Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Books

Book Synopsis*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review).Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more fami

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Book SynopsisJoyce Sequichie Hifler offers a book of daily meditations drawn from her own rich Cherokee heritage and that of other tribes.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFrom Publishers WeeklyIn this acerbic collection of essays, Comanche cultural critic and art curator Smith (Like a Hurricane) riffs on the romantic stereotypes of Indian as “spiritual masters and first environmentalists,” as tragic victims of technology and civilization, as primal beings brimming with nomad authenticity, their every artifact a gem of folk art. Such tropes, he complains, hide the riotous complexity of the modern Indian experience, which he visits in pieces that explore his grandfather's Christian church, Sitting Bull's savvy manipulation of his media image (he had an agent) and the author's own Comanche forebears, who were both “world-class barbarians” and avid adopters of the white man's gadgetry. These loose-limbed essays range all over the landscape, from Hollywood westerns to the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee to (somewhat obscurely) the contemporary Indian art scene. Smith doesn't entirely square his view of Indians as “just plain folks” with his advancing of a unique Indian cultural perspective, but his keen, skeptical eye makes such ironies both amusing and enlightening.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Native American DNA is a book of far wider scope than its title, establishing the author as a leading authority on the topic. The politics of tribal DNA is but the starting point of a complex analysis that encompasses the whole framework in which DNA is appropriated in the study of human populations. Molecular geneticists, science studies researchers, legal scholars—and of course Native Americans—will find their horizons considerably broadened and newly engaged."—Troy Duster, New York University"Native American DNA is a gracefully written, powerfully argued, and urgently needed examination of indigenous identity and politics after the genomic turn. This is pathbreaking work."—Alondra Nelson, Columbia University"Provocative and incisive. . . Native American DNA is undoubtedly a key text."—Medical Anthropology Quarterly"TallBear’s description of the science of DNA testing is remarkably clear, and her skepticism about its claims is well founded."—Journal of American History"Essential reading for researchers in all fields of Indigenous studies."—American Indian QuarterlyTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An Indigenous, Feminist Approach to DNA Politics1. Racial Science, Blood, and DNA 2. The DNA Dot-com: Selling Ancestry3. Genetic Genealogy Online4. The Genographic Project: The Business of Research and RepresentationConclusion: Indigenous and Genetic Governance and KnowledgeNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsForewordWendy Makoons GeniuszIntroductionA Note on Botanical UsageInvocation1. Traditional Anishinaabe Teaching About Plants“The Year the Roses Died”The Primacy of PlantsHow do We Know This, or the Descent of Our Knowledge?Talking to PlantsIndigenous or Imported?The Use of Story in Ethnobotany2. Indinawemaaganag: All of My Relatives“How Cedar Came into the World: The Creation Story of Cedar and Bearberry”“Nookomis Giizhik: The Cedar Song”White Cedar, Nokomis Giizhik, Thuja occidentalisTraditional Anishinaabe Advice to Youth“The Lady of the Red and Black Wigwam”Cedar Medicines“The Birch Tree, the Maple Tree, and Nanaboozhoo”Paper Birch, Nimishoomis Wiigwaas, Betula papyrifera“Nanaboozhoo and the Thunderbirds”“The Runner and the Birch Sap”Balsam fir, Nimisenh, Abies balsamea3. Other Conifers Important to the Anishinaabeg“Why Some Trees Keep Their Leaves When Others do Not”“Nanaboozhoo and Paul Bunyan”The Pines, Tacobeshig, Pinus spp.White Pine, Zhingwaak, Pinus strobusRed Pine, Apakwanagemag, Pinus resinosaJack Pine, Wakikaandag, Pinus banksianaScotch Pine, Pinus sylvestrisMedicinal Virtues of the PinesFoot BathsInhalants from PinesSpruce, Gaawaandag, Picea mariana and Picea glaucaThe Virtues of SpruceThe Ancient WarriorTamarack, Mashkiigmitig, Larix laricinaThe Medicinal Virtues of TamarackEastern Hemlock, Gaagaagiwanzh, Tsuga canadensisJuniper, Juniperus horizontalis,Juniperus communis, and Juniperus virginiana4. Three Food Plants that have been Very Useful to the Anishinaabeg“Nanaboozhoo and the Dancing Men”Cattail, Apakweshkway, Typha latifolia and Typha angustifoliaLabrador Tea, Mashkiigobag, Ledum groenlandicumJerusalem Artichokes, Giizisoojiibik, Helianthus tuberosus5. Four Plants that the Anishinaabeg have Used in the Traditional, Material Culture“The Shut-eye Dance: The Creation of Red Osier, Bittersweet, and Lichens”The Cornus FamilyRed Osier, Miskwaabiimizh, Cornus stoloniferaBunchberry, Ode’iminijiibik, Cornus canadensisStaghorn Sumac, Baakwaanaatig, Rhus typhinaSphagnum Moss, Aasaakamig, Sphagnum spp.“Nanaboozhoo and the Squeaky–Voice Plant”Nanaboozhoo’s Squeaky–Voice Plant: Lycopodium, Lycopodium spp.6. Major Medicinal Plants that have Shared Their Virtues with the AnishinaabegYarrow, Waabanoganzh, Achillea millefoliumMullein, Nookaadiziganzh, Verbascum thapsus“The South Wind and the Maiden of the Golden Hair”Dandelion, Doodooshaaboojiibik, Taraxacum officinalePlantain, Omakakiibag, Plantago major and Plantago lanceolataRoses, Oginiiminagaawanzh, Rosa spp.The EupatoriumsJoe Pye Weed, Bagizowin, Eupatorium purpureumShield and Lance Plant, Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum and Eupatorium rugosumJewelweed, Ozaawashkojiibik, Impatiens capensis,Impatiens pallida, and Poison Ivy, Animikiibag, Toxicodendron radicansThe Monarda FamilyWild Bergamot, “Baby Saver Plant”, Monarda fistulosaBee Balm, Aamoogaawanzh, Monarda didymaGoldthread, Ozaawijiibik, Coptis groenlandicaViolets, Waawiyebag, Viola spp.“Nanaboozhoo and Name”The

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history. Through We'wha's exceptional life, Will Roscoe creates a vivid picture of an alternative gender role whose history has been hidden and almost forgotten.

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Book SynopsisA fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an examination of notable works from a major private collection. The insightful texts provide a new evaluation of the art, culture, and daily life of numerous North American tribes, including Acoma, Apache, Cheyenne, Creek, Crow, Hopi-Twea, Kiowa, Lakota, Pomo, Seneca, Seminole, Tlingit, and Zuni, among others. The works featured in this lavish volume span centuries, from the period prior to contact with European settlers through the early 20th century, and represent the extensive artistic achievements of culturally distinct indigenous peoples. Both known and unrecorded makers’ innovative visions are manifest in a wide variety of aesthetic forms and media—from painting, sculpture, and drawing to costume, ceramics, and baskets. Challenging traditional presentations of American Indian art, this publication situates and analyzes them alongside other North American artistic practices. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (10/01/18–10/06/19)

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Book SynopsisPrompting a reevaluation of canonical understandings of twentieth century art history, Mapping Modernisms provides an analysis of how indigenous artists and art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas became recognized as modern.Trade Review"The wide-ranging and meticulously researched essays in Mapping Modernisms focus on indigenous artists from Inuit, Zulu, Māori, Pueblo, and Aboriginal cultures, among others, around the world. . . . What emerges from Mapping Modernisms is that Modernism was not a process of diffusion from Western centers to non-Western peripheries, as it is traditionally constructed in Western narratives, but rather a complex web of mutual inuences and exchanges across the globe." -- Naomi Polonsky * Hyperallergic *"Mapping Modernisms is an excellent addition to any collection exploring the history of modernity and the decolonisation of modern art histories, and proposes a new conceptualization of modernity that would benefit any collection looking to re-examine its role in post-colonialism." -- Marianne R. Williams * ARLIS/NA Reviews *"Mapping Modernisms is a concise and carefully compiled selection of essays and art works from across historical and geographical spectrums, which challenge the relationship between postcolonialism and metahistorical concepts of modernity." -- Natalie Ilsley * Visual Studies *"Dispelling assumptions of the past, the authors reveal the artist to be as cognizant of the exigencies of their complicated histories and lives, as they are in command of their expressive forms. Mapping Modernism sheds much needed light onto the artistic production of modernist artists living in post- and neocolonial countries in the early twentieth century." -- Cécile Rose Ganteaume * Transmotion *“Mapping Modernisms keys in to several recent trends in cultural studies and art history, including transnationalism, global Indigeneity, and definitions of modernism and modernity. It addresses all of them in productively thought-provoking—and overtly political—ways. This is a volume with an agenda that is both timely and overdue, and, as their comprehensive and rousing introduction makes clear, the editors know it.” -- Louise Siddons * Canadian Journal of History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix General Editors' Foreword / Ruth B. Phillips and Nicholas Thomas xiii Preface / Elizabeth Harney and Ruth B. Phillips xv Introduction. Inside Modernity: Indigeneity, Coloniality, Modernisms / Elizabeth Harney and Ruth B. Phillips 1 Part I. Modern Values 1. Reinventing Zulu Tradition: The Modernism of Zizwezenyanga Qwabe's Figurative Relief Panels / Sandra Klopper 33 2. "Hooked Forever on Primitive Peoples": James Houston and the Transformation of "Eskimo Handicrafts" to Inuit Art / Heather Igloliorte 62 3. Making Pictures on Baskets: Modern Indian Painting in an Expanded Field / Bill Anthes 91 4. An Intersection: Bill Reid, Henry Speck, and the Mapping of Modern Northwest Coast Art / Karen Duffek 110 5. Modernism on Display: Negotiating Value in Exhibitions of Māori Art, 1958–1973 / Damian Skinner 138 Part II. Modern Identities 6. "Artist of PNG": Mathias Kauage and Melanesian Modernism / Nicholas Thomas 163 7. Modernism and the Art of Albert Namatjira / Ian McLean 187 8. Cape Dorset Cosmopolitans: Making "Local" Prints in Global Modernity / Norman Vorano 209 9. Natural Synthesis: Art, Theory, and the Politics of Decolonization in Mid-Twentieth-Century Nigeria / Chika Okeke-Agulu 235 Part III. Modern Mobilities 10. Being Modern, Becoming Native: George Morrison's Surrealist Journey Home / W. Jackson Rushing III 259 11. Falling into the World: The Global Art World of Aloï Pilioko and Nicolaï Michoutouchkine / Peter Brunt 282 12. Constellations and Coordinates: Repositioning Postwar Paris in Stories of African Modernisms / Elizabeth Harney 304 13. Conditions of Engagement: Mobility, Modernism, and Modernity in the Art of Jackson Hlungwani and Sydney Kumalo / Anitra Nettleton 335 14. The Modernist Lens of Lutterodt Studios / Erin Haney 357 Bibliography 377 Contributors 409 Index 415

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Book Synopsis‘How is it our minds are not satisfied? What means this whispering in the bottom of our hearts?’ Listening to the whispering in his own heart, Henry Reynolds was led into the lives of remarkable and largely forgotten white humanitarians who followed their consciences and challenged the prevailing attitudes to Indigenous people. His now-classic book This Whispering in Our Hearts constructed an alternative history of Australia through the eyes of those who felt disquiet and disgust at the brutality of dispossession. These men and women fought for justice for Indigenous people even when doing so left them isolated and criticised by their fellow whites. The unease of these humanitarians about the morality of white settlement has not dissipated and their legacy informs current debates about reconciliation between black and white Australia. Revisiting this history, in this new edition Reynolds brings fresh perspectives to issues we grapple with still. Those who argue for justice, reparation, recognition and a treaty will find themselves in solidarity with those who went before. But this powerful book shows how much remains to be done to settle the whispering in our hearts. An updated edition of a classic text, now includes reflections on native title, the apology, international conventions, reparations, recognition and the treaty.Trade Review"No other historian can match Henry Reynolds’ impact on Australians’ understanding of their frontier history and its troubled inheritance." —Mark McKenna

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

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Book SynopsisThis introduction to contemporary Aboriginal law lays the groundwork for any assessment of Canada's claim to be a just society for Indigenous peoples.Trade ReviewBecause the book is an introduction to modern Aboriginal law, Reynolds avoids using technical legal languages but provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of modern Aboriginal law through extensive resources, including key court decisions, legislation, treaties and agreements, political statements, documents and reports, as well as academic literature. -- Fumiya Nagai, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia * Great Plains Review *As an introduction, [Aboriginal Peoples and the Law] offers ample contextualization of contemporary developments within the law—including overviews of historical background, treaties, Crown sovereignty, and Aboriginal rights and title—while keeping legal jargon and technical analysis to a minimum. In its efforts to remain accessible to all readers, Aboriginal Peoples and the Law invites all Canadians to participate in this crucial national discourse. -- Olivia Burgess * Canadian Literature *Reynolds provides a clear and highly readable summary, and critical analysis, of Canadian law as it pertains to Aboriginal and treaty rights, self-government, Aboriginal title, the duty to consult, and to both Indigenous and international sources of law…this is an excellent book for introductory or intermediate-level undergraduate students, and both the layout and useful end-of-chapter summaries make it an ideal choice as a course text. -- Michael Murphy, University of Northern British Columbia * The Journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada *As a lawyer with several decades behind me, I learned something on nearly every page. Most importantly, I appreciated Reynolds’s explanation of the context in which the law has been made through judges’ decisions and also of the relationships between the history and the present and between various sub-fields of Aboriginal law... My students, I believe, found Aboriginal Peoples a straightforward and easily-comprehensible explanation of the law that enabled them to get up to speed quickly and to begin to analyse current legal issues. -- Sarah Pike * USAPP American Politics and Policy Blog *Table of Contents1 What Is Aboriginal Law?2 Historical Background 3 Sovereignty and Aboriginal–Crown Relations4 Aboriginal Rights and Title5 Treaties6 Consultation, Accommodation, and Consent7 Indigenous and International Law8 A Just Society?Notes; Cases Cited; Index

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Book SynopsisAmber, Bev, Chantel, Jazmyne, Faith, and Jorgina are six Indigenous women previously involved in street gangs or street lifestyles. In Indigenous Women and Street Gangs they collaborate with Robert Henry (Métis) to share an emancipatory expression of their lives through photovoice. Each author shares a narrative that begins with her earliest memory and continues to the present. This is followed by a selection of photographs the woman took to show how she has changed with her experiences. Readers can expect difficult life stories imbued with hope and humour. Throughout, these women show us the meaning of survivance; a process of survival, resistance, resurgence, and growth. “Don’t ever fucking feel sorry for me. Why do you feel sorry for me? First of all, you shouldn’t feel sorry for me; you should be happy for me because I am here. We’re fucking human beings. We have been through shit, made some bad choices and mistakes. But like I said, in the end, if I want the help, I will ask.” -Chantel “I don’t think there is any such thing as bad; it’s called healing, you know? It is starting to fix yourself inside your heart, you know? You just got to keep doing it, that’s all I got to say.” -JazmyneTrade Review"Indigenous Women and Street Gangs explores, in their own words, the women’s interactions with various systems—such as the education system, the child welfare system, and policing and the justice system—as well as the impacts of settler-colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma on their lives. The women describe what ultimately led them to leave the street gangs and street lifestyles." Shannon Boklaschuk, University of Saskatchewan [Full article at https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/6986/New_book_co_authored_by_USask_researcher_shares_stories_of_w]"The stories of these six women provide a telling tale of how Canada’s colonial systems have failed Indigenous women.... Their ‘survivance’ is a testament to the resilience and strength of Indigenous women. I would highly recommend this book to women’s groups, organizations that deal with high-risk groups, ... law enforcement, educators, and social workers." Chevi Rabbit, The Toronto Star, November 24, 2021 [Article at https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/24/book-by-indigenous-women-offers-insight-into-canadian-street-gangs.html]"The narratives carry themes of trauma, violence, exclusion, removal through child welfare systems, and how Indigenous women feel they are perceived in street spaces and the community at large. Their stories point to the difficulties they faced with regard to policies, but also the ways they tried to better themselves and resist the ideas of being erased and taken—which gives rise to the word 'survivance.'" Thia James, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, December 2, 2021 [Full article at https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/researcher-helps-women-share-first-person-reality-of-gang-lifestyle]“They wanted individuals to begin to understand and see them as people, not as files or gang members but as individuals who have had to go through some more difficult things than others.” Robert Henry interviewed by Derek Craddock for Prince Albert's 101.5 Beach Radio [https://www.beachradiopa.ca/2021/10/28/listen-p-a-author-portrays-experiences-of-indigenous-women-and-gangs-in-new-book/]"Many non-Indigenous Canadians will not understand what it's like to be an Indigenous woman born into poverty within a country that systematically discriminates against them based on the color of their skin tone, socioeconomic background, cultural identity, or ethnic background... They might never understand the root causes that led some Indigenous populations to live on the streets. That's what this book offers readers, a glimpse into the lived experiences of Indigenous women who were involved in street gangs and how they liberated themselves from the harsh lifestyle." Chevi Rabbit, Alberta Native News, November 2021Indigenous Women and Street Gangs "is a must-read for anyone working with street-involved women and offers an important contribution to the literature on Indigenous street gangs and street lifestyles. More importantly, the book is a testament to the will and resilience of the six Indigenous women whose stories grace its pages." Jordan Koch, Aboriginal Policy Studies, 2023Table of Contentsix Acknowledgements xi Introduction 3 Amber 23 Bev 39 Chantel 59 Jazmyne 77 Faith 95 Jorgina 115 Photograph Captions 123 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A study in power.… The parallels with the present are eerie." -- David Treuer - Foreign Affairs"Unworthy Republic is a powerful and lucid account.… Saunt has written an unflinching book that reckons with this history and its legacy." -- Jennifer Szalai - New York Times"Claudio Saunt sets a bold, new, and urgently needed standard for the way we should understand the history of Indian Removal.… Sweeping and astute." -- Tiya Miles, professor of history, Harvard University, and author of The Dawn of Detroit"Claudio Saunt has written the definitive history of this widely remembered but seldom understood central episode in American history. In his subtle and exceedingly well documented account, Saunt shows how planters eager for land, southern politicians consolidating their power, and New York bankers launched one of the largest mass deportations in U.S. history. They encountered resourceful Native Americans who deployed all means at their disposal to retain their land. This harrowing account of theft, dispossession, novel bureaucratic capacities, and unimaginable violence drew me in in ways that few history books do. Unworthy Republic will make you think in new ways about the history of the United States and will help you understand the roots of some of today’s inequalities. It is one of the most important books published on U.S. history in recent years and should be required reading for all Americans." -- Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University, author of Empire of Cotton"Claudio Saunt… offers a damning synthesis of the federal betrayals, mass deportations, and exterminatory violence that defined the 1830s.… Lining up his own calculations alongside recent studies of slavery, Saunt casts indigenous expulsion and the domestic slave trade as twinned trails of tears, economic successes rooted in profound moral failures." -- Caitlin Fitz - Atlantic"A major achievement.… [Saunt] manages to do something truly rare: destroy the illusion that history’s course is inevitable and recover the reality of the multiple possibilities that confronted contemporaries." -- Nick Romeo - Washington Post"There has been insufficient ‘reckoning with the conquest of the continent,’ Claudio Saunt relays in this excellent new book. In many accounts of U.S. history, the discussion of the mass deportation of Native nations during the 1830s remains far too brief. Deportation’s legacies in law, culture, and community continue to this day and find powerful exploration in this important addition to the field." -- Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), professor of history and American studies, Yale University"A much-needed rendering of a disgraceful episode in American history that has been too long misunderstood." -- Peter Cozzens - Wall Street Journal"Unworthy Republic offers a much-needed corrective to the American canon, showing how a heavy-handed president, a deadlocked Congress, and a lust for profit combined to construct a shameful national legacy.… A riveting story that invites us all to reflect on how we got where we are today." -- Elizabeth Fenn, Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Encounters at the Heart of the World"Thoroughly researched and quietly outraged." -- Chris Hewitt - Star Tribune

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Impressive. . . . Lakota America takes us from the sixteenth century to the present, with painstaking, carefully marshaled detail, but its real feat is in threading how the Lakota philosophy and vision of the world guided their reinventions and their dealings with colonial powers. . . . Hämäläinen has the novelist’s relish for the strange, pungent detail . . . [in this ] accomplished, and subtle, study.”—Parul Sehgal, New York TimesNamed one of the New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019“A brilliant, bold, gripping history.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore, London Evening Standard, Best Books of 2019“[A] profound history of the Lakota people. . . . Hämäläinen’s book emphasizes that to understand American history it is vital to understand Lakota—and, by extension, Native American—history. . . . Lakota America joins, and in many respects leads, a growing body of work centered on single-tribe histories through which we can see, for the first time, the wild making of America.”—David Treuer, New York Review of Books“Turned many of the stories I thought I knew about our nation inside out.”—Cornelia Channing, Paris Review, Favorite Books of 2019“A comprehensive history of the tribe.”—The Economist“You’ll catch something roiling beneath that professional composure: a lively truculence that gives this book its pulse, and its purpose. Pekka Hämäläinen’s impressive history is also a quarrel with the field, with how history—especially the history of indigenous Americans—has been told and sold.”—Parul Sehgal, International New York Times“There are comparative lessons here about the vulnerability that can lie behind apparent power and the strength that comes from apparent weakness.”—David A. Nichols, Reviews in HistoryCHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, 2020Finalist in the PROSE Awards North American and U.S. History category, sponsored by the Association of American PublishersLonglisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize, sponsored by McGill University Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize, sponsored by the Columbia School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation.Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies“Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse live in history as great warriors. Hämäläinen’s brilliant exploration of the history and culture of the people that produced these two men is destined to become a classic.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University“Deeply researched, epic in scale, interpretatively adventurous, and ambitious, Lakota America will influence historians for years.”—Richard White, Stanford University“Like the Lakotas he studies, Pekka Hämäläinen is a shapeshifter. He is nuanced, nimble, and wise, with an uncanny capacity for reinvention as new understandings come to light. The result is stunning. To read Lakota America is to rethink American history itself.”—Elizabeth Fenn, University of Colorado, Boulder“Lakota America is beautifully researched, persuasively argued, and justifiably audacious in its reach and implications. It is both a landmark in American Indian history and a provocative rethinking of North American history generally.”—Elliott West, University of Arkansas

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction | Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1. Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 2. San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plant from Nature 3. South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodia as a Molecule 4. Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drug to Liquid Food 5. Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a Cultivated Plant Epilogue | Implications of a Feminist Decolonial Technoscience Appendix 1: Community Protocols and Research Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Strategies for Patent Litigation Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOur Voices II: The DE-colonial Project will showcase decolonising projects which work to de-stable and disquiet colonial built environments. The land, towns, and cities on which we live have always been Indigenous places yet, for the most part our Indigenous value sets and identities have been disregarded or appropriated. Indigenous people continue to be gentrified out of the places to which they belong and neo-liberal systems work to continuously subjugate Indigenous involvement in decision-making processes in subtle, but potent ways. However, we are not, and have never been cultural dopes. Rather, we have, and continue to subvert the colonial value sets that overlay our places in important ways.

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of a prize-winning memoir-in-poems, a meditation on life as a queer Indigenous man—available for the first time in the United States “i am one of those hopeless romantics who wants every blowjob to be transformative.” Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut poetry collection, This Wound Is a World, is “a prayer against breaking,” writes trans Anishinaabe and Métis poet Gwen Benaway. “By way of an expansive poetic grace, Belcourt merges a soft beauty with the hardness of colonization to shape a love song that dances Indigenous bodies back into being. This book is what we’ve been waiting for.” Part manifesto, part memoir, This Wound Is a World is an invitation to “cut a hole in the sky / to world inside.” Belcourt issues a call to turn to love and sex to understand how Indigenous peoples shoulder their sadness and pain without giving up on the future. His poems upset genre and play with form, scavenging for a decolonial kind of heaven where “everyone is at least a little gay.” Presented here with several additional poems, this prize-winning collection pursues fresh directions for queer and decolonial theory as it opens uncharted paths for Indigenous poetry in North America. It is theory that sings, poetry that marshals experience in the service of a larger critique of the coloniality of the present and the tyranny of sexual and racial norms.Trade Review"This Wound Is a World is a decolonial wildfire from which the acclaimed writer Billy-Ray Belcourt builds a new world and it’s the brilliant, radiant, f*cked up Indigenous world I want to live in. . . . [His book] redefines poetics as a refusal of colonial erasure, a radical celebration of Indigenous life and our beautiful, intimate rebellion. This is a breathtaking masterpiece."—Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Mississauga Nishnaabeg writer and musician"This book is a monument for the future of poetic possibility. It is rare to be able to call a book something so grand and full—and have it be utterly true. That's what This Wound Is a World affords us: myth and hyperbole pressed into a lived and realized life. A reckoning for and of the wreck—bravely buoyant, alive, and finally here."—Ocean Vuong, author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds"This Wound Is a World is a wonder. It is filled with humor, sadness, sadness about sadness, sex, profound and profane lyricism, and above all power. Billy-Ray Belcourt’s voice is uniquely plangent and self-aware. The book is a world with worlds inside it. It means to de-colonize any possible reader’s pre- or mis-conceptions about what it means to be alive and Indian today."—Tommy Orange, author of There There"This luminous collection’s formal experimentation arises from an urgent need to address the complexity of learning “how to love and be broken at the same time.” As the title suggests, woundedness is a resource for forging avenues toward a yet unimagined future."—Star Tribune"This collection is an answer to and a reckoning with story and with sadness itself: its ever-presence in the telling of the Indigenous body, the queer body, the body moving through stages of love and loss."—American Poets"Belcourt makes good on the promise of his title through poetry in which sadness, grief, and death are seamlessly entwined with love, sex, and cruising both within and across racial lines."—Native American and Indigenous Studies Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated with over 80 full-colour images, this book includes original art and artifacts from the distant past as well as modern work by Native American artists. Works included are clothing (such as robes and hats), everyday items (such as blankets, pots, and baskets) and artwork (such as paintings on animal hide and figurines).Table of ContentsCONTENTS Foreword Ulysses Grant Dietz Acknowledgments Adriana Greci Green and Tricia Laughlin Bloom Native Artists of North America Adriana Greci Green A Hopi Way of Life Susan Sekaquaptewa What I See When I Look at Clothing in Museum Collections Emil Her Many Horses Apsáalooke Floral Dress Wendy Red Star The Language of Clothing in the Circumpolar North Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi Biil’éé D. Y. Begay The Newark Museum’s Unique Northwest Coast Collection Mique’l Dangeli The Beauty of California Indian Basketry Sherrie Smith-Ferri We Weave D. Y. Begay Jeffrey Gibson’s Come Alive! (I Feel Love) Tricia Laughlin Bloom

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Book SynopsisApplying Indigenous Research Methods focuses on the question of How Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRMs) can be used and taught across Indigenous studies and education. In this collection, Indigenous scholars address the importance of IRMs in their own scholarship, while focusing conversations on the application with others. Each chapter is co-authored to model methods rooted in the sharing of stories to strengthen relationships, such as yarning, storywork, and others. The chapters offer a wealth of specific examples, as told by researchers about their research methods in conversation with other scholars, teachers, and community members.Applying Indigenous Research Methods is an interdisciplinary showcase of the ways IRMs can enhance scholarship in fields including education, Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, social work, qualitative methodologies, and beyond.Table of ContentsPART I Palm Upwards: "Reaching Back to Receive Lessons" 1 Hands Back, Hands Forward for Indigenous Storywork as Methodology Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem [Stó:lo- and St’at’imc] and Amy Parent Nox Ayaaw´ ilt [Nisga’a] 2 Community Relationships within Indigenous Methodologies Elizabeth Fast [Métis/Mennonite] and Margaret Kovach [Plains Cree/Saulteaux/member of Treaty Four in southern Saskatchewan] 3 K’é and Tdayp-tday-gaw: Embodying Indigenous Relationality in Research Methods Leola Roberta Rainbow Tsinnajinnie [Diné/Filipina and accepted into Santa Ana Pueblo], Robin Starr Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn [Kiowa/Apache/Umatilla/Nez Perce/Assiniboine], and Tiffany S. Lee [Dibé Łizhiní Diné/Oglala Lakota] PART II Palm Downwards: "The Challenge and Opportunity to Live These Teachings" 4 Enacting Indigenous Research Methods: Centering Diné Epistemology to Guide the Process Valerie J. Shirley [Diné] and Deidra Angulo [Diné] 5 Research Before and After the Academy: Learning Participatory Indigenous Methods Sandi Wemigwase [Waganakising Odawa] and Eve Tuck [Unangax] 6 Indigenous Methodologies in Graduate School: Accountability, Relationships, and Tensions Daniel Piper [White], Jacob Jacobe [White], Rose Yazzie [Diné], and Dolores Calderon [Tigua/Mexican] PART III Palms Joined: "Responsibility to Pass Those Teachings to Others" 7 Indigenous Teachers: At the Cross-Roads of Applying Indigenous Research Methodologies Jeremy Garcia [Hopi/Tewa], Samuel Tenakhongva [Hopi], and Bryant Honyouti [Hopi] 8 Re-centering Tribally-Specific Research Methodologies within Dominant Academic Systems Michael M. Munson [Séliš, Ql´ispé, and non-Native ancestries] and Timothy San Pedro 9 Moʻolelo: Continuity, Stories, and Research in Hawaiʻi Sunnie Kaikala Ma-kua [‘O - iwi Hawai‘i], Manulani Aluli Meyer [‘O - iwi Hawai‘i], and Lynette Lokelani Wakinekona [‘O - iwi Hawai‘i] Afterword: To Be an Indigenous Scholar Cornel Pewewardy [Comanche-Kiowa] List of Contributors

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Book Synopsis''Lies, Lies, Lies'', shouted the newspaper headlines following the Royal Commission decision into building the Hindmarsh Island Bridge. Doreen Kartinyeri, key Ngarrindjeri spokeswoman, was devastated. How could whitefella law fail to protect Aboriginal women''s sites? Against a backdrop of abuse, threats and ill-health, Doreen fought back. In 2001 the federal court of Australia vindicated the women. Aged 10 years, Doreen suffered the loss of her mother, her sister''s removal and her own placement in Fullarton Girls Home, 100 kms from home. Doreen later learnt cultural knowledge from her Aunty Rosie and other elders with whom she spent time. She had nine children of her own and fostered 23 others. Although poorly schooled in formal terms, Doreen was a tenacious researcher. Her sharp memory allowed her to piece together histories and genealogies and she helped reunite members of the Stolen Generations. Doreen was a female warrior, dedicated to upholding and protecting Ngarrindjeri law.

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Book SynopsisDelgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot’in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace… Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about these (and more) concepts and the wider social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada. In 31 essays, Chelsea explores the Indigenous experience from the time of contact to the present, through five categories—Terminology of Relationships; Culture and Identity; Myth-Busting; State Violence; and Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community. Indigenous Writes is one title in The Debwe Series. Trade ReviewIndigenous Writes is a timely book…and contains enough critical information to challenge harmful assumptions and facilitate understanding. This is a book for everyone—but particularly for non-Indigenous people wishing to better understand their own place in the history of violence against Indigenous peoples, and to find ways to move toward true solutions and right relationships. -- Daniel Rück * Montreal Review of Books *A convincing case for rejecting the prevailing policies of “assimilation, control, intrusion and coercion” regarding aboriginal people. * Kirkus Reviews *[Chelsea Vowel] punctures the bloated tropes that have frozen Indigenous peoples in time, often to the vanishing point. Reading Indigenous Writes, you feel that you are having a conversation over coffee with a super-smart friend, someone who refuses to simplify, who chooses to amplify, who is unafraid to kick against the darkness... What this book really is, is medicine. -- Shelagh Rogers, O.C., Broadcast Journalist, TRC Honorary WitnessChelsea attacks issues head on, with humour and wit, sarcasm and cynicism and clear, concise and well-organized information. She makes further research easy, as every chapter includes copious endnotes with links to her curated resources. She explains the terminology of identity—status, non-status, registered, membership, Métis, Inuit, cultural appropriation and two-spiritedness. -- Nancy Adams-Kramp * The Millstone *Vowel’s voice and personality remain present throughout each essay. Her use of vernacular, humour, and at times, sarcasm add layers of meaning, underscore arguments and carry her and her readers through discussions of infuriating facts and difficult, often painful issues. -- Rosalind Hampton * McGill Journal of Education *While subtitled A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada, it would be a mistake to see Indigenous Writes as a book primarily about Indigenous people. Instead, it is much more about all of us—our relationship as non-Indigenous and Indigenous Canadians, and how it has been shaped (and misshaped) by the historic and contemporary governance of these issues.For any Canadian who wishes to have an informed opinion about the country that we share—or, more to the point, publicly share that opinion—Indigenous Writes is essential reading. -- Michael Dudley * Winnipeg Free Press *Table of ContentsContentskinanâskomitinâwâw/AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: How to Read This Book Part 1. The Terminology of Relationships Just Don’t Call Us Late for Supper Names for Indigenous Peoples Settling on a Name Names for Non-Indigenous Canadians Part 2. Culture and Identity Got Status? Indian Status in Canada You’re Métis? Which of Your Parents Is an Indian? Métis Identity Feel the Inukness Inuit Identity Hunter-Gatherers or Trapper-Harvesters? Why Some Terms Matter Allowably Indigenous: To Ptarmigan or Not to Ptarmigan When Indigeneity Is Transgressive Caught in the Crossfire of Blood-Quantum Reasoning Popular Notions of Indigenous Purity What Is Cultural Appropriation? Respecting Cultural Boundaries Check the Tag on That “Indian” Story How to Find Authentic Indigenous Stories Icewine, Roquefort Cheese, and the Navajo Nation Indigenous Use of Intellectual Property Laws All My Queer Relations Language, Culture, and Two-Spirit Identity Part 3. Myth-Busting The Myth of Progress The Myth of the Level Playing Field The Myth of Taxation The Myth of Free Housing The Myth of the Drunken Indian The Myth of the Wandering Nomad The Myth of Authenticity Part 4. State Violence Monster The Residential-School Legacy Our Stolen Generations The Sixties and Millennial Scoops Human Flagpoles Inuit Relocation From Hunters to Farmers Indigenous Farming on the Prairies Dirty Water, Dirty Secrets Drinking Water in First Nations Communities No Justice, No Peace The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Part 5. Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties Rights? What Rights? Doctrines of Colonialism Treaty Talk The Evolution of Treaty-Making in Canada The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Numbered Treaties and Modern Treaty-Making Why Don’t First Nations Just Leave the Reserve? Reserves Are Not the Problem White Paper, What Paper? More Attempts to Assimilate Indigenous Peoples Our Children, Our Schools Fighting for Control Over Indigenous Education

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Book SynopsisIn Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human Joseph Pugliese examines the concept of the biopolitical through a nonanthropocentric lens, arguing that more-than-human entities—from soil and orchards to animals and water—are actors and agents in their own right with legitimate claims to justice. Examining occupied Palestine, Guantánamo, and sites of US drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, Pugliese challenges notions of human exceptionalism by arguing that more-than-human victims of war and colonialism are entangled with and subject to the same violent biopolitical regimes as humans. He also draws on Indigenous epistemologies that invest more-than-human entities with judicial standing to argue for an ethico-legal framework that will enable the realization of ecological justice. Bringing the more-than-human world into the purview of justice, Pugliese makes visible the ecological effects of human war that would otherwise remain outside the domains oTrade Review“A mesmerizing exploration of the more-than-human dimensions of later modern war that is never less than deeply human. Linguistically inventive, analytically sobering—you keep wondering why it has taken us so long to see like this—Joseph Pugliese's vision of forensic ecology initiates an arrestingly novel critique of military violence. At once profoundly political and deeply ethical, this is a magnificently vital achievement.” -- Derek Gregory, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor and Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia“Joseph Pugliese’s reconfiguration of biopolitics does not simply take the politics of populations and life and extend its range to include the more-than-human; the very threshold between the human and ‘other’ life-forms falls away. What is revealed is a new political-legal ethics entirely: not a question of how ‘we’ humans grant rights to others, but of how the more-than-human offers itself as an imperative to rethink the anthropocentrism of European law. Exploring Indigenous and non-Western cosmologies provides a way to think about life, value, and politics that does not rely on the dignity of the human and its concomitant violence for all that is other-than-human. It is rare to read a book that combines such theoretical dexterity with fascinating empirical analysis of some of our most pressing ethical issues.” -- Claire Colebrook, author of * Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction *"Pugliese’s book makes a valuable contribution to the fields of critical legal studies, critical security studies, and geopolitical ecology. . . . He admirably weaves a decolonial lens with new materialism and draws effectively on Indigenous cosmoepistemologies to expand the way we conceptualize, perceive, and feel these forms of more-than-human violence.” -- Michael J. Albert * Law, Culture, and the Humanities *"Pugliese's retheorization of biopolitics offers new ways of understanding military violence by attending to the different technologies used to manage life and death. . . . Pugliese's interventions powerfully unearth the 'forensic ecologies of saturated violence,' their more-than-human witnesses, and their possibilities for resistance." -- Nicole Nguyen * Journal of Palestine Studies *"Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human contributes to debates on violence and conflict in environmental politics on whether and why Israeli occupation, settler colonialism, anti-black racism, and US toxic militarism should be challenged as environmental justice problems. Moreover, this book helps educators to teach Foucauldian discourse, biopolitics, and power relations through a critical postcolonial lens via a life and death example that is still occurring every single day." -- Rezvaneh Erfani * Postcolonial Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Zoopolitics of the Cage 39 2. Biopolitical Modalities of the More-Than-Human and Their Forensic Ecologies 81 3. Animal Excendence and Inanimal Torture 124 4. Drone Sparagmos 166 Afterword 203 Notes 217 Bibliography 255 Index

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Book SynopsisIn "The Missionaries", Norman Lewis brings together a lifetime's experience of travelling in tribal lands in a searing condemnation of the lethal impact of North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries on aboriginal life throughout the world.

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Book SynopsisThe Tse-loh-ne from the Sekani First Nation were known as "The People at the End of the Rocks". This small band of people lived and thrived in one of BC''s most challenging and remote areas, 1600 kilometres north of Prince George in the Rocky Mountain Trench. They were isolated and nomadic, and survived by following the seasons, walking hundreds of kilometres each year, hunting and harvesting food as they travelled. In 1988, Keith Billington, a former outpost nurse in the Northwest Territories, worked as the band manager for the isolated Sekani Indian Band at Fort Ware. In addition to his role as an administrator, he performed dental work, sutured victims of violence, delivered babies that wouldn''t wait and prepared deceased persons for burial. Several years into his new job, Billington was invited on a traditional Sekani trek. The travellers would follow the Aatse Davie Trail using pack dogs, traversing 460 kilometres in some of BC''s roughest terrain. Like the Tse-loh-ne before them, they carried little food, relying instead on what they could hunt or gather. Throughout the twenty-five days it took the party to hike from Lower Post to Fort Ware, Keith and his companions suffered cold, starvation and injury. They faced grizzly bears, swollen rivers and the incessant rain so typical of northern BC. Their adventures offer a poignant glimpse into the hardships and rigours of the Sekani people, who have one foot in their past and the other in their future a people who reluctantly try to adapt to today''s values knowing that change is inevitable.

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Book SynopsisMore chronicles of renowned Native leaders who grappled with the catastrophic arrival of foreigners on their soil, and the measures they took to protect their people: Tecumseh, the Shawnee leader who tried to unite all tribes into a single alliance Geronimo, who fought to keep his people''s homeland in New Mexico Crowfoot, the Blackfoot who made not war but treaty with the Canadian government Crazy Horse, the Sioux war chief who commanded his warriors against General George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry Wovoka, the Paiute prophet who gave the Ghost Dance to his people Plenty Coup, a Crow chief who fought with the Americans and tried to bring the two cultures together.

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Book SynopsisIgniting the $100 billion Indigenous economyIt is time. It is time to increase the visibility, role, and responsibility of the emerging modern Indigenous economy and the people involved. This is the foundation for economic reconciliation. This is Indigenomics.Indigenomics lays out the tenets of the emerging Indigenous economy, built around relationships, multigenerational stewardship of resources, and care for all. Highlights include: The ongoing power shift and rise of the modern Indigenous economy Voices of leading Indigenous business leaders The unfolding story in the law courts that is testing Canada''s relationship with Indigenous peoples Exposure of the false media narrative of Indigenous dependency A new narrative, rooted in the reality on the ground, that Indigenous peoples are economic powerhouses On the ground examples of the emerging Indigenous economy. Indigenomics Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction The Indigenomics Manifestation 1. Through the Lens of Worldview The Indian Problem Indigenous Economic Displacement and Marginalization Indigenous Worldview and Responsibility 2. The Nature of Wealth Timeline of Money Ceremony as an Expression of Wealth The Economic Distortion: Through the Lens of Wealth and Poverty 3. The Landscape of Indigenous Worldview Principle 1: Everything Is Connected Principle 2: Story Principle 3: Animate Life Force Principle 4: Transformation Principle 5: The Teachings Principle 6: Creation Story Principle 7: Protocol Principle 8: To Witness Principle 9: To Make Visible Principle 10: Renewal 4. "But I Was Never Taught This in School" A History of the Development of British Columbia 5. The Indigenous Economy Characteristics of an Indigenous Economy 6. Indian Act Economics The Indian Act and the Aboriginal Question The Indian Act Economics Effect: The Conditions for an Indigenous Economic Market Failure Perception of the Indian Act 7. The Indigenomics Power Center The Indigenomics Push/Pull Dynamic 7 Rs of the Indigenomics Power Center 8. The Dependancy Illusion The Great Debunk: Addressing the Illusion 9. The Power Play And Then Indigenous People Went to Court! The Legal Spectrum The Push/Pull Dynamic: An Inception into a New Economic Reality 10. The Power Shift: A Seat at the Economic Table The Effect of the Emerging Indigenous Power Shift The Risk of Doing Nothing The Collective Response to Now 11. The Emerging Modern Indigenous Economy Setting a Target for Indigenous Economic Growth Understanding the Growth of the Indigenous Economy The State of Indigenous Economic Research Building a Collective Economic Response: The Emerging $100 Billion Indigenous Economy 12. Indigenomics and the Unfolding Media Narrative Indigenous Business Media Themes Media Theme 1: Growing Indigenous Business Success Media Theme 2: Conflict and Risk in Industry Project Development Media Theme 3: Tone of Media Headings Media Theme 4: Aboriginal Legal Challenges and New Requirements Media Theme 5: Indigenous Business Innovation and Leadership Media Theme 6: Indigenous Worldview Media Theme 7: Aboriginal Relations/Reconciliation Media Theme 8: Growing Indigenous Economic Influence Media Theme 9: Shifting Aboriginal Business Environment Media Theme 10: Indigenous Ownership Media Visual Portrayals of Conflict and the Assertion of Aboriginal Rights 13. Building a Toolbox for Economic Reconciliation Reconciliation and the Pathway to an Inclusive Economy The Characteristics of an Inclusive Economy The Indigenomics Toolbox 14. The Global Indigenous Power Shift Ecuador: The Power Moment Bolivia: The Law of the Rights of Mother Earth Power Moment Clayoquot Sound: The War in the Woods Power Moment New Zealand: The Rights of a River Power Moment Māori Economy Measured at $50 billion Annually: Power Moment United Nations Calls for Revolutionary Thinking: Power Moment 15. Indigenomics and the Great Convergence Economic Distortion: Addressing Dysfunctionality in the New Economy Regeneration: The Great Convergence Economic Design for an Inclusive Economy The Great Economic Convergence and the Transformation of Meaning An Economy of Meaning Addressing the Economic Disconnect 16. A Seat at the Economic Table Appendix A: The Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth Appendix B: Truth and Reconcilation Commision Call to Action #92 Notes Index About the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisArnold Krupat’s From the Boarding Schools makes available previously unheard Apache voices from the Indian boarding schools. It includes selections from two unpublished autobiographies by Sam Kenoi and Dan Nicholas, produced in the 1930s with the anthropologist Morris Opler, as well as material by and about Vincent Natalish, a contemporary of Kenoi and Nicholas. Natalish was one of more than one hundred Apaches taken from Fort Marion to the Carlisle Indian School by its superintendent, Captain Richard Henry Pratt, in 1887. A considerable number of these students died at the school, and many who were sent home for illness or poor health did not recover. Natalish, however, remained at Carlisle and graduated in 1899. He married, had a son, and lived and worked in New York. He also actively sought the release of his relatives and other Apaches held prisoner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Apache people have been telling and circulating stories among themselves Trade Review“The federal Indian boarding schools are an increasingly important subject for both scholars and the general public. Apache autobiographical sources are rare, and so collecting them and making them available is an important contribution. From the Boarding Schools is written in an accessible style, which is a real strength of this book.”—John R. Gram, author of Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico’s Indian Boarding SchoolsTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sam Kenoi’s School Years, as told by Himself 2. Dan Nicholas’s School Years, as told by Himself 3. Vincent Natalish: His Schooling, Life, and Writing Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Fire Still Burns is a tale of survival and redemption through which Squamish Elder Sam George recounts his residential school experience and how it led to a life of addiction, violence, and imprisonment until he found the courage to face his past and begin healing.Trade ReviewUnflinchingly honest… -- Mina Kerr-Lazenby * North Shore News *Once in a blue moon…I’m faced with a story that creeps into my bones and will not let me forget it. Like Sam George’s recently released memoir…I could not put Sam’s book down…I did not eat, sleep or shower: I read it cover to cover in one day -- Linda Pfeil * The Beacon *It’s a harrowing tale that adds to the growing record of the horrific legacy of residential schools in Canada. George’s personal story culminates with the lessons he learned for rebuilding his life after the mountain of trauma he suffered: by embracing his traditional culture–the very ways the nuns had tried to beat out of him. -- Graham Chandler * BC Book World *George is unsparing in his accounts of the years lost to drugs and alcohol, and the damage he did to people close to him. But he is also able to tell the story of how reconnecting with his Indigenous roots and culture helped him heal and become a loving, contributing elder in his community…Highly recommended. -- Tom Sandborn * The Vancouver Sun *Table of ContentsPreface / Sam GeorgeAcknowledgmentsA Note on the Text1 Your Name Is T'seatsultux2 In Them Days3 Our Lives Signed Away4 The Strap5 A Girl Named Pearl, a Boy Named Charlie6 Runaway7 I Tried to Be Invisible8 Finding Ways to Feel Good9 On Our Own10 Oakalla11 Haney Correctional12 Longshoreman13 Misery Loves Company14 Drowning15 Tsow-Tun Le Lum16 I’m Still HereAfterword: On Co-Writing Sam George’s Memoir / Jill Yonit GoldbergReader’s GuideAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis teaching memoir by an Indigenous spirit talker includes stories about the author’s reconnection with his Mi’kmaq heritage along with techniques for connecting to Spirit and developing your own intuition and psychic abilities.In this teaching memoir, Shawn Leonard shares his personal story of developing his abilities as a spirit talker, revealing incredible stories from his childhood to the present. Along the way, he shares experiences he has had with elders from his aboriginal tribe, the Mi’kmaq, and his journey learning more about his heritage.Shawn incorporates the beautiful spiritual practices of the Mi’kmaq, like talking circles, pipe ceremonies, cleansing herbal medicines, and more. He shares fantastic stories of times when he has communicated with Spirit and when he has been able to connect others to Spirit. Here, he will also reveal how the reader can grow in their own spirituality through prayer and meditation; grow in their connection to Spirit through dreams, spirit guides, totem animals, and loved ones in Spirit; and grow and develop their own intuition and psychic abilities through clairsentience, clairvoyance, clairaudience, and claircognizance.

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Book SynopsisMeitamei Olol Dapash is a nationally recognized leader of the Indigenous Maasai community in Kenya, as well as Director of the Institute for Maasai Education, Research & Conservation, Talek, Kenya. He is also the co-founder, with Mary Poole, of the Dopoi Center for community organizing and education, near Talek, Kenya.Mary Poole is a historian of East Africa and Chair of Social Justice Studies, Prescott College, USA. She has collaborated for twenty years with Meitamei Dapash to reconstruct Maasai history and support Maasai land-rights activism.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the concept of Indigenuity and Indigenous Thought. Leading Indigenous thinker Dan Wildcat synthesizes several related ideas, including science, the environment, biology and our culture, arguing that restoration of Native knowledge is essential for saving humankind and the planet. On Indigenuity is a part of the Publisher’s Speakers Corner Books series.

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Book SynopsisReferences to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation Geronimo used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States' formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the savage wars of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Colonial Violence and the Indian Wars 2. Indian/Fighters in the Philippines 3. The Literature of Savage War 4. Savage and Civilized War 5. Fighting Indian Style 6. Indian Country and the Cold War 7. Relearning the Indian Wars Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Indian Country Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023. A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of the Year. One of Smithsonian Magazine''s Ten Best History Books of 2023. A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2023. Winner of the Voltaire Medal.''An untold story of colonial history, both epic and intimate, and a thrilling revelation'' Adam Rutherford''Mind-blowing . . . this is how history should be told'' Benjamin ZephaniahIn this groundbreaking new history, Caroline Dodds Pennock recovers the long-marginalised stories of the Indigenous Americans who - as enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants and traders - left a profound impact on European civilisation in the ''Age of Discovery''. On Savage Shores is a sweeping account of power and influence in America and Europe - one which could forever change the way we understand our global history.Trade ReviewOn Savage Shores is a work of historical recovery . . . few books make as compelling a case for such a reimagining -- David Olusoga * GUARDIAN, Book of the Day *In On Savage Shores, Dodds Pennock has performed a monumental work of historical excavation. Beautifully written and painstakingly researched, this is first-rate scholarship -- Susannah Lipscomb * FINANCIAL TIMES *A thrilling, beautifully written and important book that changes how we look at transatlantic history, finally placing Indigenous peoples not on the side-lines but at the centre of the narrative. Highly recommended -- PETER FRANKOPANDodds Pennock's unpeeling of the indigenous experience from obscure manuscripts . . . is a much-needed and refreshing take on our all-too Eurocentric telling of the past -- Andrea Wulf * THE TIMES *Not only changes how we think about the first contact between America and Europe but also sets the methodological standard for a new way of understanding the origin of the modern world * NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS *On Savage Shores is mind-blowing, and it's an important contribution to struggle for a fair and more balanced telling of history - I felt genuinely enlightened. Dodds Pennock is a truth teller of the highest order, and a first class communicator. This is how history should be told -- BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAHOn Savage Shores offers a welcome non-Eurocentric narrative about how the great civilisations of the Americas discovered Europe . . . an important book * INDEPENDENT *An untold story of colonial history, both epic and intimate, and a thrilling revelation, not about the invasion of the Americas by Europeans, but the journeys of Indigenous people to Europe. Caroline Dodds Pennock is the perfect guide, cannily and eloquently shifting the axis of global history away from its Eurocentric grip -- ADAM RUTHERFORDCaroline Dodds Pennock's utterly original book is chock full of remarkable stories . . . there is much to enjoy in this unusual history of a forgotten corner of our past * DAILY MAIL *Deftly weaves diverse and fascinating tales of the exciting adventures, complex diplomatic missions, voyages of discovery, triumphant incursions, and heartbreaking exploitations - of the many thousands of Indigenous travellers to new lands. Essential reading for anyone interested in how the events of the "Age of Exploration" shaped the modern world -- JENNIFER RAFF, author of ORIGINInspiring and important . . . Expertly researched, convincingly argued, erudite yet readable, and introduces new readers to the reality of Indigenous American experience * HISTORY TODAY *Caroline Dodds Pennock offers a remarkably fresh and compelling account of the so-called Age of Discovery. Whether arriving as ambassadors or enslaved, these travellers experienced Europe as a new and disorienting world: a place of shocking violence and perplexing social norms. Pennock, a leading authority on Indigenous Mexico, tells their stories with insight and humanity. A must read -- BRETT RUSHFORTH, author of BONDS OF ALLIANCE: INDIGENOUS AND ATLANTIC SLAVERIES IN NEW FRANCEPennock has pieced together hundreds of fragments to create a new and remarkable portrait of the travellers who crossed the Atlantic not to the Americas but from them, and who found in Europe a strange, often hostile, sometimes intriguing society, vastly different from their own -- CATHERINE FLETCHER, author of THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR[A] fascinating and fluidly written revisionist history . . . This innovative and powerful account breaks down long-standing historical assumptions * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review *An impressive and consequential act of research and interpretation that consistently acknowledges the profound and ongoing . . . fissure caused to indigenous identities by colonisation, enslavement, violence and displacement. * GEOGRAPHICAL *As Caroline Dodds Pennock shows, there were many thousands of Native Americans in early modern Europe who have long been forgotten . . . an overdue diversion of attention towards people marginalised by race . . . Dodds Pennock's skilful method involves subtly layering European accounts -- Malcom Gaskill * LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS *Imaginative and passionately argued * Wall Street Journal *An excellent exploration of Indigenous presence in and contribution to Europe and nascent globalization. Pennock, by recognizing and voicing a space for Indigenous Peoples in Europe, has told a story that needs to form a part of every history class from grade school to university. On Savage Shores is an original and important recasting of sixteenth-century Europe . . . a decolonizing and un-whitening approach to the past * Anishinabek News *On Savage Shores not only changes how we think about the first contact between America and Europe but also sets the methodological standard for a new way of understanding the origin of the modern world. * New York review of Books *

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Book SynopsisA dominant, human-centered worldview has brought us to the brink of social, ecological, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, deep cultural and climate justice analyses, and knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world.Trade Review"Highly recommended" —Library Journal "Filled with countless examples of women and Indigenous people reclaiming their power, The Story Is in Our Bones shares a hopeful, creative vision for Earth’s future" —Foreword Reviews "These pages summon from our bones our commitment to defend this living Earth. I bow to Osprey in deepest respect and gratitude for her years of inspired activism and this brilliant book." —Joanna Macy, environmental activist, scholar, Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, author, Coming Back to Life and Active Hope, and featured, A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time "Osprey Orielle Lake has given us a magnificent book loaded with knowledge, wisdom, and fine story-telling. In it she lays out a tapestry of multiple pathways that unite to demand humility in our relationship with Mother Earth. The book exposes colonialism, imperialism, racism, capitalism, and patriarchal systems as the underlying factors that have fostered an extractivist, ecologically degrading mindset that drives the current polycrisis. With lavish examples of traditional ecological knowledge, reciprocal economic and governance frameworks, and new narratives, The Story is in Our Bones does not leave the reader exasperated and helpless—it is an empowering call for action." —Nnimmo Bassey , author, To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa, Right Livelihood Award winner "As a young Indigenous woman, it is important to me that we consider all the complex intersections of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and ecocide while building a better world. This incredibly important and timely book includes the memory and knowledge of how we can live in balance with nature, which still lives on in Indigenous communities and is crucial to solving the multiple crises we are facing!" —Helena Gualinga (Kichwa from Sarayaku), Indigenous youth climate leader, Ecuadorian Amazon "The Story is in Our Bones is a remarkable achievement, a rich read, and one surely not to miss. For anyone who wonders—as I often do—how on Earth we're going to navigate the seemingly intractable confluence of crises, this extraordinary book offers a very potent recipe, spanning culture, global systemic change, sense-making, and remembrance of our Earth legacy. The book resonates from mind to belly to bones." —Nina Simons, co-founder, chief relationship officer, Bioneers "Osprey Orielle Lake guides us on a majestic journey of sense making for the 21st century as we attempt to emerge from emergency. She leads us through the importance of adopting a systems approach that fosters new economic models and the need to value nature and climate justice. The resounding message throughout this book is to act with urgency and purpose in these times of interlocking crises." —Sandrine Dixson-Declève, co-president, The Club of Rome, co-author, Earth for All "In this beautifully written book, The Story is in Our Bones offers a frank acknowledgment of the Anthropocene that serves as a vital, yet sober grounding in what we should already know but many are in denial to fully admit. At the same time, Osprey skillfully weaves history, mythology, anthropology, climate and earth science, sociology, and spirituality to illustrate the central message. Capitalism and colonialism have gotten us on this path of catastrophic climate change, but as she says, they can be transformed. Whether it is learning from ancestors from Ukraine, movements like Via Campesina, or women foresters from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the path to a Just Transition and healthy ways of living like Buen Vivir, are rooted in interconnection and in learning from the story. If we do this, we all thrive, nestled in the bosom of Mother Earth." —Jacqui Patterson, founder, executive director, The Chisholm Legacy Project "This book traces luminous threads of possibility away from extractive collapse, coalescing back into reciprocity with sovereign living processes. Osprey Orielle Lake reminds us of the ancient lineage of regeneration, alive in our cells, awakening now in sacred form and practical action, in just the right places and forms to bring down the planetary fever." —Stuart Cowan, executive director, Buckminster Fuller Institute, co-author, Ecological Design "In this landmark offering, Lake, a tireless campaigner for a just and vibrant world, gives voice to those who have long been marginalized by the dominant culture: Indigenous and Black women from around the world along with the multitudes of our nonhuman relatives. At its core, this marvelous wide-ranging book takes us on a deep dive into root causes of our polycrisis and with flair and scholarship delivers a roadmap toward cultural transformation." —Jeremy Lent, author, The Web of Meaning and The Patterning Instinct "Reading this book in these dark times of increasing ecological destruction, is like being a salmon in the depths who scents the stream of origin that will guide it home. Osprey Orielle Lake speaks with great wisdom and scholarship—interweaving her exquisite sensitivity for the voice of the wild with her vast experience as a movement leader, and the knowledge of the many frontline communities she stands with. Reassuring us that the wisdom of our Earth-loving ancestors is still within us, Osprey shows how people all over the world are rising to defend Earth and bring more just and ecologically benign societies into being." —Cormac Cullinan, author, Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice, director, Wild Law Institute "Osprey Orielle Lake, in her magnificent The Story is in our Bones, offers us a new cosmology and a new lens with which to see reality. By combining the wisdom in Indigenous origin stories from around the planet with modern ecological knowledge, her work awakens a radical imagination capable of ushering forth a vibrant Earth Community. If you read her book and dwell in its wisdom, you will soon find yourself in the next era of your creative life." —Brian Thomas Swimme, author, Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe, director, Human Energy "This is a very valuable book. It delves deep into what we can and must learn from both Indigenous worldviews and the natural world that has helped inform them, and it does so without sentimentality or rancor; in so doing, it opens a number of paths for everyone trying to think more wisely about how we can inhabit a planet in fundamental crisis. It would best be read not as an intellectual exercise but as a guidebook to real change." —Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature, founder, Third Act "This is a profound and much-needed book. I am grateful to Osprey Orielle Lake for presenting an in-depth analysis of the root causes of the ecological crises we face and for paths forward to secure the future of humanity in harmony with nature. With gorgeous poetics and precise logic, the chapters show us how to build a thriving future informed by radical imagination, science, Indigenous People's wisdom, and principles of climate justice. Simply stunning. " —Farhana Yamin, lawyer, climate activist, Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsAuthor's Note Foreword By Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca Nation, Environmental Ambassador and Hereditary Drum Keeper of the Ponca Tribe Part I: Entering the Terrain Chapter 1: Worldviews Are a Portal Chapter 2: The Story Is in Our Bones: Origin Stories to Remake our World Chapter 3: Ancient Trees and Ancestral Warnings Chapter 4: A Visionary Declaration from the Amazon Part II: Dismantling Patriarchy, Racism, and the Myth of Whiteness: Ancient Mother and Women Rising Chapter 5: She Rises Chapter 6: Tracing and Healing the Assault on Women Chapter 7: Listening to Black and Indigenous Women, and Debunking the Myth of Whiteness Chapter 8: Worldviews of Our Ancestral Lineages Part III: Reciprocity: A Thousandfold Act of Responsibility and Love Chapter 9: Offering and Tending to the Land Chapter 10: Composting the Cultural Toxins of Colonization and Capitalism Chapter 11: Reciprocal Relationships with People and Land Part IV: Living in Balance with the Natural Laws of the Earth Chapter 12: Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution Part V: The Land Is Speaking: Language, Memory, and a Storied Living Landscape Chapter 13: Worldviews Conjured by Words Chapter 14: Songlines Through the Landscape Chapter 15: Building a Relationship with the Storied Land Reader's Guide and Resources Acknowledgments Credits Endnotes Index About the Author About the Publisher

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