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Native historians write back : decolonizing American Indian history / edited by Susan A. Miller and James Riding In.

Miller, Susan A. (Susan Allison) (Added Author). Riding In, James. (Added Author).

Summary:

"A first-of-its-kind anthology of historical articles by Indigenous scholars, framed in assumptions and concepts derived from the authors' respective Indigenous worldviews. Writings stand in sharp contrast to works by historians who may belong to tribes but work within the Euroamerican worldview"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780896727328 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0896727327 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780896726994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0896726991 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: ix, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I Challenging Colonial Thought -- 1 Native America Writes Back: The Origin of the Indigenous Paradigm in Historiography / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 9 -- 2 Native Historians Write Back: The Indigenous Paradigm in American Indian Historiography / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 25 -- 3 The Lewis and Clark Story, the Captive Narrative, and the Pitfalls of Indian History / Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth 41 -- 4 Hopi Culture and a Matter of Representation / Lomayumtewa c. Ishii Ishii, Lomayumtewa c. 52 -- Part II Affirming Indigenous Historical Narrative -- 5 The United States Has No Jurisdiction in Sioux Territory / Vine Deloria Deloria, Vine 71 -- 6 Wahtohtana héda Nyútâchi Mahín Xánje Akípa: The Year the Otoe and Missouria Meet the Americans / Matthew L. Jones Jones, Matthew L. 78 -- 7 Calling Badger and the Symbols of the Spirit Language: The Cree Origins of the Syllabic System / Winona Stevenson Stevenson, Winona 89 -- 8 Looking after Gdoo-naaganinaa: Precolonial Nishnaabeg Diplomatic and Treaty Relationships / Leanne Simpson Simpson, Leanne 93 -- Part III Asserting the History of Dispossession -- 9 Removing the Heart of the Choctaw People: Indian Removal from a Native Perspective / Donna L. Akers Akers, Donna L. 105 -- 10 Decolonizing the 1862 Death Marches / Waziyatawin Angela Wilson Wilson, Waziyatawin Angela 117 -- 11 The United States v. Yellow Sun et al. (the Pawnee People) A Case Study of Institutional and Societal Racism and U.S. Justice in Nebraska from the 1850s to the 1870s / James Riding In In, James Riding 139 -- 12 The Ruby Valley Indian Reservation of Northeastern Nevada: "Six Miles Square" / Steven J. Crum Crum, Steven J. 162 -- Part IV Examining Issues in Light of History -- 13 Chairmen, Presidents, and Princesses: The Navajo Nation, Gender, and the Politics of Tradition / Jennifer Nez Denetdale Denetdale, Jennifer Nez 175 -- 14 Seminoles and Africans under Seminole Law: Sources and Discourses of Tribal Sovereignty and "Black Indian" Entitlement / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 187 -- 15 Countering Colonization: The Albuquerque Laguna Colony / Myla Vicenti Carpio Carpio, Myla Vicenti 207 -- 16 Six Pawnee Crania: Historical and Contemporary Issues Associated with the Massacre and Decapitation of Pawnee Indians in 1869 / James Riding In In, James Riding 221.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Historiography.
Indians of North America > History > Sources.
American literature > Indian authors.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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