Native Americans

Indigenous Citizens chronicles Native Americans' extraordinary resilience and resistance to colonialism, coercive assimilation programmes such as Indian Boarding Schools and white Americans' backlash against their treaty rights, from the American Revolution to the 2024 election. It highlights their efforts to both preserve tribal sovereignty and secure the civil rights accorded to other Americans, a dual citizenship codified in the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act. Covering the arc of American history, Paul C. Rosier reveals Indigenous Americans' vision of a country that lives up to the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Through patriotic military service, activism and political writings Native Americans championed their belief in a multicultural America that honoured its legal obligations as it assumed international prominence in the twentieth century. Indigenous Citizens is unique in its breadth, its focus on the evolution of Native peoples' dual allegiances and its coverage of twenty-first-century Indigenous issues.

In The Forgotten Awakening, Douglas McMurry provides an enlightening narrative of America's spiritual landscape during the initial contact between whites and Natives in the West. Focused on the Pacific Northwest, this book reveals how tribal prophecies and the teaching of missionaries led to a remarkable--but largely forgotten--season of mutual respect. The story contrasts the journeys of two men: trapper-mapper Jedediah Smith, and Slough-keetcha, the Spokane teenager-turned evangelist and chief, known to the whites as Spokan Garry. These two young leaders crossed the Rockies in opposite directions during the 1820's. McMurry masterfully describes how the awakening's ethos interacted with and transformed the existing indigenous and trapper cultures, emphasizing human dignity and moral responsibility. Drawing from historical accounts, the journals and letters of trappers and missionaries, and tribal histories, the author vividly portrays the heroic and tragic events of this forgotten era. In this Second Edition, Doug adds his perspective about how this story of beginnings might have implications for today

ITB-BuchAward 2020 ("Ehrengast der Frankfurter Buchmesse") Kanada - ein Traum für viele Europäer! Doch was bietet das Land im hohen Norden, abgesehen von Eishockey und klirrend kalten Wintern, Bären und Lachsen, Kajaks und Hundeschlitten? Und wie nehmen Kanadier ihr multikulturelles Land selbst wahr? Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantwortet dieses Länderporträt. Die Kanada-Experten Mechtild und Wolfgang Opel gehen in Wort und Bild auf alle Facetten des Landes ein. Ihr breites Themenspektrum erstreckt sich von der Geschichte der First Nations und der Staatsgründung über die Herausforderungen der modernen Gesellschaft, die Lebensart und Kultur bis hin zur ebenso vielfältigen wie faszinierenden Natur.Dazu liefert das Buch wertvolle Tipps und Informationen für Ihre Kanada-Reise:¿ die beliebtesten Aktivitäten in der Natur¿ die schönsten Nationalparks¿ alles Wissenswerte über Kanadas Städte und Regionen¿ kompakter Naturführer mit wertvollen Infos zu Flora und Fauna¿ Besonderheiten des LandesDas Buch wurde in der Kategorie "Ehrengast der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020" mit dem ITB-BuchAward ausgezeichnet.

Culinary Claims explores the complex relationships between wild plants and introduced animals, Indigenous foodways, and Canadian regulations. Blending food studies with environmental history, the book examines how cuisines reflect social and political issues related to cultural representation, restaurants, and food sovereignty.<BR>L. Sasha Gora chronicles the rise of Indigenous restaurants and their influence on Canadian food culture, engaging with questions about how shifts in appetite reflect broader shifts in imaginations of local environments and identities. Drawing on a diverse range of sources - from recipes and menus to artworks and television shows - the book discusses both historical and contemporary representations of Indigenous foodways and how they are changing amid the relocalization of food systems. <BR>Culinary Claims tells a new story of settler colonialism and Indigenous resistance, emphasizing the critical role that restaurants play in Canada&#x2019;s cultural landscape. It investigates how food shapes our understanding of place and the politics that underpin this relationship. Ultimately, the book asks, What insights can historians gain from restaurants - and their legacies - as reflections of Indigenous and settler negotiations over cultural claims to land?

The Miracle of Navajo Technical University: A Unique Institution of Higher Learning Integrating Trades Education with Academic Learning, Rigorous Research, and Economic Development explores the history, leadership, and future of the premiere educational facility on the Navajo Nation reservation.In the heart of Navajo Country, nestled among beautiful mesas and buttes, lies Navajo Technical University, which has become a beacon of hope, resilience, and transformation. This institution, built on Navajo academic excellence and Navajo culture, has not only embraced its mission to educate but has also dedicated itself to uplifting the Navajo Nation it was established to serve.Throughout its journey, beginning as a trade school to its growth as a PhD granting research university, NTU has achieved remarkable milestones that reflect its commitment to fostering a rich learning environment where students thrive both academically and personally. From innovative programs that integrate Indigenous knowledge and contemporary education to partnerships with the Navajo Nation, the National Laboratories and higher education institutions across the US, NTU stands as a testament to the power of education in promoting economic development, community empowerment, and self-determination, a model designed to provide answers to the worldwide grand challenge of generational poverty.Delving into the stories of students, faculty. staff, and community members, this book chronicles accomplishments redefining what it means to be a Tribal College. Through its dedication to Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, health, and issues important to the Navajo people, NTU has created pathways for future generations to succeed while remaining deeply rooted in Navajo identity. This book celebrates the achievements, challenges, and inspiring narratives illuminating the profound impact of this institution on the lives of individuals and the United States as a whole.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American parent and educator.”—Esquire<BR><BR>“Though the argument of this book is bleak, it illuminates a path for a more just future that is nothing short of dazzling.”—Oprah Daily<BR><BR>“This book will transform the way you see this country.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow<BR><BR>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Esquire, Elle, Chicago Public Library • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL<BR><BR>If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour de force makes it clear that the opposite is true: The U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives.<BR><BR>In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution that would fortify the country’s racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources.<BR><BR>By demonstrating that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.

In The Forgotten Awakening, Douglas McMurry provides an enlightening narrative of America's spiritual landscape during the initial contact between whites and Natives in the West. Focused on the Pacific Northwest, this book reveals how tribal prophecies and the teaching of missionaries led to a remarkable--but largely forgotten--season of mutual respect. The story contrasts the journeys of two men: trapper-mapper Jedediah Smith, and Slough-keetcha, the Spokane teenager-turned evangelist and chief, known to the whites as Spokan Garry. These two young leaders crossed the Rockies in opposite directions during the 1820's. McMurry masterfully describes how the awakening's ethos interacted with and transformed the existing indigenous and trapper cultures, emphasizing human dignity and moral responsibility. Drawing from historical accounts, the journals and letters of trappers and missionaries, and tribal histories, the author vividly portrays the heroic and tragic events of this forgotten era.In this Second Edition, Doug adds his perspective about how this story of beginnings might have implications for today.

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern AmericaNational BestsellerWinner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction ¿ Finalist for the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History ¿ Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction ¿ Winner of the 2024 Mark Lynton History PrizeNamed a best book of 2023 by New Yorker, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & NobleA New York Times Notable Book of 2023 ¿ A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2023 ¿ An NPR "Book We Love" for 2023"Eloquent and comprehensive. . . . In the book's sweeping synthesis, standard flashpoints of U.S. history take on new meaning."-Kathleen DuVal, Wall Street Journal"In accounts of American history, Indigenous peoples are often treated as largely incidental-either obstacles to be overcome or part of a narrative separate from the arc of nation-building. Blackhawk . . . [shows] that Native communities have, instead, been inseparable from the American story all along."-Washington Post Book WorldThe most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, as a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America.Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non¿Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. In this transformative synthesis he shows that¿ European colonization in the 1600s was never a predetermined success<BR>¿ Native nations helped shape England's crisis of empire<BR>¿ the first shots of the American Revolution were prompted by Indian affairs in the interior<BR>¿ California Indians targeted by federally funded militias were among the first casualties of the Civil War<BR>¿ the Union victory forever recalibrated Native communities across the West<BR>¿ twentieth-century reservation activists refashioned American law and policyBlackhawk's retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America.

Pekka Hämäläinen erzählt in 'Der indigene Kontinent' eine andere Geschichte Nordamerikas, die konsequent die indigenen Völker in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Ein unverzichtbares Standardwerk, das deutlich macht, dass die amerikanische Geschichte vor allem eine Geschichte des indigenen Widerstands ist.Die Geschichte Amerikas wird immer noch so erzählt: Kolumbus 'entdeckt' einen fremden Kontinent und kehrt mit Geschichten über ungeahnte Reichtümer in die 'alte Welt' zurück. Die europäischen Imperien stürzen sich auf den Kontinent und versuchen, so viel wie möglich von dieser erstaunlichen 'Neuen Welt' zu erobern. Obwohl sich die indigenen Völker wehren, können sie den Ansturm nicht aufhalten.Mit 'Der indigene Kontinent' legt Pekka Hämäläinen eine weitreichende Gegenerzählung vor, die die grundlegendsten Annahmen über die amerikanische Geschichte erschüttert. Er zeigt eine souveräne Welt indigener Völker, deren Mitglieder keineswegs hilflose Opfer kolonialer Gewalt waren, sondern den Kontinent auch nach der Ankunft der ersten Europäer jahrhundertelang beherrschten. Selbst als die weiße Bevölkerung explodierte und die Landgier der Kolonialisten immer zügelloser wurde, blühten die indigenen Völker dank ihrer ausgefeilten Diplomatie und Führungsstrukturen auf.Der Beweis für den Widerstand der Ureinwohner wird heute in den Hunderten von indigenen Nationen deutlich, die es in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada noch gibt. 'Der indigene Kontinent' ist eine Pflichtlektüre und gibt den indigenen Völkern ihren rechtmäßigen Platz im Zentrum der amerikanischen Geschichte zurück.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family history<BR><BR>Summer and her family always spend relaxed summers in Alberta, Canada, on the reservation where her mom’s family lives. But this year is turning out to be an eye-opening one. First, Summer has begun to have vivid dreams in which she's running away from one of the many real-life residential schools that tore Native children from their families and tried to erase their Native identities. Not long after that, she learns that unmarked children’s graves have been discovered at the school her grandpa attended as a child. Now more folks are speaking up about their harrowing experiences at these places, including her grandfather. Summer cherishes her heritage and is heartbroken about all her grandfather was forced to give up and miss out on. When the town holds a rally, she’s proud to take part to acknowledge the painful past and speak of her hopes for the future, and anxious to find someone who can fill her in on the source of her unsettling dreams.

For Native Americans, tribal politics are paramount. They determine the standards for tribal enrollment, guide negotiations with outside governments, and help set collective economic and cultural goals. But how, asks Raymond I. Orr, has history shaped the American Indian political experience? By exploring how different tribes' politics and internal conflicts have evolved over time, Reservation Politics offers rare insight into the role of historical experience in the political lives of Native Americans.To trace variations in political conflict within tribes today to their different historical experiences, Orr conducted an ethnographic analysis of three federally recognized tribes: the Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico, the Citizen Potawatomi in Oklahoma, and the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota. His extensive interviews and research reveal that at the center of tribal politics are intratribal factions with widely different worldviews. These factions make conflicting claims about the purpose, experience, and identity of their tribe. Reservation Politics points to two types of historical experience relevant to the construction of tribes' political and economic worldviews: historical trauma, such as ethnic cleansing or geographic removal, and the incorporation of Indian communities into the market economy. In Orr's case studies, differences in experience and interpretation gave rise to complex worldviews that in turn have shaped the beliefs and behavior at play in Native politics.By engaging a topic often avoided in political science and American Indian studies, Reservation Politics allows us to see complex historical processes at work in contemporary Native American life. Orr's findings are essential to understanding why tribal governments make the choices they do.

Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamationThe US government justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense against Japan's invasion of the Aleutian Islands, but it equally served to advance colonial expansion in relation to the geographically and culturally diverse Indigenous communities affected. Offering important Alaska Native experiences of this history, Holly Miowak Guise draws on a wealth of oral histories and interviews with Indigenous elders to explore the multidimensional relationship between Alaska Natives and the US military during the Pacific War.The forced relocation and internment of Unangax¿ in 1942 proved a harbinger of Indigenous loss and suffering in World War II Alaska. Violence against Native women, assimilation and Jim Crow segregation, and discrimination against Native servicemen followed the colonial blueprint. Yet Alaska Native peoples took steps to enact their sovereignty and restore equilibrium to their lives by resisting violence and disrupting attempts at US control. Their subversive actions altered the colonial structures imposed upon them by maintaining Indigenous spaces and asserting sovereignty over their homelands.A multifaceted challenge to conventional histories, Alaska Native Resilience shares the experiences of Indigenous peoples from across Alaska to reveal long-overlooked demonstrations of Native opposition to colonialism.

**A 2024 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST (Regional Non-Fiction category)****THE INGRAM SPARK #1 BESTSELLER (New England History subject category)**Dear Curious Reader,Maybe you've heard of the Black Dog of the Hanging Hills or the Winsted Wildman. But did you know that these are just a few of the mythical creatures that call Connecticut home?It's true! The Nutmeg State is full of "cryptids" - or creatures that are believed to exist but never proven to exist. And all of these mysterious beings are documented right here, in this exhaustively researched and fully illustrated field guide.Whether you're a newcomer to the field of cryptozoology or a veteran Sasquatch seeker, this is the only book you'll need to undertake your own search for CONNECTICUT CRYPTIDS!

Hitzig waren die Debatten, als der Ravensburger Verlag im vergangenen Sommer ein Kinderbuch über Winnetou zurückzog. Die einen feierten die Entscheidung als Erfolg im Kampf gegen Rassismus, koloniale Denkmuster und kulturelle Aneignung. Die anderen warnten vor vermeintlicher 'Cancel Culture'. Die Debatten zeigten zweierlei: Die 'Indianer' sind für viele Deutsche eine hochemotionale Angelegenheit. Und dennoch ist das Wissen über die nordamerikanische Geschichte oft nur oberflächlich.

Die Geschichte des von Indianern entführten Jungen, der am Ende einer von ihnen wurde ... Ein deutscher Apache? Das Leben des Herman Lehmann könnte kaum faszinierender sein: Lehmann war der Sohn deutscher Auswanderer nach Texas und wurde dort 1870 kurz vor seinem 11. Geburtstag von Apachen entführt. Der Stamm adoptierte ihn und führte ihn in das Leben der Kriegergesellschaft ein. Er teilte ihr Leben und überfiel mit ihnen Farmen und Siedlungen. Dabei raubten sie, was sie brauchen konnten, töteten und skalpierten ihre Feinde, die vor allem Weiße waren. Einige Jahre später kam es allerdings zu einer stammesinternen Fehde unter den Indianern - und Lehmann verließ die Apachen. Nachdem er fast ein Jahr allein in der Wildnis verbracht hatte, schloss er sich einer Comanchengruppe an. Als die von der Regierung der USA gezwungen wurde, auf der Reservation zu leben, entdeckten die Soldaten, dass es sich bei Lehmann um einen Weißen handelt. Schließlich machte man seine Familie ausfindig und bewegte ihn dazu, zu ihr zurückzukehren. Jahre nach seiner Entführung sah er seine Eltern und Geschwister wieder. Doch weil die erneute Integration in die Gesellschaft der Weißen ihm große Mühe bereitete, fand er sich immer wieder zu längeren Aufenthalten bei seinen indianischen Freunden auf der Reservation ein. Eine Biografie über "das Fremde", interkulturelle Aneignung sowie das Zusammenprallen westlicher Kulturen und indigener Menschen in den USA. Eine Lebensbeschreibung, die vor allem unsere Bilder von "den Wilden" und den "Zivilisierten" auf den Kopf stellt. Mit zahlreichen historischen Abbildungen.

Das Buch erschien 1993 erstmals unter dem Titel "Spuren des Großen Geistes. Indianische Weisheit der Gegenwart". Es schließt unmittelbar an den mittlerweile ebenfalls aktualisierten Best- und Longseller "Unser Ende ist euer Untergang. Die Botschaft der Hopi an die Welt" an.MENSCHEN SIND WIE BÄUME vermittelt ohne Klischees zeitlos gültige und erstaunlich aktuelle Aussagen angesehener indigener Elders aus Nordamerika, die sie bereits in den 1980ern und 90ern gemacht haben und ergänzt sie durch neue von 2019 und 2021. Ihre Ausführungen vermitteln Lösungswege und geben uns konkrete Anregungen, wie wir wieder Frieden mit der Erde finden und alte Wunden heilen können.

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