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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the complex relationships between Freemasonry and Native American Indians over the past three hundred years. 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 IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionA Note on Terms1. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part One2. Approaching Native American Freemasonry, Part Two3. A History of Freemasonry: From Europe to the United States4. Freemasonry as Ornamentalism: Class, Race, and Social Hierarchy5. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part One6. The Attractions of Freemasonry to Indians and Others, Part Two7. Native American Freemasons: The Revolutionary Era8. Native American Freemasons: The "Settlement" of the West and the Civil War Era9. Native American Freemasons: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries10. On Television's Deathblow to Fraternalism: Understanding Associationalism and the Declining Role of Fraternalism in American LifeNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA study of the Second Creek War and its impact on antebellum southern society. Trade Review"For too long, the Second Creek War has awaited serious scholarly attention. On the basis of exhaustive research, formidable attention to detail, and sophisticated interpretation, the first monograph on this conflict is likely to be the last for years to come."—John W. Hall, Tennessee Historical Quarterly"Ellisor's book should appeal to all those interested in Alabama history, for it provides a revealing new look at the complexity of the antebellum society and of Indian removal."—Christina Snyder, Alabama Review"Ellisor's complex approach offers historians of the early American Republic much to consider as they look to expand their understanding of the United States within the larger global processes of the nineteenth century."—Daniel Flaherty, Historian"Second Creek War throws new light on Creek and Seminole removal and on the development of class in the early-to-mid nineteenth-century South."—Steven J. Peach, H-AmIndianTable of ContentsList of MapsIntroduction: The Second Creek War?1. Creek Politics and Confinement in New Alabama2. The Cusseta Treaty of 18323. Commodifying the Creek Domain4. Resistance5. Rebellion6. The Federal Response7. Flight through Southern Georgia8. Recriminations9. The War Revives in New Alabama10. Seeking Refuge in West FloridaEpilogue: The Legacy of the Second Creek WarNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn 1953 surgeon Robert H. Ruby began work as the chief medical officer at the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He began writing almost daily to his sister, describing the Oglala Lakota people he served, his Bureau of Indian Affairs colleagues, and day-to-day life. These engaging letters provide a compelling memoir of life at Pine Ridge in the mid-1950s.Trade Review"These letters provide a unique glimpse into life at Pine Ridge as well as insights into the daily workings of the IHS."—M.J. Schneider, CHOICETable of ContentsEditors' IntroductionChronology of Significant EventsNote on Provenance and Methodology1. August, 19532. September, 19533. October, 19534. November, 19535. December, 19536. January, 19547. February, 19548. March, 19549. April, 195410. May, 195411. June, 195412. July, 195413. August, 195414. September, 195415. October, 195416. November, 195417. December, 1954Editors' PostscriptAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first published collection of oral literature of the Koasati Indians, who at the time of first contact with the West lived in the upper Tennessee River valley but now predominantly reside in western Louisiana. The works were gathered from several narrators between 1910 and 1992 and are presented in the original Koasati verse and in English translation.Trade Review"[Kimball] has performed an invaluable service for students of orally expressed verbal art by documenting a corpus of well-translated, well-presented texts from a community that has been underrepresented in the available literature. Koasati Traditional Narratives is an extremely valuable addition to the library of resources on folklore, literature, and American Indian studies."—William M. Clements, Journal of Folklore ResearchTable of ContentsPreface Part One: Mythological Narratives1. Rabbit Stories2. Origin Tales3. Monster Stories4. Animal Tales5. Medicine Origin Tales6. Christian Tales Part Two: Semihistorical Narratives7. Encounter Stories8. War Stories9. Other Semihistorical Stories Appendix 1. Linguistically Analyzed TextsAppendix 2. Transcriptions of Swanton's TextsReferences

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Book SynopsisExplores the ways in which West Germans in Munich responded after 1945 to the Holocaust. Examining the political and religious discourse on the "Jewish Question," this book shows how men and women in the postwar era employed antisemitic images from the Weimar Republic in order to distance themselves from the murderous policies of the Nazi regime.Trade Review"By tracing their position on Wiedergutmachung, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, and antisemitism, Kauders provides a complex picture of the cultural and ideological shifts that took place among various groups in West Germany, and links this to economic and structural shifts. All told, Kauders makes a convincing argument against the 'psychological explanations' of German postwar repression of memory, and his book will be of interest to scholars of postwar German society and culture as well as those interested in more general issues of democracy."—Lynn Rapaport, Holocaust and Genocide Studies"Kauders' painstaking reconstruction of postwar debates in one highly significant local context allows us to move beyond generalizations and broad strokes to get a much clearer sense of the gradual progression of West Germans away from the Third Reich and toward a democratic polity in which accepting the horrors of the past was essential to defining the future."—German History“A carefully researched and considered study. . . . Kauder’s book is a useful addition to a growing and increasingly nuanced literature.”—Jay Geller, H-NET Book Review“This study provides the reader with a detailed and authoritative look at the evolution of West German society from its initial struggles with socially embedded anti-Semitic attitudes to an earnest acquiescence of democratic principles and a profound recognition of the sufferings of victims of Nazi Germany.”—Gary Baker, German Studies Review“The author’s expertise is impressive.”—Chaim Seymour, Association of Jewish Libraries“A worthwhile study that offers a good number of interesting findings…”—Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Central European History

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, schools for Native children are examined within the broad framework of race relations in the United States for the first time. Jacqueline Fear-Segal analyses multiple schools and their differing agendas and engages with the conflicting white discourses of race that underlay their pedagogies.Trade Review"A rich and rewarding book."—Michael C. Coleman, Great Plains Quarterly"Fear-Segal imaginatively examines the ominous racialization of American Indians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a focus on the covertly racial agenda of boarding school policy. . . . White Man's Club's sophisticated but readable style will engross any reader."—Sally McBeth, Western Historical Quarterly"With the publication of Jacqueline Fear-Segal's White Man’s Club, the historiography of Indian residential schooling has reached a new level of sophistication."—John Milloy, Journal of American History“Perhaps only once in a decade does a book come along that truly sets the standard for the rest of the field. White Man’s Club is such a book. Beautifully written and superbly argued, it is replete with fresh insights and analysis of a subject that remains one of the most enduring and meaningful and often painful in the history of American Indian and white relations. Students of the Indian boarding school movement will be especially interested in the insights provided by Fear-Segal, particularly those that address how the dominant nineteenth century views of race played a major role in the creation and functioning of off-reservation boarding schools.”—Journal of the West"White Man's Club is a well-constructed and well-researched book that originally uses primary sources to unveil the convert agenda of race subjugation and control in the government schooling system and its impact on students' lives."—Marinella Lentis, Wicazo Sa"By including Native voices, Fear-Segal's study reminds us that the Native experience in America is not an academic exercise but involves people's cherished memories and present realities."—Ruth Spack, American Historical Review"White Man's Club provides a thought-provoking reinterpretation of the federal Indian Education Program's formative years and a thorough overview of the beliefs and actions of significant policy reformers, as well as the life histories of many Native students and leaders."—C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Ethnohistory"Perhaps only once in a decade does a book come along that truly sets the standard for the rest of the field. White Man's Club is such a book. Beautifully written and superbly argued, it is replete with fresh insights and analysis of a subject that remains one of the most enduring and meaningful and often painful in the history of American Indian and white relations."—Cary C. Collins, Journal of the West“With extraordinary insight and grace, Jacqueline Fear-Segal has made a major contribution to the literature on one of the most important and devastating chapters in Indian-white relations. Both immensely illuminating and haunting, this book should be read by anyone interested in the history of U.S. race relations.”—David W. Adams, author of Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928"Fear-Segal knows her topic well and she invites readers into the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dakota Mission, Santee Normal Training School, and other similar institutions to illuminate issues of race. . . . Her use of biography and autobiographies of Indians and non-Indians alike is a strong contribution of the book, and her careful reading of these sources provides a fresh look at familiar participants in the Indian school system."—Clifford Trafzar, American Studies JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations 000Acknowledgments 000Introduction 000Prologue: Prisoners Made Pupils 000 1.The Development of an Indian Educational System 1. White Theories: Can the Indian be Educated? 000 2. Native Views: "A New Road for All the Indians" 000 3. Mission Schools in the West: Precursors of a System 000 2. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute 4. Samuel Chapman Armstrong: Educator of Backward Races 000 5. Thomas Wildcat Alford: Shawnee Educated in Two Worlds 0003. Carlisle Indian Industrial School 6. Richard Henry Pratt: National Universalist 000 7. Carlisle Campus: Landscape of Race and Erasure 000 8. Man-on-the-Bandstand: Surveillance, Concealment, and Resistance 000 9. Indian School Cemetery: Telling Remains 0004. Modes of Cultural Survival 10. Kesetta: Memory and Recovery 000 11. Susie Rayos Marmon: Storytelling and Teaching 000Epilogue: Cultural Survival as Performance, Powwow 2000 000Notes 000Bibliography 000Index 000

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Book SynopsisFirst comprehensive study of this endangered language and one of the few reference grammars of this language familyTable of ContentsList of tablesList of figures and mapsPreface AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Format of examples and texts1 The Kotiria and their language 2 Phonology 3 Words 4 Noun classes and noun formation5 Nominal morphology6 Noun phrases 7 Verbal semantics and serialization processes 8 Nonroot stem morphemes in the verb 9 Clause modality10 Clause structure 11 Complex sentences Appendix 1: Texts Appendix 2: Vocabulary ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers an assessment of the non-Jewish defense of Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness from the foundation of the German Reich in 1871 until the ascent of the Nazis in 1932, when befriending Jews became a crime. Alan T. Levenson reveals the dynamic process by which a generally despised minority attracts defenders and supporters.Trade Review“Whether addressing voices in the German peace movement, authors of works of fiction, missionaries, or supporters of Herzlian Zionism, Levenson detects a common thread of otherness preventing any mutually constructive German-Jewish symbiosis from emerging. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Levenson demonstrates that all shades of anti-semitism were present in the German culture . . . the complex matrix of social interaction that made the Holocaust possible.”—D. A. Meier, Choice“A vigorous defense of philosemitism as a moral and intellectual category in the history of German-Jewish relations from Bismarck to Hitler.”—Central European History “Levenson presents a balanced picture that is neither apologetic of the German intellectual tradition nor indulges in the simplistic construction of an antisemitic German ‘national character.’ . . . The book is very interesting throughout, carefully argued and documented, and well-written. It should be widely read.”—Marcel Stoetzler, German Studies Review “Levenson’s analysis is penetrating and his conclusions . . . are well worth considering.”—Daniel J. Rettberg, Association of Jewish Libraries NewsletterTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Philosemitism in the Public Arena1. Philosemetic Discourse in Imperial Germany2. The German Peace Movement and the Jews3. The Problematics of Philosemetic Fiction4. Missionary Protestants and the Defense of JudaismPart 2. Philosemitic Tendencies and Individuals5. The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism6. Christian Author, Jewish Book?7. An Adventure in Otherness8. The Apostate as PhilosemiteAppendix: The Case for PhilosemitismAfterwordNotesSelected BibliographySource Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisHistorians depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside. This book demonstrates that, to the contrary, militia remained an active civil institution in early nineteenth century, affecting era's social, political, and economic transitions.Trade Review"This exceptional look into the non-military contributions of the post-Revolution militia to U.S. society is useful to any historian of the early republic or civil-military relations."—B. A. Wineman, Choice“Scholars and students of the American militia system will find this well organized and well written book to be an insightful and valuable addition to their professional libraries. Mr. Laver accomplishes his goal of interpreting the militia’s impact on the early republic’s growth. The arguments put forth widen the scope of existing studies and provide depth for the exploration of militia influences on local communities, politics, and masculinity today. Citizens More Than Soldiers is an excellent social history of a military subject.”—Journal of Military HistoryTable of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Rethinking the Social Role of the Militia 2. The Hunters of Kentucky 3. Public Gatherings and Social Order 4. Stability and Security in a Time of Transition 5. Proponents of Democracy and Partisanship6. A Refuge of Manhood 7. Fighters, Protectors, and Men Conclusion: Citizens More than Soldiers Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the latter half of the twentieth century, tens of thousands of Native American families moved to cities across the United States, some via the government relocation program and some on their own. In the cities, they encountered new forms of work, entertainment, housing, and education. In this study, Stephen Kent Amerman focuses on the educational experiences of Native students in urban schools in Phoenix, Arizona, a city with one of the largest urban Indian communities in the nation. The educational experiences of Native students in Phoenix varied over time and even in different parts of the city, but interactions with other ethnic groups and the experience of being a minority for the first time presented distinctive challenges and opportunities for Native students.Using oral histories as well as written records, Amerman examines howPhoenix schools tried to educate and assimilate Native students alongside Hispanic, Asian, black, and white students and how Trade Review"The strength of this book stems from its account of the experience of eighteen students from several tribes who found themselves in the minority among Mexican-American, African-American and Asian-American students. Amerman discusses the emotional challenges confronting these students as they adjusted to a new educational system while working to retain a sense of cultural background and Native pride."—Patricia Etter, Pima County Library"Amerman's book is a valuable addition to the history of Indian education."—Jon Reyhner, Western Historical Quarterly"Stephen Kent Amerman's Urban Indians in Phoenix Schools broadens our understanding of Indian urbanization and analyzes "an understudied" aspect of American Indian history."—David H. Dejong, Journal of Arizona History"Urban Indians makes an important historical contribution to our understandings of the urban Indian experience and should appeal to readers with an interest in the history of Phoenix, the American Southwest, American Indian and minority education, urban Indians, and Native American community activism."—Lisa K. Neuman, New Mexico Historical Review"Amerman's book is a significant contribution to the scholarly work on American Indian education and on urban–or off-reservation–Indians."—Adrea Lawrence, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Beyond the Boarding Schools1. The City2. The Schools3. The Students4. The Fight5. The AftermathConclusion: Indian Education in the CityAppendix A: A Note on the InterviewsAppendix B: Interview QuestionsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFeatures a bittersweet cross-cultural friendship and the richness and melancholy of modern Cheyenne life. This book tells of the author's relationship and friendship with Cheyenne elder Henry Tall Bull, which was punctuated by both insight and misunderstanding, and ultimately ended in tragedy.Trade Review"A deeply felt memoir. . . . Photographs of tribe members . . . illustrate the complicated personal histories he records."—Publishers Weekly"Personal and heartfelt. . . . A time capsule of a singular place and people, in words and pictures, which carries a grave echo of the Little Big Horn, Wounded Knee and dogged cultural survival."—The Seattle Times"The Road to Lame Deer is a very special journey of one man in his effort to understand another culture and his relationship to that culture. The road isn't easy. Along with a kind of spiritual enlightenment comes the painfully sad reality of life in the Indian community—alcohol abuse, family dysfunction, unemployment, and grinding poverty. That Jerry Mader is able to tell his story with compassion and gut-wrenching honesty is a tribute to his own decency and integrity. The Road to Lame Deer is an important book."—James Welch, author of The Heartsong of Charging ElkTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; The Road to Lame Deer; Part I: Of Absence and Return; Part II: A Tongue River Gallery; List of Illustrations; Appendix; Notes

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Book SynopsisIn colonial North and South America, print was only one way of communicating. Information in various forms flowed across the boundaries between indigenous groups and early imperial settlements. This book examines how textual and nontextual literatures interacted in colonial North and South America.Trade Review“Colonial Mediascapes offers compelling insights from a veritable Who’s Who of early American literacy studies. The range of topics, the geographical diversity, and the thoughtfully developed connections between these essays makes this a particularly welcome project. This is a timely collection that will without a doubt have a major impact on a number of intersecting fields—book history, Native studies, early American studies, literacy studies.”—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, 1750–1830Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordPaul Chaat SmithAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMatt Cohen and Jeffrey GloverPart I. Beyond Textual Media1. Dead Metaphor or Working Model? “The Book” in Native AmericaGermaine Warkentin2. Early Americanist Grammatology: Definitions of Writing and LiteracyAndrew Newman3. Indigenous Histories and Archival Media in the Early Modern Great LakesHeidi BohakerPart II. Multimedia Texts4. The Manuscript, the Quipu, and the Early American Book: Don Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala’s Nueva Corónica y Buen GobiernoBirgit Brander Rasmussen5. Semiotics, Aesthetics, and the Quechua Concept of QuilcaGalen Brokaw6. “Take My Scalp, Please!”: Colonial Mimesis and the French Origins of the Mississippi Tall TaleGordon M. SayrePart III. Sensory New Worlds7. Brave New Worlds: The First Century of Indian-English EncountersPeter Charles Hoffer8. Howls, Snarls, and Musket Shots: Saying “This Is Mine” in Colonial New EnglandJon Coleman9. Hearing Wampum: The Senses, Mediation, and the Limits of AnalogyRichard Cullen RathPart IV: Transatlantic Mediascapes10. Writing as “Khipu”: Titu Cusi Yupanqui’s Account of the Conquest of PeruRalph Bauer11. Christian Indians at War: Evangelism and Military Communication in the Anglo-French-Native BorderlandsJeffrey Glover12. The Algonquian Word and the Spirit of Divine Truth: John Eliot’s Indian Library and the Atlantic Quest for a Universal LanguageSarah RivettContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"McClinton's edition of this valuable primary document will prove highly useful to those interested in the Moravians, in the Cherokees, and in the Southeast during the early republic."—Katherine Carte Engel, Journal of Southern History"McClinton's translated and annotated edition of the Moravian Springplace Mission diaries must be recognized as a momentous work for scholars in a wide variety of fields."—Angela Pulley Hudson, Documentary Editing“The diaries are placed into context expertly and indexed exactly to render them even more fascinating and useful. This is a gargantuan achievement and a great step forward in Cherokee scholarship.”—Appalachian Heritage

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Book SynopsisProvides a thorough reappraisal of the Yamasee War. By arguing that the Yamasee War may be the definitive watershed in the formation of the Old South, Ramsey challenges traditional arguments about the war's origins and positions the prewar concerns of Native Americans within the context of recent studies of the Indian slave trade and the Atlantic economy.Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the growing number of studies challenging Chapman Milling's and Verner Crane's moral argument of "good" Indians versus "bad" colonists. In recent years, historians increasingly appreciate that a "middle ground" existed in most colonist-Indian relationships, and Ramsey fits nicely into this mode of thinking."—Brett Richard Bell, Southern Historian"The first book-length study on a conflict so pivotal in early American, Native American, and southern history, The Yamasee War does not disappoint. . . . A talented historian, Ramsey guides his readers through the complex and tangled motivations that led to war and explores its consequences for all residents of the colonial South."—Christina Snyder, Journal of American History"The Yamasee War is a thoroughly impressive study and a welcome addition to the Indians of the Southeast series published by the University of Nebraska Press."—Matthew T. Pearcy, Journal of America's Military Past"Specialists in colonial and Native American history as well as graduate students and advanced undergraduates will find Ramsey's treatment of the Yamasee War thought provoking and compelling."—David A. Nichols, Journal of American Ethnic History"The Yamasee War is an important read for anyone interested in the field of southern ethnohistory."—Michael P. Morris, South Carolina Historical MagazineTable of ContentsContents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSeries Editors' Introduction Introduction: The Problems Part 1: Tinder1. Carolinians in Indian Country2. Indian Slaves in the Carolina Low Country Part 2: Spark3. Market Influence4. Trade Regulation and the Breakdown of Diplomacy Part 3: Fire5. The Heart of the Alliance6. Auxiliary Confederates Part 4: Ash7. Monsters and Men8. New Patterns of Exchange and Diplomacy Conclusion: New ProblemsAppendix: The Huspah King's Letter to Charles Craven NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe arrival of European settlers in the Americas disrupted indigenous lifeways, and the effects of colonialism shattered Native communities. Forced migration and human trafficking created a diaspora of cultures, languages, and people. Gregory D. Smithers and Brooke N. Newman have gathered the work of leading scholars, including Bill Anthes, Duane Champagne, Daniel Cobb, Donald Fixico, and Joy Porter, among others, in examining an expansive range of Native peoples and the extent of their influences through reaggregation. These diverse and wide-ranging essays uncover indigenous understandings of self-identification, community, and culture through the speeches, cultural products, intimate relations, and political and legal practices of Native peoples. Native Diasporas explores how indigenous peoples forged a sense of identity and community amid the changes wrought by European colonialism in the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, and the mainland Americas Trade Review"The essays in Native Diasporas offer fascinating case studies that simultaneously value local nuance and transnational/global contexualization across more than three centuries of history. They also offer fresh insights in the study of indigenous identities."—Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Western Historical Quarterly"This work will become a seminal text for people studying in the field."—Paul Moon, Te Kaharoa"This text is not only a timely addition to the Native American/American Indian studies discourse, but it also introduces a fresh way of discussing indigeneity and the complicated experience of those communities impacted by settler colonialism."—Clementine Bordeaux, American Indian Culture and Research Journal“The essays in Native Diasporas address a tremendously important and complicated subject—Indigenous identity.”—Barbara Krauthamer, author of Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South “In a powerful and timely way, Native Diasporas moves away from the ‘frontier’ as finite and from the ‘middle ground’ as an endpoint. Its essays pay attention to women’s agency, gender issues, economic and political dynamics, the history of changing policies, and to Indigenous responses and engagements with settler colonialism.”—Ann McGrath, director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at Australian National University and coauthor of How to Write History that People Want to Read Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceBrooke N. Newman and Gregory D. SmithersIntroduction: “What Is an Indian?”—The Enduring Question of American Indian IdentityGregory D. SmithersPart 1. Adapting Indigenous Identities for the Colonial Diaspora1. Indigenous Identities in Mesoamerica after the Spanish ConquestRebecca Horn2. Rethinking the Middle Ground: French Colonialism and Indigenous Identities in the Pays d’en HautMichael A. McDonnell3. Identity Articulated: British Settlers, Black Caribs, and the Politics of Indigeneity on St. Vincent, 1763–1797Brooke N. Newman4. Religion, Race, and the Formation of Pan-Indian Identities in the Brothertown Movement, 1700–1800Linford D. Fisher5. “Decoying Them Within”: Creek Gender Identities and the Subversion of CivilizationFelicity DonohoePart 2. Asserting Native Identities through Politics, Work, and Migration6. Mastering Language: Liberty, Slavery, and Native Resistance in the Early Nineteenth-Century SouthJames Taylor Carson7. Resistance and Removal: Yaqui and Navajo Identities in the Southwest BorderlandsClaudia B. Haake8. Progressivism and Native American Self-Expression in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturyJoy Porter9. Mixed-Descent Indian Identity and Assimilation PolicyKatherine Ellinghaus10. “All Go to the Hop Fields”: The Role of Migratory and Wage Labor in the Preservation of Indigenous Pacific Northwest CultureVera ParhamPart 3. Twentieth-Century Reflections on Indigenous and Pan-Indian Identities11. Tribal Institution Building in the Twentieth CenturyDuane Champagne12. Disease and the “Other”: The Role of Medical Imperialism in OceaniaKerri A. Inglis13. “Why Injun Artist Me”: Acee Blue Eagle’s Diasporic PerformativeBill Anthes14. Asserting a Global Indigenous Identity: Native Activism Before and After the Cold WarDaniel M. Cobb15. From Tribal to Indian: American Indian Identity in the Twentieth CenturyDonald FixicoContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the spring of 1968, the Omaha Central High School basketball team made history with its first all-black starting lineup. Their nickname, the Rhythm Boys, captured who they were and what they did on the court. The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central tells a true story about high school basketball, black awakening and rebellion, and innocence lost in a watershed year.Trade Review"Marantz presents an ultimately compelling snapshot of an era—and a city—in the throes of social upheaval."—Kirkus"As a narrative of an American high school united by basketball and torn apart by the times, Marantz hits a nothing-but-net three-pointer."—Karl Helicher, ForeWord"Through it all, this talented team reeled off a string of victories, in a way trying to will its way through the bubbling tensions and bring the community together as sports often do. Sometimes, life gets in the way."—Jerry Milani, The Ultimate Fan"Marantz . . . paints an entirely credible picture of the times, placing that infamous Omaha week in the historical context of an infamous year." —Michael Kelly, Omaha World-Herald"Marantz's narrative will touch readers far beyond Omaha."—Alan Moores, Booklist“Four decades after George Wallace ignited a race riot in Omaha, Steve Marantz goes home to tell the story of a high school basketball team and its tragic star. A heartbreaking look inside the lives of white and black students fighting and falling in love as they grow up amid historic upheaval.”—Ian Thomsen, columnist and feature writer for Sports Illustrated“The Rhythm Boys of Omaha Central isn’t just about a basketball team—it’s about life—and how ugly, often tragic, inspiring, and so wonderfully hopeful it can be . . . all at the same time. As a basketball fan, I was riveted by this story—and couldn’t help but think about the other ‘Rhythm Boys/Girls’ there have been throughout our country’s unique history—and about just how far we have come.”—Lisa Salters, ESPN“The Rhythm Boys reminds us again how sports mirror society. It happened in Omaha in 1968, but it could be the story of any team in any city. What do you get when you mix the passion of basketball with the passion of race? You get a great book.”—Tom Shatel, sports columnist for the Omaha World Herald"Despite the grim prognosis of the Rhythm Boys' community, Marantz presents a halcyon moment when these five extraordinary highschool athletes made anything seem possible at Omaha Central."—Amy Helene Forss, Great Plains QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword by Susie Buffett Prologue Chapter 1. First Bell Chapter 2. Tears of a Clown Chapter 3. Summer of 67 Chapter 4. Just Their Imagination Chapter 5. So Glad They Made It Chapter 6. Get on Board Chapter 7. Jupiter Aligns Chapter 8. "A Mongrel Unit" Chapter 9. Wallace for President Chapter 10. Darkness, Darkness Chapter 11. The Broken Hearted Chapter 12. Last Bell Epilogue Postscript Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisProvides an intimate and informative glimpse of photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) and his associates as they embarked on their epic quest to document through word and picture the traditional cultures of Native Americans in the western United States - cultures that Curtis believed were inevitably doomed.Trade Review“Gidley’s 29-page introductory essay is essential reading, summarizing Curtis’s work, cultural contexts, and culture change. . . . Gidley’s historical and literary assessment of the largest anthropological enterprise undertaken in the U.S. provides a valuable, coherent insight into the man and his era.”—Choice “This book is a real treat for Curtis fans and detractors. With this anthology of original sources and Gidley’s earlier biography we have the best possible introduction to Curtis’s fascinating work.”—Ira Jacknis, Current Anthropology"Certainly no stranger to this material, Gidley has mined a rich trove of letters, reports, magazine and newspaper articles, and other documents to craft an edited volume with potential appeal for diverse readership. In broad view, his selections . . . affirm the underlying humanism that Curtis and other principals brought to their study."—Jerry R. Galm, Oregon Historical Society"The information in this well-researched little volume sheds light on the views of Curtis and his contemporaries concerning their work and the Native peoples they worked with."—Anne Hillerman, Southwest Book ViewsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsExplanatory Notes1. Introduction2. In the Southwest3. On the Plains4. In the Northwest5. Up and Down the West Coast6. Generally SpeakingNotes References CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides a grounded, yet poignant, description of what it was like to grow up during the 1930s and 1940s in the mountains of western North Carolina and on a sharecropper's farm in eastern Tennessee. Leonard Carson Lambert paints a vivid picture of life on the reservation and off, documenting work, family life, education, religion, and more.Trade Review"Lambert's book is clearly written and thought-provoking. If you are interested in Native American culture, you owe it to yourself to pick up this book and hear a different voice."—Greg Langley, The Advocate"Anyone interested in general American Indian, Cherokee, and southern culture and history should be encouraged to read Up from These Hills, which would be a good addition to any public or academic library east of the Mississippi River."—Joanna Anderson, Tennessee Library AssociationTable of ContentsSeries PrefaceForethoughts by Michael LambertSmith-Lambert Family GenealogyRootsThe CoveTennesseeMentor SchoolMars HillGoing HomeNotes

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Book SynopsisThe Plains Indian Wars were always front-page news in frontier newspapers, and it was to such local newspapers that the public invariably turned for information about the fighting. Bound to Have Blood takes readers back to the late nineteenth century to show how newspaper reporting influenced attitudes about the conflict between the United States and Native Americans.Trade Review“[Bound to Have Blood] offers a lot of colorful history and some great old photographs.”—Omaha World-Herald"Reilly fleshes out the broad strokes of interaction between natives and settlers in the middle of North America from the 1860s to the 1890s by drawing on the articles and opinions in the local newspapers where the wars were being fought."—Reference & Research Book News"In Bound to Have Blood, Reilly provides a good overview of the press coverage of the Plains Indian Wars and thus helps readers understand how this coverage influenced American reactions to the Indians. . . . Reilly's study provides an excellent account of how the local newspapers covered these events and shows that reactions were not always the same because of differences in local opinions and circumstances."—Carol Sue Humphrey, Historian"Bound to Have Blood should find a place in classrooms where instructors wish to offer their students access to the vitriolic rhetoric of Indian hating that appears in nineteenth- century frontier newspapers and the political jockeying that lay behind it."—Phillip H. Round, SAIL"This is a welcome addition to Indian studies that documents an important feature of the history of the American West."—James W. Parins, American Indian Culture and Research JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Frontier Newspapers1. Great Sioux Uprising: August-December 18622. Sand Creek Massacre: November 18643. Fort Laramie Treaty: 18684. The Little Big Horn Campaign: January-July 18765. The Flight of the Nez Perce: March-October 18776. The Cheyenne Outbreak: September 1878-January 18797. The Standing Bear Trial: April-May 18798. Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee: 1890-18919. Closing the CircleNotes BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Battle of Birch Coulie was the decisive battle in the deadly Dakota War of 1862. In Birch Coulie John Christgau recounts the dramatic events surrounding the battle. American history at its narrative best, his book is also a uniquely balanced and accurate chronicle of this little-understood conflict, one of the most important to roil the American West.Trade Review"[Birch Coulie is] a dramatic narrative that students of frontier and Minnesota history will wish to read closely."—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist“Birch Coulie is a great re-telling of a great story. Birch Coulie accurately captures not only the events leading up to this historic battle, but also the emotions of its participants. Christgau seems to understand the depth of Dakota frustrations that produced one of the most determined Native attacks on US troops in all of American History.”—Carl Colwell, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.), director of the Renville County (Minnesota) Historical Society and director of the Minnesota Valley History Learning Center"Christgau's book is essential reading on the 150th anniversary of the largely forgotten, under-taught war that he describes as "a brutal collision of two worlds and cultures." —Curt Brown, Minneapolis Star Tribune"John Christgau has captured the facts of the 1862 war and the battle at Birch Coulie in a way that brings them alive to the reader."—Gary Revier, Minnesota's Heritage Table of ContentsPrefaceAuthor's Note1. Private Robert K. Boyd2. Red Iron3. Little Crow4. Gray Bird5. Gaboo6. Colonel Sam McPhail and Lieutenant Sheehan7. Dr. Daniels8. The Messenger9. Little Paul10. EpiloguesAcknowledgmentsSources

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Book SynopsisLakota Texts is a treasure trove of stories told in the original language by modern Lakota women who make their home in Denver. Sometimes witty, often moving, and invariably engaging and fascinating, these stories are both autobiographical and cultural. Trade Review"The narratives add to the greater body of oral history and culture of the Lakota people."—Michael Smith, Nebraska History"A delightful collection of stories."—Kimberly Field, Denver Posse of WesternersTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface 1. An Introduction to Lakota Language and Culture 1.1. The Lakotas and the Lakota Language 1.2. Lakota Spelling and Sounds 1.2.1. Transcription and Pronunciation 1.2.2. Phonology and Morphophonemics: Some Important Rules 1.3. Outline of Lakota Grammar 1.3.1. Sentence Structure 1.3.2. Noun Phrases 1.3.3. Postpositions and Postpositional Phrases 1.3.4. Subordinate Clauses 1.3.5. Inflection of Verbs 1.3.6. Inflection of Nouns 1.3.7. Inflection of Postpositions 1.3.8. Independent Pronouns 1.4. Alphabetical List of Grammatical Terms 1.5. Lakota Speakers 1.6. The Presentation of the Lakota Texts 2. Personal Histories 2.1. A Short Autobiography 2.2. My Roots 2.3. Growing Up on the Reservation 2.4. Wounded Knee 2.5. A Miracle 2.6. A Sweatlodge Ceremony 2.7. A Visit to South Dakota 2.8. A Scary Ride 2.9. Going to School on the Reservation 2.10. Crow Fair 2.11. Extrasensory Perception 2.12. The Invisible Passenger 2.13. A Gambling Trip 2.14. The Eagle Spirit 2.15. A Girl Turns into a Werewolf 2.16. Spiritual Healing 2.17. The Hole in the Eardrum 2.18. Denver International Airport 2.19. Scalps 2.20. Old-Time Medicine 2.21. The Flying Saucer 2.22. The Fire Ball 2.23. Spring Men 2.24. Indian Doctoring 3. The Old Ways 3.1. Life in the Old Days 3.2. Jerky 3.3. Corn 3.4. Wild Berries 3.5. Old-Time Food 3.6. Buckskin 3.7. Prairie Turnips 3.8. Puberty Rites 3.9. Tobacco 3.10. Powwows and Rodeos 3.11. Spirituality 3.12. Praying 3.13. Making Fire 3.14. How Wood Was Used 3.15. How to Make Bows and Arrows 3.16. Games 3.17. Marriage 3.18. Cocklebur (Xanthium echinatum) 3.19. Yucca (Yucca glauca) 3.20. Mushrooms 3.21. Chewing Gum 3.22. Cottonwood 3.23. Swelling Weed 3.24. Purple Cone Flower (Brauneria angustifolia) 3.25. Courtesy 4. Mythology 4.1. Iktomi Meets the Prairie Chicken and Blood Clot Boy 4.2. Iktomi Meets Two Women and Iya 4.3. The Giant Snake 4.4. Star Boy 4.5. Iktomi 4.6. The End of the World 4.7. Iktomi and the Ducks 4.8. Bean, Grass, and Fire 5. True Stories 5.1. The Deer Spirits 5.2. The Fly on the Window 5.3. How to Become a Father 5.4. The Rescued Prisoner 5.5. Coyote Woman 5.6. The Horse Thief 5.7. Adultery 6. Jokes 6.1. The Holy Man 6.2. The Turtle in the Microwave 6.3. The Wrong Answer 6.4. Red Holy Dog 7. Miscellaneous 7.1. Tanning Hides (Modern Version) 7.2. Fry Bread 7.3. Indian Christmas Tree 7.4. Twins 7.5. Three Tongue Twisters 7.6. A Love Song or Lullaby Appendix: Analysis of Neologisms and Idioms References

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Book SynopsisAs scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".Trade Review"Fascinating details and readable style make this a compelling account of the US's last great, naive exposition of 19th-century empire building."—H. G. Kong, CHOICE“Well organized and written. The authors have researched extensively in exposition company files, the papers of McGee and others with whom he worked (or quarreled), and the archives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other agencies connected with the exposition. A large body of secondary sources provides background and context. More than fifty illustrations add a visual dimension to the book.”—John E. Findling, Journal of American History"Anthropology Goes to the Fair is a major contribution to the history of racial thought and the history of anthropology."—John David Smith, North Carolina Historical Review"Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler's Anthropology Goes to the Fair provides a comprehensive contribution to the literature on the world fair phenomenon, focusing explicitly on the display of indigenous peoples at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. This fascinating and well-written work accomplishes a number of new things."—Mary Neuburger, Journal of American Ethnic History"[Anthropology Goes to the Fair] is a rollicking examination of what one might today regard as an insane enterprise. It affords valuable insight into the origins and early evolution of American anthropology, as well as an understanding of early twentieth-century social mores of the American people."—Bernard L. Fontana, Journal of Arizona HistoryTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSeries Editors' IntroductionPrologue: Setting the Stage for St. LouisChapter 1 Organizing the Louisiana Purchase ExpositionChapter 2 WJ McGee and the Science of ManChapter 3 Planning the Anthropology Department and Model Indian SchoolChapter 4 Assembling the “Races of Mankind”Chapter 5 Presenting Worthy IndiansChapter 6 The Model Indian SchoolChapter 7 The Philippine ReservationChapter 8 The Anthropology VillagesChapter 9 The Polyglot PikeChapter 10 Being a Living ExhibitChapter 11 In the Anthropology BuildingChapter 12 Anthropological PerformancesChapter 13 Celebrating the Fair and Going HomeChapter 14 The Experiences of an ExpositionEpilogue: Passing into History and Moving OnAppendix 1: McGee’s Racial Classification SchemesAppendix 2: Native ParticipantsNotesReferences Index

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Book SynopsisBorderlands violence, so explosive in our own time, has deep roots in history. Lance R. Blyth's study of Chiricahua Apaches and the presidio of Janos in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands reveals how no single entity had a monopoly on coercion, and how violence became the primary means by which relations were established, maintained, or altered both within and between communities. For more than two centuries, violence was at the center of the relationships by which Janos and Chiricahua formed their communities. Violence created families by turning boys into men through campaigns and raids, which ultimately led to marriage and also determined the provisioning and security of these families; acts of revenge and retaliation similarly governed their attempts to secure themselves even as trade and exchange continued sporadically. This revisionist work reveals how during the Spanish, Mexican, and American eras, elements of both conflict and accommodation coTrade Review"A thesis-driven book backed by detailed narratives."—Wayne E. Lee, American Historical Review "Chiricahua and Janos represents a valuable addition to the growing literature examining violence in zones of intercultural contact, both in the Americas and around the globe."—Paul Conrad, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Built on solid archival research and making good use early on of Chiricahua oral tradition, Chiricahua and Janos adds to the growing body of United States–Mexico border lands studies focused on indigenous autonomy of action."—Jesús F. De La Teja, Hispanic American Historical Review“At a time when western historians have rediscovered the borderlands to great effect, Chiricahua and Janos presents a valuable new framework for thinking about Spanish-Indian relations in the American Southwest. It is a substantial contribution to the fields of Borderlands and Native American history.”—Karl Jacoby, author of Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History “Blyth is concerned with the nexus of violence and cultural relations and, similarly, has a keen eye for Indians’ perspectives….Blyth has given us another example of the violent peace that cultural differences and local goals can produce.” “This inaugural contribution to a new borderlands and transcultural series from the University of Nebraska Press provides a compelling microhistory while addressing big-picture questions about the region.”—Carla Gerona, Western Historical Quarterly"Blyth's argument, as well as his narrative and use of traditional and non-traditional sources, is impressive and provides a framework for understanding the permeating role of violence in two borderlands communities."—Brandon Jett, Southwestern American Literature "This is an intriguing and welcome addition to the literature on the conflict between Apaches, Spaniards, Mexicans, and Americans."—Robert K. Watt, Journal of Arizona History "Thoroughly researched and clearly and concisely written. . . . This book is recommended for anyone, even the more casual reader, interested in the earlier frontier history of the Greater Southwest."—Dennis Reinhartz, Terrae Incognitae“[An] example of the violent peace that cultural differences and local goals can produce.”—Robert C. Galgano, The Journal of American HistoryTable of Contents List of MapsPreface 1. Communities of Violence: Apaches and Hispanics in the Southwestern Borderlands2. Refugees and Migrants: Making Hispanic-Apache Communities, 1680-17503. Fierce Dancing and the Muster Roll: Campaigns, Raids, and Wives, 1750-17854. A Vigilant Peace: Families, Rations, and Status, 1786-18305. War, Peace, War: Revenge and Retaliation, 1831-18506. Border Dilemmas: Security and Survival, 1850-18757. Communities' End: Persecution and Imprisonment, 1875-1910Conclusion: Borderland Communities of Violence AcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The real drama in Illicit Love lies with the lovers, in relationships, not regulations. . . . McGrath’s ‘love’—both for and between her characters—gives a depth to this fresh and sometimes dazzling book that must resonate with us all.”—Lisa Ford, American Historical Review "McGrath simultaneously provides a broad examination of intermarriage law on two continents and breathes life into the intimate relationships forged between men and women of many races and communities. . . . Illicit Love is a powerful testament to the power of personal stories to complicate our understanding of larger historical processes."—James Joseph Buss, Western Historical Quarterly“This is a beautiful book, a tale of family, racial mixture, and identity in two settler colonial societies. . . . McGrath’s stories of love and marriage across the color line, told in luminous prose, will delight. . . . Illicit Love ought to be a prizewinner.”—Paul Spickard, author of Race in Mind“Read this book to explore both the direct and the twisted paths linking marriage and sovereignty, in richly detailed case studies spanning two disparate continents on both of which racial hierarchy characterized settler colonialism.”—Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University“Superbly researched and imaginatively presented, McGrath’s reconstruction of stories of marriages and sexual intimacies across the lines of race and domination between settler-colonial and indigenous peoples in the U.S. and Australia, is a remarkable instance of interleaving of the two ‘national’ histories. . . . This doubly trans-national history has an unmistakable element of freshness about it that readers will no doubt welcome.”—Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago and the author of The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth“Ann McGrath’s brilliant history of intermarriage in the new nations of America and Australia reads like a novel. She uncovers hidden stories of forbidden love between settlers and Indigenous men and women that both shaped and confounded the colonial project. Writing in a style as tender as the very intimacies she describes, McGrath has created a model of how to wed private with political histories.”—Margaret Jacobs, author of White Mother to a Dark Race and A Generation Removed“Ann McGrath reminds us that ‘weddings’ have long mixed politics and intimate passions in the interests of family, tribe, and nation. Heart-wrenching stories and subtle distinctions are laid bare in fine prose, and we find the kinship between Australia and the United States even closer than we might have thought.”—James F. Brooks, author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands“This is a convincing and lively analysis of how marriage helped create the modern nation. Using case studies from the Cherokee Nation and northern Australia, McGrath deftly makes the case for the key role played by marriage in settler colony histories. McGrath’s moving account is transnational history at its best.”—Philippa Levine, author of The British Empire, Sunrise to Sunset and Gender and Empire“Investigating marriages between the colonized and their colonizers, Illicit Love is an astonishing transnational history of transgression, revealing intertwined lives and irreconcilable ideas, courage and conflict, denial and defiance, secrets and surveillance, love and violence. . . . McGrath asks novel questions, tells untold stories, and writes a new history of empire. This innovative and inventive work will itself open up new worlds for its readers.”—Martha Hodes, author of White Women, Black Men: Illicit Sex in the Nineteenth-Century South“Illicit Love is a stunning piece of comparative history. With the storytelling abilities of a novelist, and the detective skills of the accomplished historian that she is, Ann McGrath reveals how interracial relationships stirred a myriad of emotions among nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Americans and Australians, and raised what became enduring questions about the meaning of Cherokee and Aboriginal identities.”—Gregory Smithers, author of Science, Sexuality, and Race in the United States and Australia, 1780s–1890sTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface: Flowers for the BrideAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Perfect Marriage?Part 1. Secrets of New Nations1. Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot: Against History?2. Ernest Gribble and JeanniePart 2. Marriage and Modernity among the Cherokees3. Socrates, Cherokee Sovereignty, and the Regulation of White Men4. John Ross and Mary Bryan StaplerPart 3. Queensland’s Marital Middle Ground5. Husbands under Surveillance6. Consent and Aboriginal WivesPart 4. Embodying New Worlds7. Polygamy’s New Worlds8. Entwined Sovereignties and the Great UnweddingEpilogue: Transnational FamiliesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBoth a tribute to the unique experiences of individual Native Americans and a celebration of the values that draw American Indians together, All Indians Do Not Live in Teepees (or Casinos) explores contemporary Native life. This is a rich account of Native American life in contemporary America, revealing not a monolithic ""Indian"" experience but a mosaic of diverse peoples.Trade Review"Journalist Robbins, through interviews and up-to-date historical context, reminds readers of the complexity of Native American life in contemporary America."—Margaret Heilbrun, Library Journal"A solid, insightful overview of the way American Indians live now."—Kirkus"Journalist Robbins creates a collage of the prospects and problems faced by Native Americans in this sharp, readable blend of history, cultural commentary, and advocacy. . . . As an illustration of modern Native American life, it effortlessly depicts politics, culture, and pride; as a first book it is a marvel."—Publishers Weekly"Sharply focused and rich in detail."—Robert Woltman, Albuquerque Journal"Robbins's ability to take the all-encompassing term Indian, once used to stereotype a myriad of peoples, and show it not as a limiting factor but as describing a larger brotherhood, is inspiring. The capacity of artists and journalists from various tribes to form alliances and bring the Indian voice to the non-Indian public is a monumental step forward in understanding today’s Indian country."—Melvin Jordan, Indian Country Today"No single book can do more than scratch the surface of the complex contemporary lives of Native peoples. But Robbins has helpfully provided nearly 60 pages of detailed notes, along with useful lists of books, places and websites—a plethora of resources readily available to anyone willing to look beyond the popular culture's stereotypes of American Indians." Chérie Newman, High Country NewsTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface: For the ReaderIntroduction: Flying Together1. The Unconquerables2. Thoughts from the Chief3. An Encampment4. The Way We Should5. Where Hatred Was Born6. The Drum7. Buckskin Boxes, Galactic ExplosionDisclosures: We Help Each OtherAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographic EssayIndex

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Book SynopsisFolklorist and anthropologist Jason Baird Jackson and nine scholars of Yuchi (Euchee) Indian culture and history offer a revisionist and in-depth portrait of Yuchi community and society. By looking at the oral, historical, ethnographic, linguistic, and archaeological record, contributors illuminate Yuchi political circumstances and cultural identity.Trade Review"The editor and contributors deserve congratulations for sustaining the nearly invisible Yuchi story line. Hope for future information rests in the questions raised by these and other scholars. This publication makes clear that the possibilities are enormous for ethnohistorians, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, ethnologists, ethnographers, linguists, ethnobotanists, and geographers."—J.H. O'Donnell III , Choice"Future scholars of the Yuchi will undoubtedly begin with the conclusions and frameworks of Yuchi Indian Histories before the Removal Era. The essays in the volume are uniformly accessible and simultaneously insightful yet cautious in their conclusions. Scholars of the early South (native or otherwise) will appreciate their insights."—Andrew K. Frank, Journal of American History"This volume will stimulate a spate of new archaeological and ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, and linguistic analyses of the Yuchi."—Cameron B. Wesson, Plains Anthropologist"This important new collection further illuminates the intricacies of the political climate of the colonial Southeast and highlights the history of an important, understudied group."—Natalie Inman, Journal of Southern History"Yuchi Indian Histories before the Removal Era will interest historians of the Native Southeast and anyone with a stake in the Yuchi past, present, and future. That group, as this book shows, should include scholars across multiple disciplines."—Jessica R. Cattelino, Journal of Anthropological Research "A must read for anyone interest in the Native Southeast."Dixie Ray Haggard, Chronicles of OklahomaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Maps List of Tables Introduction: On Studying Yuchi History Jason Baird Jackson1. Deep Time and Genetic Relationships: Yuchi Linguistic History Revisited Mary S. Linn2. Enigmatic Origins: On the Yuchi of the Contact Era John E. Worth3. Reconsidering Chestowee: The 1713 Raid in Regional Perspective Brett Riggs4. Yuchi in the Lower Savannah River Valley: Historical Context and Archaeological Confirmation Daniel T. Elliott5. The Yuchi Indians along the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers (17151836): A Synthesis H. Thomas Foster II6. "They Look upon the Yuchis as Their Vassals": An Early History of Yuchi-Creek Political Relations Steven C. Hahn7. Reconsidering Coalescence: Yuchi and Shawnee Survival Strategies in the Colonial Southeast Stephen Warren8. To the Backcountry and Back Again: The Yuchi's Search for Stability in the Eighteenth-Century Southeast Joshua Piker9. A Band of Outsiders: Yuchi Identity among the Nineteenth-Century Florida Seminoles Brent R. WeismanList of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSharing Our Knowledge brings together Native elders, tradition bearers, educators, cultural activists, anthropologists, linguists, historians, and museum professionals to explore the culture, history, and language of the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska and their coastal neighbors.Trade Review"Sharing Our Knowledge is a welcome reassessment of the field of Tlingit studies, but it is also far more than that, since it breaks new ground on so many different fronts, particularly its approach to collaborative and community-based research."—David Arnold, American Indian Culture and Research Journal“A number of quite moving contributions. . . . Typically, the more interesting a book is, the more tangents are available to readers. This book sent this reviewer on numerous tangents. Highly Recommended.”—M. Ebert, Choice"A necessary read for anybody living in Tlingit territory."—Michael Bach, Alaska Journal of AnthropologyTable of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Sergei Kan Part 1. Our Elders and Teachers 1. Shotridge in Philadelphia: Representing Native Alaskan Peoples to East Coast Audiences Robert W. Preucel 2. Louis Shotridge: Preserver of Tlingit History and Culture Lucy Fowler Williams 3. This Is Kuxaankutaan’s (Dr. Frederica de Laguna’s) Song Chew Shaa (Elaine Abraham) and Daxootsu (Judith Ramos) 4. Mark Jacobs Jr./Gusht’ei’héen (1923–2005) Harold Jacobs 5. X’eigaa Kaa (Tlingit Warrior) Harold Jacobs 6. Mark Jacobs Jr./Gusht’eihéen: My Teacher, Friend, and Older Brother Sergei Kan 7. World War II Scuttlebutt: Naval Section Bases, Southeast Alaska Mark Jacobs Jr. 8. Poems by Andrew Hope III Introduced by Ishmael Hope 9. As Long as the Work Gets Done Peter Metcalfe 10. Revival and Survival: Two Lifetimes in Tlingit Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer Part 2. Native History 11. Tlingit Interaction with Other Native Alaskan and Northwest Coast Ethnic Groups before and during the Russian Era Elena Piterskaya 12. Relating Deep Genealogies, Traditional History, and Early Documentary Records in Southeast Alaska: Questions, Problems, and Progress Judith Berman 13. Whose Justice? Traditional Tlingit Law and the Deady Code Diane Purvis 14. Bringing to Light a Counternarrative of Our History: B. A. Haldane, Nineteenth-Century Tsimshian Photographer Mique’l Icesis Dangeli Part 3. Subsistence, Natural Resources, and Ethnogeography 15. Haida and Tlingit Use of Seabirds from the Forrester Islands, Southeast Alaska Madonna L. Moss 16. Deiki Noow: Tlingit Cultural Heritage in the Hazy Islands Steve J. Langdon 17. Place as Education’s Source Thomas F. Thornton Part 4. Material Culture, Art, and Tourism 18. Skidegate Haida House Models Robin K. Wright 19. The Evolution of Tlingit Daggers Ashley Verplank McClelland 20. Tourists and Collectors: The New Market for Tlingit and Haida Jewelry at the Turn of the Century Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse 21. Opening the Drawer: Unpacking Tlingit Beadwork in Museum Collections and Beyond Megan A. Smetzer 22. Balancing Protocol and Law for Intellectual Property: Examples and Ethical Dilemmas from the Northwest Coast Art Market Alexis C. Bunten Part 5. Repatriation 23. A Killer Whale Comes Home: Neil Kúxdei woogoot, Kéet S’aaxw, Mark Jacobs Jr., and the Repatriation of a Clan Crest Hat from the Smithsonian Institution R. Eric Hollinger and Harold Jacobs 24. Building New Relationships with Tlingit Clans: Potlatch Loans, NAGPRA, and the Penn Museum Stacey O. Espenlaub Appendix Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisCollects all of Brown's writings, consisting of letters and a diary, some appearing in print for the first time, as well as Brown's biography and a drama and poems about her.Trade Review"Cherokee Sister perfectly captures what a scholastic collection of archival papers should be."—Joshua M. Rice, Great Plains Quarterly"Cherokee Sister is an essential intervention into, and addition to, the canon of nineteenth-century American Indian writers. The introductory essay is exemplary, serving not only as a recalibration of Brown's importance but also as a field- defining treatise on how we should approach nineteenth- century Native writing in general."—Bethany Schneider, Legacy"Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823 offers to Americanists and Native Americanists alike a versatile collection of perhaps the earliest published Native American woman author in the United States. . . . Cherokee Sister's ability to speak to so many interconnected contexts and issues will service a range of college classrooms toward a more nuanced understanding of the complexities of agency and adaptation in nineteenth-century Native American literatures."—Michael P. Taylor, Early American LiteratureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations 000Acknowledgments 000Statement of Editorial Method 000List of Abbreviations 000Editor’s Introduction 000 “My beloved people”: Early Life and Cherokee Contexts 000 “The dear missionaries”: Education, Conversion, and Missionary Contexts 000 “A means of great good to our people”: Interpreter and Teacher 000 Brown’s Writings 000 “With pleasure I spend a few moments in writing to you”: Brown’s Letters 000 “I jest sit down to address you with my pen”: The Rhetorics of Brown’s Letters 000 “O painful is it to record”: Brown’s Diary 000 Other Textual Representations 000 Memoir of Catharine Brown 000 Part 1. Collected Writings, 1818-1823Letters 000Diary 000 Part 2. Nineteenth-Century Representations of Catharine BrownCatharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama, Founded on Fact (1819) 000 A Lady of ConnecticutExcerpt from Traits of the Aborigines of America (1822) 000 Lydia Sigourney“Inscription: For the Grave of Catharine Brown” (1825) 000 Anonymous“The Grave of Catharine Brown” (1825) 000 H.S.Memoir of Catharine Brown, a Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation (1825) 000 Rufus Anderson Source Acknowledgments 000Notes 000Works Cited 000

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Book SynopsisLucrative, far-reaching, and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Rethinking the Fur Trade offers a nuanced look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade, a phenomenon that has often been oversimplified and misrepresented.Trade Review"Rethinking the Fur Trade is an invaluable book."—Claiborne A. Skinner, Annals of Iowa"Rethinking the Fur Trade is a welcome and valuable addition. . . . It succeeds in giving multiple perspectives on the cultures of exchange and the fur trade for a wide audience."—Chris Johnson, North Dakota HistoryTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesSource AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cultures of Exchange in a North Atlantic WorldPart 1. Indigenous PerspectivesIntroduction1. Of the Mission of Saint Francois Xavier on the "Bay of Stinkards," or Rather "Of Stinking Waters" Father Allouez2. On the Hunting of the Gaspesians Father Chrestien LeClercq3. The Hunting of Moose, of Bears, of Beavers, of Lynxes, and Other Animals According to Their Seasons Father Chrestien LeClercq4. Tarrentines and the Introduction of European Trade Goods in the Gulf of Maine Bruce J. Bourque and Ruth Holmes Whitehead5. The Anishinabeg Point of View: The History of the Great Lakes Region to 1800 in Nineteenth-Century Mississauga, Odawa, and Obijwa Historiography D. Peter MacLeod6. Fur Trade Literature from a Tribal Point of View: A Critique Donald F. BibeauPart 2. The Social and Political Significance of ExchangeIntroduction7. Agriculture and the Fur Trade D. W. Moodie8. "Give Us a Little Milk": The Social and Cultural Significance of Gift Giving in the Lake Superior Fur Trade Bruce M. White9. "Starving" and Survival in the Subartic Fur Trade: A Case for Contextual Semantics Mary Black-Rogers10. The Growth and Economic Significance of the American Fur Trade, 17901890 James L. Clayton11. "Red" Labor: Iroquois Participation in the Atlantic Economy Gail D. MacLeitch12. The Fur Trade and Eighteenth-Century Imperialism W. J. Eccles13. The Middle Ground Richard White14. Creative Misunderstandings and New Understandings Richard WhitePart 3. Cloth TradeIntroduction15. Indians as Consumers in the Eighteenth Century Arthur J. Ray16. Dressing for Success on the Mohawk Frontier: Hendrick, William Johnson, and the Indian Fashion Timothy J. Shannon17. The Flow of European Trade Goods into the Western Great Lakes Region, 17151760 Dean L. Anderson18. The Matchcoat Gail DeBuse Potter19. Chiefs Coats Supplied by the American Fur Company Allen Chronister20. The Myth of the Silk Hat and the End of the Rendezvous James A. HansonPart 4. Gender, Kinship, and CommunityIntroduction21. Women, Kin, and Catholicism: New Perspectives on the Fur Trade Susan Sleeper-Smith22. "The Custom of the Country": An Examination of Fur Trade Marriage Practices Sylvia Van Kirk23. Woman as Centre and Symbol in the Emergence of Metis Communities Jennifer S. H. Brown24. Prelude to Red River: A Social Portrait of the Great Lakes Métis Jacqueline Peterson25. The Glaize in 1792: A Composite Indian Community Helen Hornbeck Tanner26. Festivities, Fortitude, and Fraternalism: Fur Trade Masculinity and the Beaver Club, 17851827 Carolyn PodruchnyIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers new ways of examining how Native groups and individuals recast Protestant theology to restore their Native communities and culturesTrade Review"Rubin offers an interdisciplinary perspective on Indians in Christian missions by successfully combining methodologies originating in the sociology of religion with those in ethnohistory."—S.A. Klein, Choice"There is a great deal in Tears of Repentance that should be of interest to anthropologists researching colonialism, religion, and personhood."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database"Rubin brings a firm grasp of sociological and religious theory to the field of Native American history."—Journal of American Studies"Tears of Repentance is recommended for all scholars of early New England."—Matthew Sparacio, H-AmIndian"This is a work that offers someone new to the topic a useful overview of the history and meaning of Indian conversions. For the specialist reader, it is useful to see the whole knit together afresh and to reap the benefits of Rubin's careful and synthetic analysis of the extensive primary sources and secondary literatures."—Ann Marie Plane, Connecticut History ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface Introduction 1. Praying Towns and Praying-to-God Indians 2. The Penitential Sense of Life3. The Pattern of Religious Paternalism in Eighteenth-Century Christian Indian Communities4. Samson Occom and Evangelical Christian Indian Identity5. The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton Tribes6. The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch7. Errand into the Borderlands8. Frontier RendezvousConclusionAppendix A: Religion and Red PowerAppendix B: A Note on IndiantownsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers an ethnographic study by Bernard C. Perley, a member of this First Nation, that examines the role of the Maliseet language and its survival in Maliseet identity processes. Perley examines what is being done to keep the Maliseet language alive, who is actively involved in these processes, and how these two factors combine to promote Maliseet language survival.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Terminology and Orthography1. The Specter of Language Death2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death3. Programming Language Maintenance4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice6. Death by Suicide7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and IdentityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions.Trade Review"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography."—Donald Pollock, Anthropos"Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research "No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice"What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review DatabaseTable of Contents List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets1. "You Are Going to Save Many Lives": The Life Story of Mandu da Silva, Hohodene Jaguar Shaman, coauthored by Manuel da Silva and Ercilia Lima da Silva2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's LifePart 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the AncestorsPart 3. Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and Power6. The Birth of the Child of the Sun, Kuwai7. Death and Regeneration in the First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan8. A Struggle for Power and Knowledge among Men and WomenPart 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School ComplexConclusionAppendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka WamundanaAppendix 2. Description of The Mysterious Body of KuwaiNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers the first annotated scholarly edition of Jean-Baptiste Truteau's journal of his voyage on the Missouri River in the central and northern Plains from 1794 to 1796 and of his Description of the Upper Missouri. This fully modern edition of this essential journal surpasses all previous editions in assisting scholars and general readers to understand Truteau's travels.Trade Review"The result of several decades of collaboration, A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri merits cover-to cover reading. . . . Original manuscripts in French (and Spanish) are considered inaccessible by many students of the fur trade and of colonial St. Louis. For that reason, one important and potentially long-lasting benefit of this bilingual volume is that it can ease and even encourage further French-language study of various aspects of the fur trade, which is by no means yet fully explored."—Sharon K. Person, Missouri Historical Review"This book is a chef d'œuvre in ethnography, a work of love that spans nearly three generations of scholars. For anyone wanting to read a firsthand, in depth, intelligent account by a French fur trader whose two year long journal and his later conceived description of the upper Missouri about the Indians who lived there and their inter-tribal relations, this book is not to be missed."—Michael McCafferty, Le Journal"One of the most complete, well-edited, and best ethnographic and geographical late eighteenth-century fur trading accounts to ever be published. . . . A must-read for First Nation people, historians, ethnologists, linguists, historical reenactors, and professional and laypersons alike and will continue to be the aller á for historical reference work for the Upper Missouri River fur trade era for generations to come."—Kenneth Carstens, Michigan Historical Review"This volume is remarkable in its scope and scholarship. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of the fur trade in the disciplines of history, geography, anthropology, historical linguistics, and Native American studies."—Rob Bozell, Nebraska History"This is the first comprehensive critical edition of documents related to Truteau's two-year sojourn among Indian nations of the Upper Missouri a decade before Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery arrived at the Mandan villages. Superbly translated, edited, indexed, and annotated, the book eclipses previous efforts. Side-by-side French and English transcriptions offer easy access to Truteau's narrative, and an opportunity for readers to develop a feel for the early eighteenth-century French that fur traders spoke in the pays d'en haut, the "upriver country.” . . . This superb book reflects the talents of top-flight scholars who gave Truteau's significant narrative the attention it merits. An impressive example of "best practices" in fur trade scholarship, it makes compelling reading and is highly recommended."—Barton H. Barbour, Great Plains Quarterly"This excellent new volume of Truteau's writings is required reading for anyone with either a serious or passing interest in the history of the indigenous inhabitants of the Upper Missouri River or the fur trade that so dramatically changed their lives."—Greg Olson, Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society"While it is fascinating enough to consider Truteau's journal as a primary source on the late-eighteenth-century fur trade, his journal not only provides a detailed description of the Upper Missouri but also an intriguing firsthand look into the culture, customs, traditions, beliefs, and ritualistic ceremonies of the region's Native Americans. . . . This book is a reference resource that will satisfy the needs of historians and linguists alike."—Eileen M. Angelini, French Review"A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri is a historically rich translated edition of crucial texts that explore and reflect on the cultures and environment along the Missouri River from Saint Louis to North Dakota. . . . Truteau's manuscripts are substantial, and the editor Douglas Parks's introductory essay is equally useful."—Aaron Luedke, Pacific Northwest Quarterly"Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks and Robert Vézina have just published a remarkable contribution to this effort to make known and situate in its socio-cultural context a variety of French that remains undoubtedly still enigmatic for many Romanists."—Revue de linguistique romane"With A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri, DeMallie, Parks, and Vézina set a new standard for a critical and textual edition of a fur trade journal, providing the most complete versions of the Truteau journals in English and the original French. During Truteau's day Native Americans dominated the Northern Plains. The journals are rich in eyewitness descriptions of interactions among Truteau, his party, members of various bands and tribes, some qualified allies, and many unrelenting adversaries. A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri also provides the necessary resources for a reader to begin to appreciate ways that Truteau's text is at many levels mediated by practices of the French fur trade society of the time."—David W. Dinwoodie, Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of Contents List of Illustrations Explanation of Editorial Method Acknowledgments Introduction Douglas R. Parks Extract from the Journals of the Voyage of Jean-Baptiste Truteau on the Upper Missouri From St. Louis to the Arikara Villages, June 7, 1794–May 14, 1795 At the Arikara Villages, May 24–July 20, 1795 From the Arikara Villages to St. Louis, July 22, 1795–June 4, 1796 Abridged Description of the Upper Missouri First Notebook Second Notebook Third Notebook Instructions Given to Truteau by the Company of the Upper Missouri Account of the Indian Trade Jacques Clamorgan Appendix 1: The Language of Truteau Robert Vézina Appendix 2: A Glossary of Voyageur French Robert Vézina Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresents a picture of traditional Sioux culture and history. It shows how the Sioux of today merge traditional customs and beliefs that have survived their tumultuous history with contemporary America. Topics include the development of the Sioux tribe, conflicts and wars with the US, religion, economy, gender roles, lifestyles, arts, cuisine, education, social customs, and much more.Trade Review“[A] well-balanced history and overview of Dakota and Lakota Siouans.”—ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceChronology 1. Introduction to Sioux History and Culture2. Early Sioux History3. Modern Sioux History4. Sioux Religion5. Government and Economy6. Traditional Sioux Society7. Sioux Customs8. The Sioux and Contemporary IssuesAppendix: Facts and FiguresGlossaryAnnotated BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the Sioux Nation's fight to regain its land and sovereignty, highlighting the events of 1973-74, including the protest at Wounded Knee. It features pieces by some of the most prominent scholars and Indian activists of the twentieth century, and features primary documents and firsthand accounts of the activists' work and of the trial.Trade Review"The Great Sioux Nation transcends its time and place and speaks to the present as much as the past."—Amanda Lynch Morris, Journal of American Culture“A delightful part of this volume is the extensive use of oral history of the Sioux which gives their version and understanding of the treaty of 1868. This will undoubtedly be a valuable source of information for future use. . . . In addition, the insights presented by the several writers about the importance of oral traditions among the Indian tribes will be useful to historians.”—Veronica E. Tiller, Pacific Historical Review “This book records what the Sioux people, the scholars, and the attorneys for the Sioux attempted to bring to the attention of the federal courts, the administration of that year, and the American people concerning the nature and status of the Sioux Nation. . . . If the moral issues raised by the Sioux people in the federal courtroom that cold month of December 1974 spark a recognition among the readers of a common destiny of humanity over and above the rules and regulations, the codes and statutes, and the power of the establishment to enforce its will, then the sacrifice of the Sioux people will not have been in vain.”—Vine Deloria Jr.“The oral history in this book represents some of the last documentation from the Lakota point of view, on the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty in these modern times. Almost all of the individuals quoted in the book have passed on and their oral history was only one generation removed from the actual Treaty signers. The entire hearing in front of Judge Urbom was a turning point in U.S. Law, as this was one of the few times in history where Lakota interpreters were used in U.S. Federal Court to express the meaning of the Fort Laramie Treaty from Lakota Peoples to the Judge and the Federal Court. Another highlight in this historic book was turning the words of the late Henry Crow Dog into poetry which made his wisdom understandable to future researchers, Indian and non-Indian.”—Bill Means, Lakota, co-founder, International Indian Treaty Council Table of ContentsIntroductionTHE TESTIMONYPart One: Wounded Knee, 1890 and 1973Part Two: The Sioux Nation Before InvasionPart Three: Colonialism to 1868Part Four: The Sioux-United States Treaty of 1868Part Five: Lakota Oral History of the TreatyPart Six: The Sioux ColonyPart Seven: From Victim to VictorConclusion: Sitting in Judgment on AmericaIt Does Not End HereSelected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn outstanding examination of the historical record that will become the definitive work on the Mahican people from the colonial period to the Removal EraTrade Review"[From Homeland to New Land] is an outstanding examination of the historical record that will become the definite work on the Mahican people from the colonial period to the Removal Era."-Bob Edmonds, McCormick Messenger -- Bob Edmonds McCormick MessengerTable of Contents Acknowledgments 000Introduction 000 Prologue 000 1. Landscape and Environment 000 2. Natives on the Land 000 3. Mahican Places 000 4. Native Neighbors 000 5. The Ethnographic Past 000 6. The Mahicans and the Dutch 000 7. The Mahican Homeland 000 8. A Century of Mahican History 000 9. Stockbridge and Its Companions 000 10. New Stockbridge and Beyond 000 Afterword 000 Notes 000

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Book SynopsisFeaturing an array of tempting traditional Native recipes and practical advice about health, fitness, and activism, Recovering Our Ancestors’ Gardens, by the acclaimed Choctaw author and scholar Devon A. Mihesuah, draws on the rich Indigenous heritage of Native North America to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life. This edition is revised and updated. Trade Review"The book brims with information. . . . This well-researched book will be most useful to launch discussions or perhaps to read chapter by chapter."—Publishers Weekly"Educators, librarians, food sovereignty activists, culinary arts students, and those interested in Native American food history and sovereignty will find that this book is an excellent resource."—Elise Krohn, Tribal College Journal“The political goal of empowerment through dietary change is certainly worthy and most likely to be translated into action when generated from within by such a prominent member of a tribal nation as Devon Mihesuah.”—Linda Murray Berzok, GastronomicaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface to the Revised Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Traditional Diets and Activities Case Study 1: The Five Tribes 2. The State of Indigenous Health Case Study 2: Changing Diets and Health in Indian Territory 3. Challenges to Recovering Health Case Study 3: Frybread 4. What Are You Ingesting? 5. Calories, Exercise, and Recovering Fitness 6. Changing What We Eat 7. Importance of Backyard Gardens Curriculum Guide RecipesAppetizers Guacamole Dip Lima Bean Hummus Summer SalsaSalads, Soups, and Stews Dandelion Salad Poke Salat Vegetable, Turkey, and Game Stocks Butternut Squash Soup Dakota Waskuya (Dakota Dried Sweet Corn Soup) Gazpacho Elk Stew Choctaw Stew Osage Strip Meat Soup (Ta-ni’) PosoleMain Dishes Meat and Vegetable Kabobs Venison Steaks Good for Your Heart Fried Moose Meat Venison Burgers Salmon Venison Meatloaf Osage Pounded Meat (Ta’-pshe) Corn Crust Pizza EnchiladasVegetables and Side Dishes Pumpkins Tepary Bean–Prickly Pear Casserole Comanche Ata-Kwasa Baked New Potatoes Vegetable Sauté Sweet Potatoes Mamaw Helton’s Creamed Corn Osage Yonkopin (Tse’-wa-the), Water Chinkapin Roots and SeedsChahta TanfulaPashofa Pinto Beans Avocados Prickly Pear Paddles Grilled Corn on the Cob Luiseño Weewish Wild Onions Zucchini Canoes Stuffed Bell Peppers Poblano Peppers Stuffed with Wild Rice, Cranberries, or Vegetables Mashed Potatoes with Corn Gravy Grits Spaghetti SquashBreadsBanaha Osage Persimmon Cakes (Wah-zha’-zhe wa-dsiu’-e çta-in’-ge) Corn, Bean, and Turkey Bread Blue Corn PancakesDrinks and DessertsAbuske Pawpaw Sorbet Grape Dumplings No Wheat, Butter, Eggs, or Sugar Cookies Mamaw Helton’s Stewed FruitWojapi Cranberry Pie with Cornmeal CrustPreserving Food Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Pemmican Appendix A: Precontact Foods of the Western Hemisphere Appendix B: Diet Chart for One Week Notes Index

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Book SynopsisReveals the strengths of character and culture that enabled them to persevere during the reservation yearsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viiPreface ixAcknowledgments xix PART ONE: THEY CAME BEFORE1 They Came Before 12 The Early Years in Indian Territory 163 Allotment Comes 284 The Spirits Come 515 "They Were All around Us" 80 PART TWO: BECOMING PAWNEE6 Becoming Pawnee 1177 Childhood in Pawnee 1398 The Old and the New 1529 The Truths 179 APPENDIX ABlaine Genealogy Chart 215 APPENDIX BPawnee Indian Guardianship Record 216 Notes 225Bibliography 259Index 267

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Book SynopsisEncourages readers to think beyond the black-white dyad and instead to envision policies that can serve constituencies with the greatest needs as well as the general public.Trade Review"An illuminating and timely thesis. Black Mayors, White Majorities casts a searchlight on America's rapidly changing racial and political landscape."-Matthew C. Whitaker, professor of history at Arizona State University and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy -- Matthew C. Whitaker

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Book SynopsisOffers new insights into the on-screen and off-screen impacts of Aboriginal media.Trade Review“An accessible, thoughtful exploration of the important contributions Aboriginal media arts offer to Indigenous media studies, experimental and avant-garde media arts, and Indigenous sovereignty.”—Bernard C. Perley, American Ethnologist“Establishes a persuasive narrative of the development of an influential aspect of Aboriginal culture.”—Roy Todd, British Journal of Canadian Studies “Sovereign Screens validates film as a powerful engine that drives self-determination through visual sovereignty, a returning to ourselves that can unite Aboriginal and all peoples through the shared experience of cinema.”—Grace L. Dillon, Pacific Historical Review “[A] beautifully detailed ethnography of Vancouver’s growing Aboriginal media hub. . . . Dowell convincingly argues that Aboriginal media is an act of visual sovereignty.”—Jennifer Kramer, author of Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity “Nowhere is Aboriginal media more active, more vibrant, and more significant than in Canada. . . . The efforts of small, underfunded, ambitious, and creative groups of filmmakers in Vancouver make for an engaging story. . . . This is a clear, useful, and well-researched book.”—Michael Evans, author of Fast Runner: Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Vancouver's Aboriginal Media World1. The Indigenous Media Arts Group2. Canadian Cultural Policy and Aboriginal Media3. Aboriginal Diversity On-Screen4. Building Community Off-Screen5. Cultural Protocol in Aboriginal Media6. Visual Sovereignty in Aboriginal Experimental MediaEpilogueAppendix: Filmmakers and FilmsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides new and extensive information on the history, culture, and experiences of the Lakota and Dakota peoples.Trade Review"A book written from a Native person's point of view provides a rare—and therefore much needed—narrative about American society's impact on indigenous peoples."—Edward Valandra, Great Plains Quarterly"This is an unprecedented addition to the field of Dakota/Lakota scholarship."—Shannon D. Smith, Nebraska History“Emily Levine has amassed an essential text for all students, professors, scholars, and general readers interested in the history, culture, and traditions of the Oceti Sakowin Oyate, the Seven Council Fires of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations.”—Brian J. Twenter, Studies in American Indian Literatures "This book is a pleasure to open and explore."—Bill Markley, Roundup Magazine"In this sensitively edited and translated volume, Emily Levine performs a work of recovery mirroring that of Lakota amateur historian Josephine Waggoner (d. 1943) herself: distilling for scholars a disciplined but wide-ranging gathering of historical materials that might otherwise have been forever lost. The list of archives consulted is impressive, and the attention to Lakota expression and Waggoner's intention extremely conscientious. Well illustrated and annotated, it is a major editorial achievement."—American Historical Association“Josephine Waggoner’s writings offer a unique perspective on the Lakota. Witness will become a widely referenced primary source. Emily Levine has meticulously examined all known collections of Waggoner’s manuscripts, sometimes comparing handwritten drafts with multiple typed copies to preserve information in full. Levine’s extensive notes are well chosen and informative. Witness will interest both specialist and popular audiences.”—Raymond J. DeMallie, Chancellors’ Professor of Anthropology and American Indian Studies at Indiana University Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForeword by Lynne AllenAcknowledgmentsEditor's Introduction by Emily LevineEditorial PolicyLakota Phonology and PronunciationJosephine Waggoner's Family Tree Ethnography, History, Her Story Introduction by Josephine WaggonerLife SketchPart 1. Dakota/Lakota Ethnography, Culture, and Society1. Creation as told by Makhúla2. The Origin of Fire by Makhúla3. Makhúla's Dream4. Sioux Legends and Traditions and Their Origins5. Ancient Legends of the Sioux6. The Arrow Makers7. Dakota and Lakota Oyáte Band Organization8. Some Cultural Miscellany9. Language10. Meaning of Names11. Some Dakota Geography12. Buffalo Hunt13. The White BuffaloPart 2. Tribal History/Her Life14. The Cramping Death15. The Mackinaw (Mackinac) Attack Near Burnt Wood Creek (Cha?gúyapi)16. The Grattan Massacre17. Fort Laramie and Horse Creek, 186518. The Wagon Box Fight19. Early Life: Grand River--Apple Creek--Standing Rock, c. 1870-7520. West to Powder River, 187521. Standing Rock, Winter 1875-7622. T?ahá?ská T?á?ka, John Bruguier23. Standing Rock and Montana, 1876-7824. The Surrender25. Life on the Reservation26. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1881-8827. Hampton and Back to Standing Rock: Working with Missionaries, 1888-8928. After Sitting Bull's Death: Wounded Knee, 1890-9129. Stock Rustling on the Reservation30. Married Life Lives of the Chiefs and Other Biographies Acknowledgments by Josephine WaggonerPart 1. Isá?yathi, Santee Dakota1. Támahe, the One-Eyed Sioux2. Ištá?ba, Sleepy Eye3. Í?kpadúta, Scarlet Point4. T?aoyátedúta, Little Crow5. Thiwak?á?, Holy HousePart 2. Ihá?kt?u?wa?/Ihá?kt?u?wa?na, Yankton/Yanktonai6. P?alániyap?ápi, Struck by the Ree7. T?at?á?kap?a, Bull Head Sr.8. Nasúnat?á?ka, Big Head9. Mat?ó Gnaškí?ya?, Mad Bear10. Cha??pílúta, Red Tomahawk11. T?at?á?kap?a, Lieutenant Henry Bull Head Jr.Part 3. Thít?u?wa?, Teton LakotaSection 1. Sihásapa, Blackfeet12. Wakutemáni, Shoots Walking13. Mat?ó Wat?ákpe, John Grass14. Cha?tehi, Goose15. Cha?té P?éta, Fire HeartSection 2. Oóhenu?pa, Two Kettle16. Mat?ó Thuchúhu, Bear Ribs17. Miwátani Há?ska, Tall Mandan18. Zi?tkálaki?yá?, Swift Bird19. Mat?ó Tópa, Four Bear20. Šú?gleškásápa, Black Spotted HorseSection 3. Itázipcho, Sans Arc21. Waánata?, Charger22. K?a?gí Wíyaka, Crow Feather23. Héwa?žíca, One Horn24. Wa?blíglešká, Spotted EagleSection 4. Mnik?ówožu, Miniconjou25. Magáska, White Swan II26. T?á?cahušté, Lame Deer27. U?p?ánglešká, Spotted Elk (Big Foot)28. Cha??á?ake, Hump29. Magáska, White Swan IV30. Mat?ó Cík'ala, Little Bear31. Ki?yá? Hiyáya, Flying By32. T?ašú?kezi, Yellow Horse33. Maští?calaglešká, Spotted RabbitSection 5. Hú?kpap?a, Hunkpapa34. T?at?óka Í?ya?ke, Running Antelope35. Wichá?pi Máza, Iron Star36. Mat?ó Ité, Bear Face37. T?at?á?ka Íyotake, Sitting Bull38. Chetá? Wakí?ya?, Thunder Hawk39. Phizí, Gall40. T?at?á?ka Héglešká, Spotted Horn Bull41. Hohú Cha??pí, Bone Club42. Mat?ó Ocí?šíca, Cross Bear43. Itú?kasa? Mat?ó, Weasel Bear44. Itéomagážu, Rain in the Face45. Wa?blí?óta, Gray Eagle46. Heyók?ahmi, Real BuffaloSection 6. Oglála, Oglala47. Ma?píyalúta, Red Cloud48. T?ašú?ke K?okíp?api, They Are Afraid of His Horses49. T?aópicík'ala, Little Wound50. Wašícu T?ašú?ke, American Horse II51. T?ašú?ke Witkó, Crazy HorseSection 7. Sichá?gu, Brulé52. Thukímáza, Iron Shell53. Mat?ó O?'á?k?o, Swift Bear54. Nú?pa Kap?á, Two Strikes55. Si?té Glešká, Spotted Tail56. Šú?ka Bloká, He Dog57. Mat?ó Kawí?ge, Turning Bear58. Waglékšu? T?á?ka, Big Turkey59. Mat?óhé?logeca, Hollow Horn Bear60. T?ašú?ke Wa?kátuya, High Horse Afterword: History of the Manuscripts Appendix 1: The Chiefs Who Fought and SurrenderedAppendix 2: The Keepers of the Peace Pipe Since Brought by the Buffalo MaidenAppendix 3: Police at Sitting Bull FightAppendix 4: Josephine Waggoner's BibliographyAppendix 5: Winter CountsAppendix 6: PoemsAppendix 7: Lakota Land DispossessionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOffers an assessment of the non-Jewish defense of Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness from the foundation of the German Reich in 1871 until the ascent of the Nazis in 1932, when befriending Jews became a crime. Alan T. Levenson reveals the dynamic process by which a generally despised minority attracts defenders and supporters.Trade Review“Whether addressing voices in the German peace movement, authors of works of fiction, missionaries, or supporters of Herzlian Zionism, Levenson detects a common thread of otherness preventing any mutually constructive German-Jewish symbiosis from emerging. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Levenson demonstrates that all shades of anti-semitism were present in the German culture . . . the complex matrix of social interaction that made the Holocaust possible.”—D. A. Meier, Choice“A vigorous defense of philosemitism as a moral and intellectual category in the history of German-Jewish relations from Bismarck to Hitler.”—Central European History “Levenson presents a balanced picture that is neither apologetic of the German intellectual tradition nor indulges in the simplistic construction of an antisemitic German ‘national character.’ . . . The book is very interesting throughout, carefully argued and documented, and well-written. It should be widely read.”—Marcel Stoetzler, German Studies Review “Levenson’s analysis is penetrating and his conclusions . . . are well worth considering.”—Daniel J. Rettberg, Association of Jewish Libraries NewsletterTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Philosemitism in the Public Arena1. Philosemetic Discourse in Imperial Germany2. The German Peace Movement and the Jews3. The Problematics of Philosemetic Fiction4. Missionary Protestants and the Defense of JudaismPart 2. Philosemitic Tendencies and Individuals5. The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism6. Christian Author, Jewish Book?7. An Adventure in Otherness8. The Apostate as PhilosemiteAppendix: The Case for PhilosemitismAfterwordNotesSelected BibliographySource Acknowledgments Index

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