled histories of northern plains peoples and environments. Focusing on the wild and domesticated plants they used, he tells a compelling story of human resourcefulness and resilience.”—William Green, former state archaeologist of Iowa and director emeritus of the Logan Museum of Anthropology at Beloit College“The author’s personal vignettes add warmth, scientific insight, and sometimes drama. The volume is beautifully illustrated and fully but unobtrusively referenced. It invites us to visit, explore, and learn more about [the northern plains’] diverse cultural and natural resources.”—Gayle Fritz, professor of anthropology emerita at Washington University in Saint LouisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Wide Vistas, Azure Skies 1. Sculpting the Land 2. Land of the Restless Wind 3. The Land Is Sacred 4. Among the Ancient Archives 5. From Gathering to Growing 6. Nature’s Bounty 7. Medicinal and Mystical Plants 8. From Tools to Toys Epilogue: Under Autumn Skies Appendix: Selected Wild Plants of the Northern Plains Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Margin''s 2024 Social Justice Recommendation List In The Incarceration of Native American Women, Carma Corcoran examines the rising number of Native American women being incarcerated in Indian Country. With years of experience as a case management officer, law professor, consultant to tribal defenders’ offices, and workshop leader in prisons, she believes this upward trajectory of incarceration continues largely unacknowledged and untended. She explores how a combination of F. David Peat’s gentle action theory and the Native traditional ways of knowing and being could heal Native American women who are or have been incarcerated. Colonization and the historical trauma of Native American incarceration runs through history, spanning multiple generations and including colonial wartime imprisonment, captivity, Indian removal, and boarding schools. The ongoing ills of childhood abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and drug and alcohol adTrade Review“This notion of respectful integration of a ‘mainstream’ approach and an Indigenous approach is cutting edge in its possibilities. This book is exceptionally strong and innovative.”—Frank Pommersheim, author of Tribal Justice: Twenty-Five Years as a Tribal Appellate Justice“This first book about incarcerated Indigenous women in more than two decades insists on the importance of tribal knowledge and practices—and illuminates their importance in the areas of justice and healing. It also brings gentle action theory into dialogue with these issues in a manner that is instructive.”—C. Richard King, author of Redskins: Insult and Brand

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Book Synopsis Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives captures the energy and optimism that many feel about the future of community-based scholarship, which involves the collaboration of archives, scholars, and Native American communities. The American Philosophical Society is exploring new applications of materials in its library to partner on collaborative projects that assist the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements within Native communities. A paradigm shift is driving researchers to reckon with questionable practices used by scholars and libraries in the past to pursue documents relating to Native Americans, practices that are often embedded in the content of the collections themselves. The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society brought together this volume of historical and contemporary case studies highlighting the importance of archival materials for the revitalization of Indigenous languages.Trade Review"In addition to findings from scholarly research, this book offers much practical advice."—E. J. Vajda, Choice“This collection is an important contribution to the area of decolonial thinking as it relates to archives, writing studies, power, and language. Its audiences include scholars across a range of disciplines and education leaders in tribal communities.”—Ellen Cushman, author of The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s PerseveranceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface by Brian Carpenter Acknowledgments Introduction: Collaborative Research and Language Revitalization: Toward a Relational Ontology across Time and Space Regna Darnell Part 1. Decolonizing Archives Commentary by Robert J. Miller 1. Decolonial Futures of Sharing: “Protecting Our Voice,” Intellectual Property, and Penobscot Nation Language Materials Jane Anderson and James E. Francis Sr. 2. The Legacy of Hunter-Gatherers at the American Philosophical Society: Frank G. Speck, James M. Crawford, and Revitalizing the Yuchi Language Richard A. Grounds 3. Supporting Researchers of Indigenous Vernacular Archives Lisa Conathan Part 2. Revitalization Tools Commentary by Bethany Wiggin 4. Locally Contingent and Community-Dependent: Tools and Technologies for Indigenous Language Mobilization Jennifer Carpenter, Annie Guerin, Michelle Kaczmarek, Gerry Lawson, Kim Lawson, Lisa P. Nathan, Mark Turin 5. Translating American Indian Sign Language from the 1800s to the Present Day Jeffrey Davis Part 3. Power and Language Commentary by Diana E. Marsh 6. “The Indian Republic of Letters”: Scholarly Networks and Indigenous Knowledge in Philology Sean P. Harvey 7. Literacy, Cross-Cultural Interaction, and Colonialism: The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Nez Perce Mission Primer Anne Keary 8. Across Space and Time: Letters from the Dakota People, 1838–1878 Gwen N. Westerman and Glenn M. Wasicuna Part 4. Landscape and Language Commentary by Michael Silverstein 9. Cúz̓lhkan Sqwe̓qwel̓ (‘I Am Going to Tell a Story’): Revitalizing Stories to Strengthen Fish, Water, and the Upper St’át’imc Salish Language Sarah Carmen Moritz 10. No Time Like the Present: Living American Indian Languages, Landscapes, and Histories Bernard C. Perley, Margaret Ann Noodin, and Cary Miller Part 5. Creative Collaborations Commentary by Regna Darnell 11. “Going Over” and Coming Back: Reclaiming the Cherokee Singing Book for Contemporary Language Revitalization Sara Snyder Hopkins 12. Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and Collaboration Kayla Begay, Justin Spence, and Cheryl Tuttle Part 6. Transforming Collecting Commentary by Jennifer R. O’Neal 13. Museums and the Revitalization of Endangered Languages and Knowledge Gwyneira Isaac 14. Shriniinlii (‘Fix It’): The Grease Mechanics of Translating Gwich’in Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank Conclusion: The Power of Words, Relationships, and Archives Mary S. Linn Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives captures the energy and optimism that many feel about the future of community-based scholarship, which involves the collaboration of archives, scholars, and Native American communities. The American Philosophical Society is exploring new applications of materials in its library to partner on collaborative projects that assist the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements within Native communities. A paradigm shift is driving researchers to reckon with questionable practices used by scholars and libraries in the past to pursue documents relating to Native Americans, practices that are often embedded in the content of the collections themselves. The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society brought together this volume of historical and contemporary case studies highlighting the importance of archival materials for the revitalization of Indigenous languages.Trade Review"In addition to findings from scholarly research, this book offers much practical advice."—E. J. Vajda, Choice“This collection is an important contribution to the area of decolonial thinking as it relates to archives, writing studies, power, and language. Its audiences include scholars across a range of disciplines and education leaders in tribal communities.”—Ellen Cushman, author of The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People’s PerseveranceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface by Brian Carpenter Acknowledgments Introduction: Collaborative Research and Language Revitalization: Toward a Relational Ontology across Time and Space Regna Darnell Part 1. Decolonizing Archives Commentary by Robert J. Miller 1. Decolonial Futures of Sharing: “Protecting Our Voice,” Intellectual Property, and Penobscot Nation Language Materials Jane Anderson and James E. Francis Sr. 2. The Legacy of Hunter-Gatherers at the American Philosophical Society: Frank G. Speck, James M. Crawford, and Revitalizing the Yuchi Language Richard A. Grounds 3. Supporting Researchers of Indigenous Vernacular Archives Lisa Conathan Part 2. Revitalization Tools Commentary by Bethany Wiggin 4. Locally Contingent and Community-Dependent: Tools and Technologies for Indigenous Language Mobilization Jennifer Carpenter, Annie Guerin, Michelle Kaczmarek, Gerry Lawson, Kim Lawson, Lisa P. Nathan, Mark Turin 5. Translating American Indian Sign Language from the 1800s to the Present Day Jeffrey Davis Part 3. Power and Language Commentary by Diana E. Marsh 6. “The Indian Republic of Letters”: Scholarly Networks and Indigenous Knowledge in Philology Sean P. Harvey 7. Literacy, Cross-Cultural Interaction, and Colonialism: The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Nez Perce Mission Primer Anne Keary 8. Across Space and Time: Letters from the Dakota People, 1838–1878 Gwen N. Westerman and Glenn M. Wasicuna Part 4. Landscape and Language Commentary by Michael Silverstein 9. Cúz̓lhkan Sqwe̓qwel̓ (‘I Am Going to Tell a Story’): Revitalizing Stories to Strengthen Fish, Water, and the Upper St’át’imc Salish Language Sarah Carmen Moritz 10. No Time Like the Present: Living American Indian Languages, Landscapes, and Histories Bernard C. Perley, Margaret Ann Noodin, and Cary Miller Part 5. Creative Collaborations Commentary by Regna Darnell 11. “Going Over” and Coming Back: Reclaiming the Cherokee Singing Book for Contemporary Language Revitalization Sara Snyder Hopkins 12. Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and Collaboration Kayla Begay, Justin Spence, and Cheryl Tuttle Part 6. Transforming Collecting Commentary by Jennifer R. O’Neal 13. Museums and the Revitalization of Endangered Languages and Knowledge Gwyneira Isaac 14. Shriniinlii (‘Fix It’): The Grease Mechanics of Translating Gwich’in Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank Conclusion: The Power of Words, Relationships, and Archives Mary S. Linn Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisRobert Aquinas McNally tells the wrenching story of the Modoc War of 1872–73, fought in south-central Oregon and northeastern California, this was one of the nation’s most dramatic conflicts against North American Indigenous peoples. Trade 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 SynopsisBoarding School Voices is both an anthology of mostly unpublished writing by former students of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and a study of that writing. The boarding schools’ ethnocidal practices have become a metaphor for the worst evils of colonialism, a specifiable source for the ills that beset Native communities today. But the fuller story is one not only of suffering and pain, loss and abjection, but also of ingenious agency, creative syntheses, and unimagined adaptations. Although tragic for many students, for others the Carlisle experience led to positive outcomes in their lives. Some published short pieces in the Carlisle newspapers and others sent letters and photos to the school over the years. Arnold Krupat transcribes selections from the letters of these former students literally and unedited, emphasizing their evocative language and what they tell of themselves and their home communities, and the perspectives they offer on a wider AmericTrade Review"Students of the boarding school era in particular may find Boarding School Voices to be a wonderful research companion, with its straightforward contribution, powerful photographs, and accessible writing—replete with a helpful appendix of those referenced by name in the book."—Sarah Whitt, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"This is a highly valuable book for those who are interested in boarding schools, labor, allotment, federal policy, Indigenous agency, and family history."—Savannah Waters, South Dakota History"Krupat's work stands as a significant contribution to our understanding of Carlisle, its students, and American Indian boarding schools."—Geoff Hamilton, American Indian Quarterly"This work gives new perspectives to the Native American boarding school era and a rare glimpse in the linguistic development of English in Indigenous cultures. The voices of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School graduates are illuminated by the preservation of these letters and, in turn, they open opportunities for expanding this field of study beyond historical accounts."—Meghan Nguyen, Chronicles of Oklahoma“Recovering the Native American voices in this book is an important undertaking to understanding Native American intellectualism and activism in the long history between the nineteenth century and today. . . . Boarding School Voices is written in such a readable way that any [person] simply curious about Native American history and literary production may be interested in reading it.”—Lionel Larré, editor of Tales of the Old Indian Territory and Essays on the Indian Condition “The letters and other student-authored texts this book makes accessible are an untapped resource for scholars and students working to challenge the restrictive assimilationist-resistance binary that has dominated narratives of the boarding school experience.”—Jacqueline Emery, editor of Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School PressTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “I talk white nicely”: The 1890 Letters of Returned Students from Carlisle 2. “I have always liked to write”: Selected Writings of Mike Burns (Hoomothya) 3. “I am interested in my life”: Further Words from Former Students of Carlisle 4. “One of the most trusted members of the faculty”: Siceni Nori, Some “Successful” Carlisle Indians, and the 1914 Congressional Hearings Appendix: Carlisle Students Named in this Book Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNamed a 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleStories from Saddle Mountain recounts family stories that connected the Tongkeamhas, a Kiowa family, to the Saddle Mountain community for more than a century. Henrietta Apayyat (191293) grew up and married near Saddle Mountain, where she and her husband raised five sons and five daughters. She began penning her memoirs in 1968, including accounts about a Peyote meeting, revivals and Christmas encampments at Saddle Mountain Church, subsistence activities, and attending boarding schools and public schools. When not in school, Henrietta spent much of her childhood and adolescence close to home, working and occasionally traveling to neighboring towns with her grandparents, whereas her son Raymond Tongkeamha left frequently and wandered farther. Both experienced the transformation from having no indoor plumbing or electricity to having radios, televisions, and JCPenney. Together, their autobiographies illuminate dynamic changes and steadfast traditions in twentieth-century Kiowa life in the Saddle Mountain countryside.Trade Review"These stories present strong people resolved to maintain their connections to one another, their community, and the land that shaped them."—M. F. McClure, Choice“Taking the reader to the heart of Kiowa country in southwestern Oklahoma, Benjamin Kracht shares the life stories of a Kiowa mother and her son with sensitivity, grace, and great respect for the old ways. These intergenerational stories recall the warmth of a grandmother’s kitchen, beadwork, boarding school days, hunting, fishing, and baseball.”—Patricia Loughlin, author of Hidden Treasures of the American West“Benjamin Kracht delivers a duo of rich memoirs written by mother and son Henrietta Apayyat and Raymond Tongkeamha. Placed together with Kracht’s own notes and historic contextualization, the memoirs provide resonant details about Kiowa culture and history that shine through recollections about place, kinship, friendship, hardship, and fun. The memoirs also reveal much about education, medicine, religion, technological change, and ethnic interactions in twentieth-century Kiowa country. Kracht clearly has a genuine respect and love for the Tongkeamhas, a family who has shared much with him and, in return, whose voices he has diligently worked to share.”—J. Justin Castro, author of Radio in Revolution: Wireless Technology and State Power in Mexico, 1897–1938“Editor Benjamin R. Kracht provides a rich resource for anyone interested in Kiowa or, more generally, Southern Plains American Indian culture and history. Through the stories of Henrietta Tongkeamha and Raymond Tongkeamha, and with help from Lisa LaBrada, this personal, community-based history delivers as an important primary source and a superb addition not only to the scholarly record but also to Native American oral histories.”—David C. Posthumus, author of All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and RitualTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Henrietta Tongkeamha’s Memoirs Overview Editing “This Is the Story of My Life” 2. Raymond Tongkeamha’s Memoirs Overview Editing May 2018 Narrative June 2019 Narrative November 2019 Narrative December 2019 Narrative Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the use of art education in government-controlled schools as an instrument for assimilating American Indian children at the turn of the twentieth century. Trade Review"Readers who are interested in the residential schools, art education, the Arts and Crafts Movement, or the implementation of federal Indian policy at the onset of the twentieth century will find Colonized through Art an original and engrossing addition to the existing literature in these areas. Lentis greatly expands our understanding of how the residential schools promoted assimilation through art and of the ways that Native students used their art for creative expressions of resistance."—Melissa D. Parkhurst, Western Historical Quarterly“Lentis breaks new ground in explaining the presence of arts and crafts . . . in government schools that otherwise ‘suppressed every aspect of Indian cultures, traditions, and languages.’. . . Well worth the read.”—Lisa K. Neuman, American Historical Review"Studies of federal Indian schooling have spawned a variety of approaches to the contested subject, but in Colonized through Art the independent scholar Marinella Lentis has moved the discussion in a new direction by evaluating the impact of art education in these schools."—Margaret Connell-Szasz, Journal of American History"In Colonized through Art: American Indian Schools and Art Education, 1889–1915, Marinella Lentis provides an extensively researched study of art education in U.S. government operated boarding schools for American Indian students at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries."—John Reyhner, Pacific Northwest Quarterly“Marinella Lentis deftly lays out the terrain of Indian school art programs. . . . A significant contribution to the field, Colonized through Art clearly, succinctly, and broadly expands our knowledge of the ways government officials pushed assimilation through art—not to mention the resistance many Native students creatively expressed.”—Linda M. Waggoner, author of Fire Light: The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist"Colonized through Art provides a thorough historical account of how white, Euro-American superintendents, curriculum writers, and teachers implemented cultural assimilation, which was manifested in public displays through nineteenth- and early twentieth-century boarding schools."—Kevin Slivka, History of Education Quarterly "I highly recommend the volume and believe it to be essential reading for those studying the Native American boarding school system in the United States."—Mackenzie J. Cory, Journal of the History of Childhood and YouthTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations 1. Art “Lifts Them to Her Own High Level”: Nineteenth-Century Art Education 2. “An Indispensable Adjunct to All Training of This Kind”: The Place of Art in Indian Schools 3. “Show Him the Needs of Civilization and How to Adapt His Work to the Needs of the Hour”: Native Arts and Crafts in Indian Schools 4. “The Administration Has No Sympathy with Perpetuation of Any Except the Most Substantial of Indian Handicraft”: Art Education at the Albuquerque Indian School 5. “Drawing and All the Natural Artistic Talents of the Pupils Are Encouraged and Cultivated”: Art Education at Sherman Institute 6. “Susie Chase-the-Enemy and Her Friends Do Good Work”: Exhibits from Indian Schools at Fairs and Expositions 7. “The Comparison with the Work of White Scholars Is Not Always to the Credit of the Latter”: Art Training on Display at Educational Conventions Conclusion Appendix A: List of Fairs, Expositions, and Educational Conventions That Featured Indian School Exhibits Appendix B: Day, Reservation, and Non-Reservation Schools Represented at Major National and International Fairs Appendix C: Layouts of Minneapolis and Boston Exhibits Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDavid J. Costa presents a collection of almost all of the known Native texts in Miami-Illinois, from speakers of Myaamia, Peoria, and Wea.Trade Review"This unique, long-awaited volume is of great value to Algonquian studies from both a linguistic and cultural-historical perspective. It represents a major contribution toward fostering a Myaamia cultural legacy that will be accessible to a wide readership."—E. J. Vajda, Choice“[These texts are] extremely important both to the Myaamia community and to scholars specializing in Algonquian linguistics. There is nothing like this for the Miami-Illinois language. The organization of this [book] should serve as a model for similar text editions of Native American languages.”—Amy Dahlstrom, associate professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago and author of Plains Cree Morphosyntax“This will make an important contribution to the Miami-Peoria people, to Algonquian studies, to Miami language studies in particular, and to studies of Native American oral traditions. This kind of retranscription and retranslation, in the absence of native speakers to help, is an incredibly difficult and impressive task. Kudos to the heroic efforts of the last speakers, the documenters, and the author here for bringing us what has been preserved.”—Andrew Cowell, professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Colorado and editor of Naming the World: Language and Power among the Northern ArapahoTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Text 1. Wiihsakacaakwa Story Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 2. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakana ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Stories’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 3. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaakani ‘Fox Story’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 4. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaana ‘Fox Stories’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 5. The Story of Wilakhtwa Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 6. Wilakhtwa Aalhsoohkaakanemali ‘The Story of Wilakhtwa’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 7. Waapanswa ‘Story of Rabbit’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 8. Waapanswa ‘Story of Rabbit’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 9. Eeyeelia ‘The Story of Possum’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 10. Eeyeelia ‘The Story of Possum’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 11. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakani ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Story’ George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 12. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakana ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Stories’ George Finley Jacob Dunn Text 13. Story of Wiihsakacaakwa George Finley Truman Michelson Text 14. The Story of Fox and Wolf George Finley Truman Michelson Text 15. The Story of Raccoon and Crawfish George Finley Truman Michelson Text 16. Iiši-Mihtohseenwici Noohsa ‘How My Father Lived’ George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 17. Peoria Lord’s Prayer George Finley Jacob Dunn Text 18. Eehonci Kiintoohki Pyaawaaci Myaamiaki ‘Where the Miamis First Came From’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 19. Lénipinšiaakami ‘Lénipinšia Water’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 20. Šiipaakana Aalhsoohkaalinta ‘The Story of Awl’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 21. Naapiinkwiaki Aalhsoohkaalinta ‘Story about False Face Doctors’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 22. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaanaki ‘Fox Stories’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 23. Iiniini Wiiyoonkonci Waahseehkiki ‘Why We Have Daylight’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 24. Aalhsoohkaani Waapimaankwa ‘The Story of White Loon’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 25. Biographic Notice of Kápia Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 26. Aalhsoohkaalinta Kaapia ‘Story of Kaapia’, Version 1 Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 27. Aalhsoohkaalinta Kaapia ‘Story of Kaapia’, Version 2 Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 28. Mihšihkinaahkwa Kiilahkweeta ‘Little Turtle’s Speech’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 29. Iineehi Oohkomahi Akiihi Wiikapimiša ‘Grandmothers and Mothers of Sweet Linn’ Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 30. Oohkomahi Neehi Akiihi Wiikapimiša ‘Grandmothers and Mothers of Sweet Linn’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 31. Aanikopia Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici ‘Anikopia’s Life Story’ Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 32. Aanikopia Neehi Niimaakani ‘Anikopia and the Flag’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 33. Ague Cake Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 34. Paakiciinki ‘Ague Cake’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 35. Tanning the Buckskin Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 36. Tanning the Buckskin Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 37. Preparation of Meat and Lard Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 38. Koohkooša Oonsaahsonta ‘Pork Curing’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 39. Wea Lord’s Prayer Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 40. Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici Ciinkweensa ‘The Life Story of Young Thunder’ William Peconga Albert Gatschet Text 41. Ciinkweensa Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici ‘How Young Thunder Lived’ William Peconga Jacob Dunn Text 42. Ciinkweensa ‘Young Thunder’ Frank Beaver and George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 43. Waapitioonsa ‘Young Antelope’ Frank Beaver Jacob Dunn Text 44. Miami Baptist Prayer Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Text 45. Miami Lord’s Prayer Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Text 46. The Biblical Account of Creation: Genesis 1:1–2:3 Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisStrength from the Waters is an environmental and social history that frames economic development, environmental concerns, and Indigenous mobilization within the context of a timeless issue: access to water. Between 1927 and 1970 the Mayo people—an Indigenous group in northwestern Mexico—confronted changing access to the largest freshwater source in the region, the Fuerte River. In Strength from the Waters James V. Mestaz demonstrates how the Mayo people used newly available opportunities such as irrigation laws, land reform, and cooperatives to maintain their connection to their river system and protect their Indigenous identity. By using irrigation technologies to increase crop production and protect lands from outsiders trying to claim it as fallow, the Mayo of northern Sinaloa simultaneously preserved their identity by continuing to conduct traditional religious rituals that paid homage to the Fuerte River. This shift in approach to both new tecTrade Review“Strength from the Waters makes important contributions to modern Mexican history, environmental history, and ethnohistory, especially with its fascinating oral histories of Mayo elders.”—Mikael Wolfe, author of Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in MexicoTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Their Technology, Our Way: Los Goros and Fuerte River Infrastructure, 1927 to 1942 2. Sweetness and Water Power: The SICAE Sugarcane Cooperative and Mayo Struggles for Water, 1944 to 1958 3. When the State Fails the Gods Remain: Independent Mayo Water Control Strategies, 1944 to 1957 4. The Inward Turn: Mayo Hydraulic Labor, Millenarian Movements, and Changing Rituals, 1947 to 1963 5. From Our River to Theirs: The Effects of Hydraulic Development, 1955 to 1970 Epilogue: Remaining Strong Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGeoffrey Kimball presents the first grammar of the American Indian language Atakapa, Yukhíti Kóy, once spoken in coastal southwestern Louisiana and coastal eastern Texas. Trade Review"This is a meticulously documented and useful reference source. . . . Because of the lack of documentation on this subject, any resource is a treasure for language revival and further academic studies."—Jurgita Antoine, Tribal College Journal“There has not been a comprehensive reference grammar of the Atakapa language, and so this book fills a real need. There is very careful philological work here.”—George Aaron Broadwell, author of A Choctaw Reference Grammar“This reference grammar will make a huge and much-needed contribution to Atakapan language studies and to linguistics in general. Geoffrey Kimball has clearly well researched the language based on both the original Gatschet field notes and the published Gatschet and Swanton Atakapa dictionary.”—David V. Kaufman, author of Clues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories: Language, Archaeology, and Ethnography and Atakapa Ishakkoy DictionaryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations 1. Phonology Orthography Atakapa Phonemes Accent Phonetic Processes Active Phonological Processes 2. The Verb and Verbal Morphology Aorist Mode Preterite Mode Dubitative Mode Future Mode Progressive Mode Subordinate Mode Gerund Participle Stative Verbs Negation Aspect Suffixes Verbal Prefixes Adjectives Adverbs Comparison of Adjectives Verbal Derivational Processes Verb Pluralization Suppletion 3. Nouns and Nominal Morphology Animacy Mass Status Ordering of Nominal Morphology Nominal Cases Noun Pluralization Noun Possession Pronouns Deictics Postpositions Numerals Noun Formation 4. Syntax Ergativity Fluid-S Marking Word Order Locative Compounds Focus Clausal Complements Conjunction and Disjunction Omitted Inflection in Coordinate Contexts Relative Clause Equivalents Interrogative Sentences Idiomatic Expressions 5. Texts Text 1: Cultural and Historical Topics Text 2: The Skin-Desirer Text 3: Treatment of the Heads of Infants Text 4: Form Letter Text 5: Biographical Sketch of Kišmok Text 6: Notes on the Family of Tottokš Text 7: Traditional Treatment of Disease Text 8: Traditional Burial Practices Text 9: A Fight among Black People in Lake Charles Yukhíti–English Vocabulary Appendix 1: Hiyékiti (Eastern Atakapa)–English Vocabulary Appendix 2: Orkokisak (Western Atakapa)–English Vocabulary Appendix 3: Yukhíti Kinship Terminology References Index

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Book SynopsisA Concise Dictionary of Nakoda (Assiniboine) brings to life the hopes and dreams of Nakoda (Assiniboine) elders. The Nakoda language—also known as Assiniboine, an Ojibwe ethnonym meaning “Stone Enemy”—is an endangered Siouan language of the Mississippi Valley branch spoken in southern Saskatchewan and northern Montana. Nakoda belongs to the Dakotan dialectal continuum, which includes Dakota, Lakota, and Stoney. The fieldwork for this project was done between 2018 and 2020 with Elder Wilma Kennedy, one of the last fluent speakers living in Carry The Kettle, Saskatchewan. The volume brings together many valuable stories and colorful expressions as well as archaic words that do not appear in any known sources of the language. Particular care was taken to obtain the derivatives of many verbal stems, along with sentences for many of the verbs, adverbs, and other function words. More than a list of words, this volume contains definitionsTrade Review"This dictionary is an invaluable contribution to endangered language documentation and to theoretical, typological, and comparative linguistics."—E. J. Vajda, Choice“A great resource for both academic and nonacademic audiences. It is the most comprehensive dictionary of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language. It is a mandatory addition to reference collections at academic libraries and will be a treasured possession of every Nakoda household.”—Jurgita Antoine, director of Native language research for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium“This dictionary greatly increases the knowledge of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language and will be a valuable resource to those wishing to better understand Siouan languages. Although the work is directed toward the Nakoda (Assiniboine) communities it will also be an important contribution to specialists in the field.”—Thomas Shawl, Nakoda (Assiniboine) language consultantTable of ContentsList of Illistrations Foreword by Chief Ira McArthur Messages from Funders Introduction A Short History of the Nakoda People Dialectal Situation of Nakoda Language Vitality Methodology Spelling System and Sound Description Key to Entries General Information Entries for Verbs in the Nakoda–English Section Entries for Nouns in the Nakoda–English Section Entries for Morphemes in the Nakoda–English Section Entries in the English–Nakoda Section Glossing and Class Codes Nakoda/English English/Nakoda References

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Book SynopsisNicole Tonkovich reexamines the history of allotment on the Nez Perce Reservation from 1889 to 1892 to account for and emphasize the Nez Perce side of the story.Trade Review"The Allotment Plot is a refreshing, nuanced, and insightful reinterpretation of a moment in Nez Perce history that illuminates both the blind nature of federal policy and the tribal resilience reflected in post-reservation Indian resistance and selfdetermination."—David R. M. Beck, American Historical Review"An extremely readable and informative book that will benefit scholars from various disciplines."—Jennifer Macias, Pacific Northwest Quarterly"A meticulously researched and carefully developed analysis of events before, during, and after allotment on the Nez Perce reservation."—Elizabeth James, Oregon Historical Quarterly "The Allotment Plot is a good addition to the field and offers readers much to consider."—C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, H-NetTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Allotment and Nimiipuu Survivance Part 1. Beginnings Introduction: After the End of Nez Perce History 1. A False Beginning 2. Another Beginning Part 2. Land Introduction: Map and Territory, Space and Place 3. "The Square Idea" 4. Ethnographic Knowledge and Native Cartography Part 3. Citizens Introduction: E Pluribus Unum 5. Technologies of Citizenship 6. Fictions of Coherence Part 4. Endings Introduction: "If the Work Is Ever to Be Finished" 7. Irresolutions and Incompletions 8. The Ends of Nez Perce Allotment Part 5. Afterward Introduction: "Double Pictures Have Met Us All along the Way" 9. After-Words 10. After-Images Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArchaeologists of South Carolina and Florida and historians of the Native South, Spanish Florida, and British Carolina address elusive questions about Yamasee identity, political and social networks, and the fate of the Yamasees after the Yamasee War.Trade Review"The Yamasee Indians is a welcome addition to scholarship on southeastern Indigenous peoples. It will also be useful for scholars who focus on other regions and time periods. . . . In including analysis of Yamasee individuals, families, and towns, the volume irrefutably proves that Yamasees’ experiences before, during, and after the Yamasee War were far from monolithic."—Garrett Wright, Native American and Indigenous Studies"With deep readings of archaeological and historical traces, these essays fit exceptionally well together to lend a comprehensive view of Yamasee history and culture in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries."—Jonathan Hancock, Florida Historical Quarterly"The volume is one that experts on Native American and early American history, graduate and undergraduate students, and nonspecialists should find useful, engaging, and interesting."—D. Andrew Johnson, Journal of Southern History“This impressive anthology tells the remarkable story of the Yamasee Indians, and in the telling, reveals the opportunities, upheavals, and strategies for survival of Native communities living on the edge of an expanding European empire.”—Robbie Ethridge, professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi and author of From Chicaza to Chickasaw: The European Invasion and the Transformation of the Mississippian World, 1540–1715“A much-needed, remarkably thorough, and impressively interdisciplinary investigation of a critically important but all-too-often-misunderstood Native nation. Anyone with an interest in the early American South and its people should read this book.”—Joshua Piker, editor of the William and Mary Quarterly, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, and professor of history at the College of William & Mary“This anthology makes a fine addition to the extant scholarship on the Yamasee people, offers a balanced juxtaposition of disciplinary and thematic approaches to the subject, and builds on the scholarship that has come before while casting an eye toward what might be some promising areas for future study. The chapters all interconnect in ways that bespeak a kind of collective and collaborative approach to the topic at hand.”—James Taylor Carson, professor and head of the School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Science at Griffith University in Brisbane and author of Thee Columbian Covenant: Race and the Writing of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword, by Alan Gallay Acknowledgments Introduction: Recovering Yamasee History Denise I. BossyPart 1. Yamasee Identity 1. Living at Liberty: The Ungovernable Yamasees of Spanish Florida Amy Turner Bushnell 2. Yamasee Migrations into the Mocama and Timucua Provinces of Florida, 1667–1683: An Archaeological Perspective Keith Ashley 3. Yamasee Material Culture and Identity: Altamaha/San Marcos Ceramics in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Indian Settlements, Georgia and South Carolina Eric C. Poplin and Jon Bernard Marcoux 4. Cultural Continuity and Change: Archaeological Research at Yamasee Primary Towns in South Carolina Alexander Y. SweeneyPart 2. Yamasee Networks 5. Spiritual Diplomacy: Reinterpreting the Yamasee Prince’s Eighteenth-Century Voyage to England Denise I. Bossy 6. Yamasee-African Ties in Carolina and Florida Jane Landers 7. The Long Yamasee War: Reflections on Yamasee Conflict in the Eighteenth Century Steven C. HahnPart 3. Surviving the Yamasee War 8. The Persistence of Yamasee Power and Identity at the Town of San Antonio de Pocotalaca, 1716–1752 Amanda Hall 9. Refuge among the Spanish: Yamasee Community Coalescence in St. Augustine after 1715 Andrea P. White 10. Chief Francisco Jospogue: Reconstructing the Paths of a Guale-Yamasee Indian Lineage through Spanish Records Susan Richbourg Parker 11. The Yamasee in West Florida John E. Worth 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 Victoria Howard was born around 1865, a little more than ten years after the founding of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in western Oregon. Howard's maternal grandmother, Wagayuhlen Quiaquaty, was a successful and valued Clackamas shaman at Grand Ronde, and her maternal grandfather, Quiaquaty, was an elite Molalla chief. In the summer of 1929 the linguist Melville Jacobs, student of Franz Boas, requested to record Clackamas Chinook oral traditions with Howard, which she enthusiastically agreed to do. The result is an intricate and lively corpus of linguistic and ethnographic material, as well as rich performances of Clackamas literary heritage, as dictated by Howard and meticulously transcribed by Jacobs in his field notebooks. Ethnographical descriptions attest to the traditional lifestyle and environment in which Howard grew up, while fTrade Review“An important and delightful contribution to the study of Native American ethnopoetics and verbal art. In Mason’s careful ethnopoetic renderings of the narratives of raconteur Victoria Howard we hear her voice, as never before, as she tells the personal and cultural stories that compose this wonderful corpus of the Molalla-Clackamas narratives that emerged from her collaboration with Jacobs.”—Paul V. Kroskrity, coeditor of The Legacy of Dell Hymes: Ethnopoetics, Narrative Inequality, and Voice“The Clackamas Chinook narratives by Victoria Howard (1865-1930) evoke tribal traditions, values, and human experiences of the tribes of the Western Oregon Grande Ronde. More than sixty years following the publication of Melville Jacob’s original publication, Catharine Mason’s selection from Howard’s Clackamas corpus, presents for republication a remarkable selection of well-crafted texts taken from an almost forgotten vocal performance artist accessible to both scholars and Chinookan descendants and members of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde. This new and updated collection will provide a source of reading enjoyment as well as a significant contribution to American Northwest Coast oral traditions and literatures.”—Gus Palmer Jr., editor of When Dream Bear Sings: Native Literatures of the Southern Plains“Drawing on developments in ethnolinguistics, ethnopoetics, and narratology, Catharine Mason offers a beautifully presented, and fully annotated edition and verse translation of a selection of the works of Victoria Howard, one of the great North American storytellers. Mason’s respectful handling of these performances gives full recognition to the necessity for reading/hearing them in consultation with the communities whose ancestors were their creators.”—John Leavitt, author of Linguistic Relativities: Language Diversity and Modern ThoughtTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface Introduction: Interpreting, Editing, and Valorizing Traditional Works from Ethnographical RecordingsPersonal Landscapes The Wagʷə́t Náyma ganúłayt wagəškix (I Lived with My Mother’s Mother) Summer in the Mountains My Grandmother Never Explained Childbirth to Me Weeping about a Dead Child A Molale Hunter Who Was Never Frightened A Shaman Doctored Me for My Eyes Ičə́čġmam ganẋátẋ aġa Dušdaq ningidə́layt (I Was Ill, Dúšdaq Doctored Me) Náyka kʷalíwi wágəlxt (I and My Sister-Cousin) A Tualatin Woman Shaman and Transvestite A Shaman at My Mother’s Last IllnessHistorical Landscapes Spearfishing at Grand Ronde Slaughtering of Chinook Women Captives Escape Snake Indians Wálxayu ičámxix gałẋílayt (Seal and Her Younger Brother Lived There) Wišə́liq išq’íxanapx gašdašgúqam (Two Maidens, Two Stars Came to Them) Wásusgani and Wačínu Inventions and New Customs as Sources of AmusementCultural Landscapes Išknúłmapx (Two Grass Widows) Restrictions on Women Laughing at Missionaries The Honorable Milt Išk’áškaš škáwxaw gašdəẋuẋ (Two Children, Two Owls, They Became) Joshing during a Spirit-Power Dance Fun-Dances Performed by Visitors Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisPublished through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A Native American language formerly spoken in hundreds of communities in the interior of California, Patwin (also known as Wintun T'ewe) is now spoken by a small but growing number of language revitalizationists and their students. A Grammar of Patwin brings together two hundred years of word lists, notebooks, audio recordings, and manuscripts from archives across the United States and synthesizes this scattered collection into the first published description of the Patwin language. This book shines a light on the knowledge of past speakers and researchers with a clear and well-organized description supported by ample archival evidence. Lewis C. Lawyer addresses the full range of grammatical structure with chapters on phonetics, phonology, nominals, nominal modifiers, spatial terms, verbs, and clauses. At every level of grammTrade Review"Lawyer's grammar of Patwin is an excellent work and an important new resource in that it takes diverse documentation from numerous scholars collected over approximately two centuries and creates a clear, concise, yet also in-depth description, which maintains the rich variation present across Patwin dialects while also remaining accessible to both the scholarly community and those outside of it. This grammar is also of significance and importance to those working to study and revitalize the Patwin language."—Uldis Balodis, Linguistic Typology"This is an incredibly complex study of the grammatical structure of a language that has not been studied with this degree of detail before. It is rare to find any grammar book that pushes beyond repeating what previous grammar textbooks have already stated. Thus, specialists in rare languages, and in particular of Patwin will greatly benefit from having it in their libraries or borrowing it from an academic library to further their relevant research."—Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Journal“This work is a model of the kind of scrupulous philological methodology that must be brought to bear on such projects. In addition to successfully adding Patwin to the canon of linguistically well-described California languages, it also serves as a model for the kind of methodology that will have to be employed on ever-increasing numbers of other Native North American languages that are no longer spoken, languages which are extensively documented in archival sources but not yet competently or comprehensively described.”—David J. Costa, author of The Miami-Illinois LanguageTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Alphabetical List of Morphemes 1. Background 1.1. The Patwin Language 1.2. Materials 1.3. Grammaticography 1.4. Orthography and Formatting 2. Phonemics and Phonetics 2.1. Phoneme Inventory 2.2. Minimal Pairs 2.3. Detailed Phonetic and Phonemic Descriptions 2.4. Stress and Intonation 3. Phonology 3.1. Phonotactics 3.2. The Syllable 3.3. Words and Stems 3.4. Stress Assignment and Syllable Weights 3.5. Segmental Phenomena 3.6. Reduplication 3.7. Loanwords 4. Nominals and Nominal Morphology 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Nouns 4.3. Kinship Terms 4.4. Nominalized Verbs 4.5. Number Marking 4.6. Case Marking 4.7. Absolutive Suffix 4.8. Vocatives 4.9. Order of Morphemes 4.10. Verbalization 4.11. Compound Constructions 5. Pronouns 5.1. Tables of Forms 5.2. Roots 5.3. Suffixes 5.4. Verbalization 5.5. In-Law Address Forms 5.6. Doubled Pronouns 6. Nominal Modifiers and the Noun Phrase 6.1. Pronouns as Modifiers 6.2. Adjectives 6.3. Numerals 6.4. Quantifiers 6.5. Relative Clauses 6.6. Nominal Coordination 6.7. Headless and Discontinuous Noun Phrases 7. Directionals and Cardinals 7.1. Directionals 7.2. Cardinals 8. The Verb and Verbal Morphology 8.1. The Verb Stem 8.2. Verbal Suffixes 8.3. Event and Participant Plurality 8.4. Nominalization 8.5. Verb Compounding 8.6. Citation Forms 9. The Clause 9.1. Auxiliary Verbs 9.2. Particles 9.3. Subordinate Clauses 9.4. Negation 9.5. Comparative Constructions 9.6. Clause Coordination with Connector /=ʔu/ ‘CONN’ Appendix: Attested Pronouns by Dialect A.1. Tables of Attested Pronouns by Dialect A.2. Discussion of Pronoun Data Notes References

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