these original reminiscences of elders of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe bring to life the creative genius of some of Ojibwe country's most gifted storytellers

Translated Nation expands our sense of literary archives and political agency and demonstrates how Dakhóta peoplehood not only emerges over time but in everyday places

Kitty Kitty

then spent most of his adult life as a missionary on the Santee Reservation in northeastern Nebraska

White Hawk founded the First Nations Repatriation Institute

Whiskey Tender: A Memoir Crow these original reminiscences of eldersFinalist for the National Book Award Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised to believe that some sacrifices were necessary to achieve a better life. Her grandparentscitizens of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo tribewere sent to Indian boarding schools run by white missionaries, while her parents were encouraged to take part in governmental job training off the reservation. Assimilation meant relocation, but as Taffa matured into adulthood, she began to