Description
Book SynopsisThe life story of Katie Gale, a bold and courageous Native American woman in the Puget Sound community of Oyster Bay in Washington during the late nineteenth century.
Trade Review"This volume is an act of resurrection, well worth the contemporary reader's immersion in another life and time."—Annie Dawid,
High Country News“An imaginative reflection on human dignity and resilience.”—Lisa Blee,
Western Historical Quarterly"De Danaan's deeply sympathetic and immersive approach to her subject restores a voice to one among countless people whose story has been silenced."—
Shelf Talk“
Katie Gale’s story is unique in its scale; few accounts of the nineteenth-century Northwest focus on the life of a single Native woman and her family. LLyn De Danaan’s writing is big history made deeply human, offering insights not just into Native American history but also into the arrival of industrial capitalism on Puget Sound, the politics of statehood and race in Washington, and the profound transformation of local landscapes.”—Coll Thrush, author of
Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place“I have followed LLyn De Danaan’s writing path for years now. She is talented and bold, and this new book puts her firmly where she belongs—at the heart of the American voice. Good stuff, highly recommended.”—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of
The Devil’s Highway and
Into the Beautiful NorthTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
1. My Lodestone
2. First Salmon
3. Where You Come From
4. Indian Policy during Katie Gale's Time
5. Sometimes I See a Canoe
6. Oyster Bay
7. The Duties of a Woman
8. "Picking Grounds" and the Making of Community
9. The People in Her World
10. Travels
11. Katie Gale's Early Life
12. The Kettle Connection
13. No Crops of Any Consequence
14. Relationships
15. Joseph Gale Was an Enterprising Man
16. The Marks upon Her Body
17. Katie Gale Goes to Court
18. Turn Around
19. Joseph's Complaints
20. The Oyster Bay School
21. Katie Gale Died under a Full Moon
22. A "Broad and Liberal Man" Meets His Death
23. The End of an Era
24. Winter Sister
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
