Red Lake Nation

Red Lake Nation
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 1452900329
ISBN-13 : 9781452900322
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Red Lake Nation by : Charles Brill

Warrior Nation

Warrior Nation
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0873519639
ISBN-13 : 9780873519632
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Warrior Nation by : Anton Treuer

By fending off repeated assaults on their land and governance, the Ojibwe people of Red Lake have retained cultural identity and maintained traditional ways of life.

Holding Our World Together

Holding Our World Together
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781101560259
ISBN-13 : 1101560258
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Holding Our World Together by : Brenda J. Child

A groundbreaking exploration of the remarkable women in Native American communities. Too often ignored or underemphasized in favor of their male warrior counterparts, Native American women have played a more central role in guiding their nations than has ever been understood. Many Native communities were, in fact, organized around women's labor, the sanctity of mothers, and the wisdom of female elders. In this well-researched and deeply felt account of the Ojibwe of Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, Brenda J. Child details the ways in which women have shaped Native American life from the days of early trade with Europeans through the reservation era and beyond. The latest volume in the Penguin Library of American Indian History, Holding Our World Together illuminates the lives of women such as Madeleine Cadotte, who became a powerful mediator between her people and European fur traders, and Gertrude Buckanaga, whose postwar community activism in Minneapolis helped bring many Indian families out of poverty. Drawing on these stories and others, Child offers a powerful tribute to the many courageous women who sustained Native communities through the darkest challenges of the last three centuries.

Rez Life

Rez Life
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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9780802194893
ISBN-13 : 0802194893
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Rez Life by : David Treuer

A prize-winning writer offers “an affecting portrait of his childhood home, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and his people, the Ojibwe” (The New York Times). A member of the Ojibwe of northern Minnesota, David Treuer grew up on Leech Lake Reservation, but was educated in mainstream America. Exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture, Rez Life is a strikingly original blend of history, memoir, and journalism, a must read for anyone interested in the Native American story. With authoritative research and reportage, he illuminates issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation. He traces the policies that have disenfranchised and exploited Native Americans, exposing the tension that marks the historical relationship between the US government and the Native American population. Ultimately, through the eyes of students, teachers, government administrators, lawyers, and tribal court judges, he shows how casinos, tribal government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have transformed the landscape of modern Native American life. “Treuer’s account reads like a novel, brimming with characters, living and dead, who bring his tribe’s history to life.” —Booklist “Important in the way Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was when it came out in 1970, deeply moving readers as it schooled them about Indian history in a way nothing else had.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “[A] poignant, penetrating blend of memoir and history.” —People

Indian Nations of Wisconsin

Indian Nations of Wisconsin
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Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780870205941
ISBN-13 : 0870205943
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian Nations of Wisconsin by : Patty Loew

From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, Indian Nations of Wisconsin explores Wisconsin's rich Native tradition. This unique volume—based on the historical perspectives of the state’s Native peoples—includes compact tribal histories of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oneida, Menominee, Mohican, Ho-Chunk, and Brothertown Indians. Author Patty Loew focuses on oral tradition—stories, songs, the recorded words of Indian treaty negotiators, and interviews—along with other untapped Native sources, such as tribal newspapers, to present a distinctly different view of history. Lavishly illustrated with maps and photographs, Indian Nations of Wisconsin is indispensable to anyone interested in the region's history and its Native peoples. The first edition of Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal, won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2002 Outstanding Book Award.

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781982103057
ISBN-13 : 1982103051
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis We Had a Little Real Estate Problem by : Kliph Nesteroff

"From renowned comedy journalist and historian Kliph Nesteroff comes the underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy"--

The Assassination of Hole in the Day

The Assassination of Hole in the Day
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Publisher : Borealis Books
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 0873517792
ISBN-13 : 9780873517799
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Assassination of Hole in the Day by : Anton Treuer

Explores the murder of the controversial Ojibwe chief who led his people through the first difficult years of dispossession by white invaders--and created a new kind of leadership for the Ojibwe.

Star Ancestors

Star Ancestors
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Publisher : Bear
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 1591431433
ISBN-13 : 9781591431435
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Star Ancestors by : Nancy Red Star

Explores the long-standing contact between American Indian tribes and extraterrestrial visitors through interviews with the tribes’ spiritual leaders • Shares the wisdom and ET experiences of Dawnland founder Dana Pictou, Mayan daykeeper Hunbatz Men, Choctaw wisdomkeeper Sequoyah Trueblood, and Creek healer and artist Shona Bear Clark • Includes color photos of ET-inspired work by prominent Indian artists as well as traditional Indian art depicting contact with “Sky Elders” As humanity stands at the crossroads between the Fifth and the Sixth Worlds, American Indian wisdomkeepers have recognized signs that they must now speak their closely held knowledge about extraterrestrial contact, their original instructions from the Sky Elders. These ET relationships have existed since the beginning of time. They have been depicted on ancient rocks and hides, embedded in creation stories, choreographed in sacred dances, beaded on wampum belts, and continued to this day through rituals and the tobacco blessing. They show that with the vital support of our Star Ancestors, we can bring our planet back into balance with natural laws. Exploring the unifying “Sky Elder” theme found in virtually every Indian culture, Nancy Red Star shares her profound interviews with wisdomkeepers from several Native traditions, including Mayan elder and daykeeper Hunbatz Men, Stargate International CEO and UFO researcher Cecilia Dean, and Choctaw medicine man Sequoyah Trueblood, and offers their teachings on taking our rightful place among the peoples of the universe. Laying out a path for rebuilding our world, the Sky Elders’ original instructions initiate us into the possibility of a coming time of peace. Inviting all peoples to realize their Star ancestry, the women and men of proud lineage and inspiring wisdom who share their experiences here offer us a survival plan for walking into the next world.

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
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Publisher : Borealis Books
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9780873518628
ISBN-13 : 0873518624
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by : Anton Treuer

Treuer, an Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist, answers the most commonly asked questions about American Indians, both historical and modern. He gives a frank, funny, and personal tour of what's up with Indians, anyway.