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Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philadelphia, 1906. A federal agent is dead, and the murder suspect is Alma Mitchell's childhood friend, Harry Muskrat. Harry-- then called Asku-- was the most promising student at Stover School in Wisconsin, the 'savage-taming' boarding school run by her father, where Alma was the only white pupil. Intended to assimilate the children of neighboring reservations, the school robbed them of language, customs, even their names. Asku has become, cold...
Author
Series
Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science volume 109th ser., 4
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 261 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
8) Stolen words
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks...
11) Native enough
Author
Series
Publisher
Makwa Enewed
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 130 pages : chiefly black and white portraits ; 21 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The project can be concisely explained as a representation of an experiential and phenotypic spectrum of the Native college student, and exists as a collection of portraits paired with excerpts from interviews done with the students immediately before taking their portraits. My goal was to illustrate to Natives and non-Natives that there is not just one way to think or look Native. To me, the portraits and interviews combined are experiential portraits."--Introduction....
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Leah Myers may be the last member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in her family line, due to her tribe's strict blood quantum laws. In this unflinching and intimate memoir, Myers excavates the stories of four generations of women in order to leave a record of her family. Beginning with her great-grandmother, the last full-blooded Native member in their lineage, she connects each woman with her totem to construct her family's totem pole: protective...
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America. Beginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into the movement for Black lives and contemporary Indigenous activism, Afro-Indigenous historian Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the US are rooted in antiblackness and settler colonialism, and that these parallel...
Author
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 720 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 206 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st century. Each hour explores a core tenet of Native American heritage: the power of Indigenous design, how language and artistry fuel the soul, the diverse ways Native women lead, and the resilience of the warrior spirit. Brought to life with dynamic stories of the here and now, the series launches an active dialogue...
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
ix, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of essays that explores the history of Indigenous peoples as city makers and city dwellers, showing how, from colonial times to the present day, Indigenous people have shaped and been shaped by urban spaces"--
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