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The night watchman : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise,author.;
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera. In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Indigenous peoples; Ojibwe; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Seed to plate, soil to sky : modern plant-based recipes using Native American ingredients / by Frank, Lois Ellen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Some food historians say that 1491 to 1493 are the years the world began--in terms of food. Prior to 1492, eight plants-corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao-existed only in the Americas. Italy didn't have the tomato; Ireland didn't have the potato, nor Russia the vodka distilled from it; and there were no chiles in South Asia. When these ingredients crossed the ocean, they drastically transformed the way the Old World would eat and cook forever. Yet the average American, even those who cook with these foods regularly, doesn't know this history. Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky introduces the splendor and importance of Native culinary history and pairs it with delicious Native American-inspired dishes. Grounded in a primer on Native American cuisine and with a necessary discussion of food sovereignty and sustainability, Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky shares more than 100 nutritious, plant based recipes organized by each of the foundational ingredients. Grounded in Southwestern flavors, recipes like Blue Corn Hotcakes with Prickly Pear Syrup, Three Sisters Stew, and Green Chile Enchilada Lasagna, share the page-and plate-with essential basics like Corn Masa, Red and Green Chile Sauces, and Cacao Spice Rub for a thoughtful, delicious celebration of Native foods.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Cooking, American; Indigenous peoples; Vegan cooking.; Indigenous cooking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Three feathers [videorecording] / by Beaver, Eileen,actor.; Beaver, Henry,actor.; Burke, David,actor.; Ulrich, Carla,screenwriter,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Van Camp, Richard.Three feathers.; Dayah Films,production company.;
Eileen Beaver, Henry Beaver, David Burke.Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert have been sent by their Elders to live nine months on the land. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for their actions and acquire the humility required to return home.PG.DVD.
Subjects: Feature films.; Indigenous youth; Restorative justice; Indigenous peoples;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Calling for a blanket dance / by Hokeah, Oscar,1975-author.;
"A young Native American boy in a splintering family grasps for stability and love, making all the wrong choices until he finds a space of his own"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Families; Indigenous peoples;
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The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of native people in North America / by King, Thomas,1943-author.;
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples, Treatment of;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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In our own Aboriginal voice 2 : a collection of Indigenous authors and artists in Canada / by Calvert, Michael,1968-editor.; Metatawabin, Edmund,1947-writer of foreword.;
"A collection of Indigenous Authors and Artists in Canada. All pieces contain Aboriginal content with themes such as residential schools, personal experiences, Indigenous Identity, prayers, Aboriginal wisdom, hope, etc."--
Subjects: Canadian literature; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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War at the margins : Indigenous experiences in World War II / by Poyer, Lin,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index."War at the Margins offers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on Indigenous societies. Using historical and ethnographic sources, Lin Poyer examines how Indigenous communities emerged from the trauma of the wartime era with social forms and cultural ideas that laid the foundations for their twenty-first century emergence as players on the world's political stage. With a focus on Indigenous voices and agency, a global overview reveals the enormous range of wartime activities and impacts on these groups, connecting this work with comparative history, Indigenous studies, and anthropology. The distinctiveness of Indigenous peoples offers a valuable perspective on World War II, as those on the margins of Allied and Axis empires and nation-states were drawn in as soldiers, scouts, guides, laborers, and victims. Questions of loyalty and citizenship shaped Indigenous combat roles-from integration in national armies to service in separate ethnic units to unofficial use of their special skills, where local knowledge tilted the balance in military outcomes. Front lines crossed Indigenous territory most consequentially in northern Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, but the impacts of war go well beyond combat. Like others around the world, Indigenous civilian men and women suffered bombing and invasion, displacement, forced labor, military occupation, and economic and social disruption. Infrastructure construction and demand for key resources affected even areas far from front lines. World War II dissolved empires and laid the foundation for the postcolonial world. Indigenous people in newly independent nations struggled for autonomy, while other veterans returned to home fronts still steeped in racism. National governments saw military service as evidence that Indigenous peoples wished to assimilate, but wartime experiences confirmed many communities' commitment to their home cultures and opened new avenues for activism. By century's end, Indigenous Rights became an international political force, offering alternative visions of how the global order might make room for greater local self-determination and cultural diversity. In examining this transformative era, War at the Margins adds an important contribution to both World War II history and to the development of global Indigenous identity"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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We had a little real estate problem : the unheralded story of Native Americans in comedy / by Nesteroff, Kliph,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From renowned comedy journalist and historian Kliph Nesteroff comes the underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous comedians; Indigenous comedians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The wayfinders : why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world / by Davis, Wade.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Acculturation.; Endangered languages.; Indigenous peoples; Language and culture.;
© 2009., House of Anansi Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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By the fire we carry : the generations-long fight for justice on Native land / by Nagle, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A powerful work of reportage and American history in the vein of Caste and How the Word Is Passed that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation's earliest days, and a small-town murder in the '90s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land over a century later"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples, Treatment of;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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