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  • af Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
    231,95 kr.

    In Defense of Loose Translations is a memoir that bridges personal and professional experiences of the provocative and often controversial writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, who narrates the story of her intellectual life in the field of Indian studies.

  • af Richard Moves Camp
    267,95 kr.

    My Grandfather’s Altar is an oral-literary narrative account of Richard Moves Camp’s family history and traditions.

  • af Denise Low
    201,95 kr.

    Denise Low recovers the life and times of her grandfather Frank Bruner (1889–1963), whose expression of Lenape identity was largely discouraged by mainstream society.

  • af Elias Kelly
    242,95 kr.

    Elias Kelly’s My Side of the River combines memoir and stories of Kelly’s elders with public history to explore the impact of federal and state regulations on the traditional life and subsistence methods of Native Alaskans.

  • - Autobiographies of a Kiowa Family
    af Henrietta Tongkeamha
    411,95 kr.

    Stories from Saddle Mountain follows personal memories and family stories that connected the Tongkeamhas, a Kiowa family, to the Saddle Mountain community for more than a century.

  • - A Comanche Life
    af LaDonna Harris
    157,95 kr.

    Presents the story of a Comanche woman who became one of the most influential and determined Native Americans in politics. From her earliest years, LaDonna Harris was immersed in a world of resistance, reform, and political action. As the wife of Senator Fred R Harris, she was actively involved in political advising, campaigning, and networking.

  • - Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist
    af Carolyn Niethammer
    167,95 kr.

    Presents the story of Annie Dodge Wauneka (1918-1997). A daughter of the popular Navajo leader Chee Dodge, Wauneka spent most of her early years herding sheep and raising nine children. After her father's death, she entered politics and was often the only woman on the Navajo Tribal Council during the quarter century that she served.

  • - The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
    af Randolph Lewis
    201,95 kr.

    Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, this title explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen.

  • - The Life, Letters, and Times of an Ojibwe Leader
    af Theresa M. Schenck
    178,95 kr.

    Provides the first full-length biography of William W. Warren (1825-53), an Ojibwe interpreter, historian, and legislator in the Minnesota Territory. Devoted to the interests of the Ojibwe at a time of government attempts at removal, Warren lives on in his influential book History of the Ojibway, still the most widely read and cited source on the Ojibwe people.

  • - The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk
    af Edward J. Driving Hawk
    273,95 kr.

    Too Strong to Be Broken follows Edward Driving Hawk's emotional, physical, and financial hardships between his military and home life, survival both in and out of war, and the people who have provided unwavering support through such trying times.

  • - A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
    af Susan Devan Harness
    199,95 - 340,95 kr.

  • - A Story of Survival
    af Allison Hedge Coke
    157,95 - 340,95 kr.

    Refers to life-revelations guiding the award-winning poet and writer through her many trials.

  • af Henry Mihesuah
    178,95 - 191,95 kr.

    Henry Mihesuah, a Comanche of the Quahada band, has led an ordinary modern American Indian life filled with extraordinary moments. Henry spoke at length about his life to his daughter-in-law, historian Devon Abbott Mihesuah, who has carefully researched and edited those hours of conversation into an engaging, detailed account that is at once honest, informative, and moving.

  • - My Sojourn to the Miss America Pageant
    af Susan Supernaw
    178,95 - 296,95 kr.

    The life of a young Native American woman who overcame a childhood of poverty, physical disability, and abuse to become Miss Oklahoma and eventually earn her Native American name.

  • af Cheryl Savageau
    292,95 kr.

    Out of the Crazywoods is the insightful and riveting story of Abenaki poet Cheryl Savageau's late-life diagnosis of bipolar disorder and personal journey toward the acceptance and management of this lifelong illness.

  • - An Indian Life in an Academic World
    af Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
    296,95 kr.

    A memoir that bridges the personal and professional experiences of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn. Having spent much of her life illuminating the tragic irony of being an Indian in America, this provocative and often controversial writer narrates the story of her intellectual life in the field of Indian studies.

  • - Voices of Its Native Writers
    af John Creed & Susan B. Andrews
    167,95 kr.

    A collection of essays and autobiographies that explore a range of experiences and issues, including skinning a polar bear; traditional domestic and subsistence practices; marriage customs; alcoholism; the challenges and opportunities of modern education; balancing traditional and contemporary demands; adapting to urban life; and, more.

  • - A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle
    af Dorothy R. Parker
    157,95 kr.

    One of the foremost Native American intellectuals of his generation (1904-77), D'Arcy McNickle is best known today for the American Indian history centre that carries his name and for his novels. This first full-length biogrpahy traces the course of McNickle's life from the reservation of his childhood through a career of major import to American Indian political and cultural affairs.

  • - The Process of a Native American Collaborative Biography
    af Theodore Rios
    274,95 kr.

    Examining the effects of her personal background and academic training on her actions and decisions, the author compares her experiences with other collaborative autobiographies and biographies, and the role of academia and publishers in shaping expectations about the content and format of Native American biographies and autobiographies.

  • - American Indian Writers Speak
    af Laura Coltelli
    146,95 kr.

    Interviews some of America's foremost Indian poets and novelists, including Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, N Scott Momaday, Simon Ortiz, Wendy Rose, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor; and James Welch.

  • - A Salishan Autobiography
    af Mourning Dove
    157,95 kr.

    'Mourning Dove' was the pen name of Christine Quintasket, a member of the Colville Federated Tribes of eastern Washington State. She was the author of "Cogewea, The Half-Blood" (one of the first novels to be published by a Native American woman) and "Coyote Stories", both reprinted as Bison Books.

  • - The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher
    af Esther Burnett Horne
    178,95 kr.

    Presents the classic tensions inherent in European and Native American views of culture. This title includes the spirited story of Esther Burnett Horne, an accomplished and inspiring educator in Indian boarding schools.

  • - Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist
    af Daniel F. Littlefield
    180,95 kr.

    Most of Alexander Posey's short and remarkable life was devoted to literary pursuits. Through a widely circulated satirical column published under the pseudonym Fus Fixico, he did much to document and draw attention to conditions in Indian Territory. This book tells his story.

  • - His Life and Works
    af James W. Parins
    221,95 kr.

    John Rollin Ridge was a controversial, celebrated, and self-cast exile. He was born to a prominent Cherokee Indian family in 1827. This biography places Ridge in the circle of his family and recreates the circumstances surrounding the assassination of his father and his grandfather and uncle by rival Cherokees, led by John Ross.

  • af Deanne Durrett & George Blue Spruce
    276,95 kr.

    The first American Indian dentist in the United States, George Blue Spruce Jr's life story reaches back to the ancient Pueblo culture cherished by his grandparents and parents and extends to state-of-the-art dentistry and the current needs of the American Indian people.

  • af A. Robert Lee
    233,95 kr.

    A collection of interviews with Gerald Vizenor, one of the most powerful and provocative voices in the Native world today. These conversations with the novelist and cultural critic reveal much about the man, his literary creations, and his critical perspectives on important issues affecting Native peoples in the late twentieth century.

  • - A Salish Grandmother Speaks on American Indian History and the Future
    af Pauline R. Hillaire
    663,95 kr.

    Offers a remarkable historical narrative and autobiography written by esteemed Lummi elder and culture bearer Pauline Hillaire. Hillaire combines in her narrative life experiences, Lummi oral traditions preserved and passed on to her, and the written record of relationships between the US and the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast to tell the story of settlers, treaties, and reservations.

  • - Conversations with Native Artists and Activists
    af E. K. Caldwell
    294,95 kr.

    A collection of interviews that showcases twelve leading Native artists and activists who have challenged and helped reshape prevailing expectations about Native cultures and identities during the late twentieth century. It discusses the effects of the American Indian Movement, religious freedom, and obligations to past cultural traditions.

  • - The Story of the Apache Warrior Who Captured Herma
    af William Chebahtah
    231,95 kr.

    Provides an oral history of the Apache warrior Chevato, who captured eleven-year-old Herman Lehmann from his Texas homestead in May 1870. Chevato provides a Native American point of view on both the Apache and Comanche capture of children and specifics regarding the captivity of Lehmann known only to the Apache participants.

  • af George Copway (Kahgegagahbowh)
    274,95 kr.

    George Copway rose to prominence in American literary, political, and social circles during the mid-nineteenth century. This work chronicles Copway's cultural journey, portraying the freedom of his early childhood, the dramatic moment of his spiritual awakening to Methodism, and the rewards and frustrations of missionary work.

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