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This Cherokee approves
As a Cherokee, I am glad that Duvall wrote this book.I hope more like it are going to come.

A Great Piece of History!
I am always looking for and reading American Indian history booksand this is one of the best oral histories and collection of images that I have come across.Plus the price is affordable! One of my favorite aspects of this book is that you get to hear the voice of the Indians in regard to history from their perspective. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1925. Hiawatha has long been considered a mere legendary personage, but Hatzan's researches of Indian records and traditions prove him to be a very real and important historical character. Here is also a clear, forceful discussion of the origin of the Indian race, and a history of the Iroquois and other tribes of the Six Nations with a sketch of the life of their leader, Joseph Brant. Chapters on Wampum records and word meanings in Mohawk.A most interesting collection of Indian speeches and poetry is also included, dating from the time of Columbus to the present day (1925) The book contains vintage photographs.Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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What happens to a First Nation after the successful negotiation of a land claim? Navigating Neoliberalism argues that neoliberalism, which drives government policy concerning First Nations in Canada, can also drive self-determination. And in a globalizing world, new opportunities for indigenous governance may transform socioeconomic well-being.Gabrielle Slowey studies the development of First Nations governance in health, education, economic development, and housing. What emerges is a case study of one First Nation, the Mikisew Cree, as it navigates its way through neoliberalism. Slowey shows how the Mikisew First Nation has successfully exploited opportunities for greater autonomy and well-being that the current political and economic climate has presented. ... Read more

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In the early nineteenth century, the U.S. government shifted its policy from trying to assimilate American Indians to relocating them, and proceeded to forcibly drive seventeen thousand Cherokees from their homelands. This journey of exile became known as the Trail of Tears.

Historians Perdue and Green reveal the government’s betrayals and the divisions within the Cherokee Nation, follow the exiles along the Trail of Tears, and chronicle the hardships found in the West. In its trauma and tragedy, the Cherokee diaspora has come to represent the irreparable injustice done to Native Americans in the name of nation building—and in their determined survival, it represents the resilience of the Native American spirit. ... Read more

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Great resource
After purchasing Robert V. Remini's Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars on this website, I downloaded this book at [...]. I then purchased a hardback copy here at Amazon.For those interested in studying the conquest of the eastern half of the North American continent, the displacement of the Indian tribes, their removal west of the Mississippi River, etc.; the expropriation of their lands by white Europeans and their descendants, these two books are fine resources. ... Read more

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Today, a fraction of the Cherokee people remains in their traditional homeland in the southern Appalachians. Most Cherokees were forcibly relocated to eastern Oklahoma in the early nineteenth century. In 1830 the U.S. government shifted its policy from one of trying to assimilate American Indians to one of relocating them and proceeded to drive seventeen thousand Cherokee people west of the Mississippi.

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears recounts this moment in American history and considers its impact on the Cherokee, on U.S.-Indian relations, and on contemporary society. Guggenheim Fellowship-winning historian Theda Perdue and coauthor Michael D. Green explain the various and sometimes competing interests that resulted in the Cherokee’s expulsion, follow the exiles along the Trail of Tears, and chronicle their difficult years in the West after removal. ... Read more

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Cherokee history
I am new to Theda Purdue.I was introduced to her at a Cherokee history course at NSU Ok.I found this book to hold your interest and to be very informative.I recommend this book to all who are interested in Cherokee history and those who wish to learn the truth of the American Government vs the Native Americans.

Informative and honest
Read it for a class in college -- it's extremely gripping, especially because it reveals interesting chunks of U.S. history that are a little difficult for people to address and digest. Very well written and does not mince words about the 19th century injustices perpetuated by the U.S. against the Indigenous people of these lands.

Shame on the state of Georgia
And shame on Andrew Jackson for allowing this to happen.He sold his soul and caused the death of hundreds of peaceful people to appease the land hungry white people of Georgia and assure his reelection.This book tells the real story.Not the best written book I've ever read but it is a story that needed to be told.

A book that reads like an encyclopedia entry
1. I know that I'm the lone voice here and I admit upfront that I'm not an expert on this topic nor a hardcore historian... which is precisely why I was looking forward to this book (ie to learn something about an important historical event that I've heard about since my youth).

2. Without a doubt the content / data within the book is well assembled, however this is suppposed to be a book review. Many can put together various facts, all of which may be interesting and "true", but that does not make a good book. Unfortunately, this "book" is written in a style that is more suited for a college textbook or an encyclopedia, both of which have their places in learning.

3.Thus, for those who don't mind reading dry historical data, akin to those found in a textbook or encyclopedia, this is the book for you. On the otherhand, if you want to read a well written historical book (akin to those written by Ambrose, Ellis etc...), then find another book on the Cherokee Nation.

Well written but too short
I purchased this book during a recent vacation in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.The Blue Springs there were a stopping point for several of the groups on the Trail of Tears.

This book provides a good overview of Cherokee history as it relates to the Trail of Tears and it whets the appetite for more detailed information.Perdue and Green are clearly experts on the topic.

While the book is highly readable, it is far too short.I'd love to see the authors come out with an expanded second edition.To make up for the deficit, I'm ordering Grant Foreman's two titles, "The Five Civilized Tribes" and "Indian Removal". ... Read more

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The last of a tribal chairman's ten children, Raymond Cross was six when the waters behind the Garrison Dam closed over his home. This massive public work flooded the rich bottomlands that had sustained North Dakota's Three Affiliated Tribes for a thousand years.As the waters rose, the government dispersed the tribes-young Raymond among them-to distant cities. His father, who had spent years fighting the dam, was left behind, a broken man. At his father's graveside, Raymond Cross found his path.After Yale Law, after winning landmark cases on behalf of other tribes, Cross returned to his homeland to fight for his own shattered people. His journey led him back to the Congress his father had battled 40 years before, and into the chambers of the Supreme Court.There, the descendent of the chief who had saved the lives of Lewis and Clark would lay the case for the survival of Indian Country at the feet of nine justices wearing the black robes of the nation's highest court. ... Read more

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The Hiden Human Costs of The Impounded Missouri
I paddled through all the reservoirs of the Missouri River in 2007 and 2008.One does not fully appreciate the immense nature of these impoundments, especially Ft Peck, Lake Sakakawea and Oahe, until tyring to navigate these systems in a small canoe in relentless prairie winds. Decending these huge inland lakes was some of the most difficult waters I have ever paddled due to enormous waves that can be generated on their expansive surfaces. In addition, finding passage into the reservoirs can be difficult due to severe sedimentation, shallow water and exposed mud flats. The massive earthen dams that impound these in-land "seas" require portages of several miles in order to reconnect to downstream flowing water - provided the power plants are releasing adequate water. One would have thought the Corps would provide shuttle service around these "improvments" to the great Missouri.

During my passage through the lakes, I had a strong sense of environmental loss and human hardship due to the flooding of the river's natural floodplains. I remember standing on Garrison Dam, which rises up a few hundrend feet over the tailwater area, and wondered about the human toil and scrafice that went into buidling such a huge structure in the relentless hot summer suns and bitter cold winters of North Dakota. I also wondered about the displacment of floodplain residents as I gazed over wind-swept lake. I knew there must be a story hidden beneath this "beautiful lake." Now, after reading Coyote Warrior, I have a better understanding of how these impoundments, the Corps, Congress, and we Americans have so seriously impacted a great Indian Nation. Recent world events have cause other nations to question the American Ideal. I can only hope that a new spritual trust or "wouncage" can be forged as we try to understand cultural differences, both foreign and domestic, and as we approach the great economic and envriomental challeges that we presently face and await our unborn grandchildren.

Thank you Paul VanDevelder for telling this sad story.

Effective Native American Self-Determination
Considering that very few people will witness Raymond Cross's dynamism in person or read his eloquent legal briefs and law review articles, Paul VanDevelder's "Coyote Warrior" provides a persuasive account of another Native community's fight for justice in America. The legal struggles of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples for their land and sovereignty, as seen from their standpoint, provides valuable insights into the institutionalized bad faith of federal Indian policy. The author achieved his goal of making the compelling story of three tribe's contentious political relationship with the United States accessible to a wider audience.

Is atonement possible?
This book is an eminently readable account of the disasters which befell the Arikara,Hidatsa and Mandan tribes when they were displaced by the damning of the Missouri.
It is also a disturbing revelation of the shenanigans of government, producing a sense of shame in those of us who look for"justice for all" from our representatives in DC.
It falls to bold Coyote Warriors,Martin Cross and later his brilliant son Raymond to combat in court,the injustices perpetrated on Native peoples.
As a piece of reporting VanDevelder's work is carefully phrased,occasionally lyrical, avoiding heavily loaded language.
It is also supplemented with an exhaustive bibliography(of which the author says there is more),one bound to satisfy demanding researchers.

Coyote Warrier: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation
An extraordinary look at the forces that disenfrnchised an Indian Nation from its heritage and its land. An insightful look into the destructive forces that rend family and community ties when frderal policies that de-humanize Native people are allowed to be implemented behind one man's ego, and a government's indifference.It is an all too familiar story -- well told -- of disenfranchisement of Indian people and governments.And finally, a story of the courage and incredible intellect of one families battle against irresistible forces.

An exceptional introduction to Indian legal rights and more
I have published an award-winning law review article on Federal Indian Law, worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (until I couldn't hold my nose any longer), and had the great good luck to learn Indian Law from Prof. Raymond Cross at The University of Montana School of Law.But Paul VanDevelder taught me new things about all three.

Mr. VanDevelder deftly explains some of the more arcane aspects of Federal Indian Law in a way that, at least for me, filled in more of the puzzle pieces - but while also making it easily accessible to even the non-professional.Mr. VanDevelder taught me that the Corps of Engineers can be even more insidious and arrogant than even I had suspected.And, given the good professor's reluctance to blow his own horn, Mr. VanDevelder taught me that merely having known Raymond Cross was far more an honor than I could have ever guessed.

If you have any curiosity about Indian legal rights, or seek understanding about the grave damage government administrators can do when they embody the worst kinds of ignorance, arrogance, and egomania, or merely hope to be inspired by a ripping good yarn about the undeniable perseverance of the human spirit, Coyote Warrior is your book. ... Read more

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Fan letter to the Haida
The treatment of the native peoples of the Americas is, both historically and currently, a scourge on the face of the nations that make up the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. In //All That We Say is Ours//, Ian Gill writes of British Columbia's Haida Nation, an indigenous group that has, in recent years, teamed with conservationists to face the Canadian government in attempt to regain rights over land that is, arguably, rightfully theirs. The book also tells the story of Giindajin Haawasti Guujaaw, an artist, activist and native historian who has played an integral role in working to maintain and protect the environment and the traditions of his people.

While Gill strives to tell the story of a people and their struggle for their rightful place and the respect they deserve from the Canadian government, something about the book feels too close, and almost too casual, too unprofessional, as if Gill is writing a story for a friend rather than telling the story of a native group struggling for human and environmental rights. The history is interesting, and the information presented about the Haida, who aren't a group often spoken of in the American media, is intriguing, but something about the book fails to strike a chord. Unfortunately, the book reads more like a fan manifesto than a history of a people striving to change their position in the world.

Reviewed by Ashley McCall

A compelling story, not a scholarly history
While spending a few weeks on Haida Gwaii, exploring Gwaii Haanas and Graham Island, reading this book added a lot of perspective on the recent political developments around Haida heritage and politics (up to mid 2008). It provided a detailed back story that wasn't told in visitor information booklets or conversations with people.

Ian Gill clearly is impressed by Guujaaw, and centers developments around him, but also writes in his acknowledgements that Guujaaw expressed dissatisfaction with the book (although he does not go into detail on why).

For someone unfamiliar with Canadian politics and media, it is sometimes a guess how events might have been perceived by the wider public in Canada (or North America). Gill provides a few links to other international events, but, for instance, it remains a mystery how SGang Gwaay ended up as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, the year the Haida also registered the boundaries of Haida Gwaii with the United Nations. And, as Gill is president of Ecotrust Canada, the often strong environmental angle might be more Gill's interpretation than the Haida's view.

The book is not (and, according to Gill, not intended as) a biography of Guujaaw nor a scholarly history. Instead, Gill's version of the reawakening of the Haida Nation is a compelling and inspiring story about identity and community leadership in a world that is slowly coming to terms with aboriginal rights and principles of environmental sustainability.

Haida Gwaii Yah'guudang provides a compelling vision for us all
The story of Haida artist and political leader Guujaaw and the transformation that is occurring in the Haida Gwaii (or Queen Charlotte Islands as they are still known on some maps) is an important one and the more people that know of it the better. Guujaaw is one of a number of Haida who blend a deep knowledge of the land and surrounding sea with compelling art (Google Guujaaw images and go down to the 3rd and 4th pages for an idea of this) and political leadership and are leading a transformation of how the Haida see themselves and how others see them.
The story of how Guujaaw grew from being Giindajin (the Argumentative One) to Guujaaw (the Drummer) is fascinating, and the role that the physical work of rowing around the islands, working with wood and respect for the elders played is telling.
As you read this book, or even before, you may want to read the Haida Land Use Vision (HLUV) which is easily found on the web. Guujaaw is one of the authors of this document. It is worth careful study and rereading. It gives a sense of the approach to land use that we are all going to need to adopt if we are going to develop sustainable societies.
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Return of the Canoe Societies is a thrilling adventure novel about First Nations Dugout Canoes paddling 1500 miles up the rugged British Columbia coast in support of land claims.As the paddlers come under attack by oppenents of the Treaty Process flashbacks reveal the history of important events in B. C. First Nations Coastal Tribes.

Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D. is a former School Psychologist.Her other literary histories include five star Midwest Book Reviewed "Aloha and Mai Tais," about Hawaii music and musicians in the 1930's and "Timber Sale", about the forest industry in 1907 B. C.Her novels have been desribed as "Intelligent Fiction."Her website is www.canadianauthor.org. ... Read more

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Tuscarora is a sovereign nation in the Niagara region of upstate New York and a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Tuscarora were the first native people to be dispossessed of their land during the colonization of the United States. The certainty of their future was at stake as they walked north, beginning in 1713, to join their Haudenosaunee relatives. Now, almost 300 years after this hardship, they are prospering as a people. Tuscarora Nation depicts their culture and traditions, the height of their agricultural success, the rich heritage of lacrosse, the unique fishing culture along the Niagara River, and their traditional government of chiefs and clanmothers. ... Read more

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Review from a Tuscarora Daughter
My brother gave me this book shortly after my family and I visited the Tuscarora Reservation in New York this summer.Our great-great grandmother was a Tuscarora, although her family settled in Pennsylvania and never continued the journey to New York.I thoroughly enjoyed this book!It helped me to understand what I saw and learned from talking with Chief Leo Henry and, also, with Preston Chuy in Smokin'Joe's Smoke Shop. I have a new appreciation of the Native American branch of my family!Thanks so much!

Excellent Collection of Pictures and Information
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.There many nuggets of interesting current and historical facts and descriptions. My favorite thing about the book is all of the pictures.It seems like the entire community contributed something.It must have been a monumental task collecting the pictures that span many generations of Tuscarora.Thank you to the authors for doing this - Excellent!

Absolutely Beautiful
These two young men did an absolutely wonderful job putting these images together along with cultural history. Definitely a treat for the eyes! ... Read more

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Required Reading
Author Doug George-Kanentiio writes from within the struggle, to shed light on the on-going struggles of the People of the Longhouse to save their sacred traditions and land from the contemporary seduction of money and political clout.

Recommended reading for those seeking the inside story on a quintessentially American saga. Not to be missed. A 21st century journalist reporting on the travails of the First People, Doug George's voice is raised and demands a hearing.

Passionate Storytelling
Douglas M. George-Kanentiio's writing is raw, bare-knuckled exposition pounded out, it seems at times, in his own blood. This is his third book. He knows how to use the language, he knows the history of the Six Nations and he pulls no punches in describing the schisms among the Iroquois that still haunt the people of the longhouse today. This book is a shot across the bow of Iroquois leaders and a reminder that only in unity did the Six Nations flourish. With an intimate forward by Vine Deloria, his last.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Onondaga are one of the original five constituent nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy. Their traditional homeland is in and around Onondaga County, New York. Known as "Gana'dagwëni:io'geh" to the other Iroquois tribes, this name allows people to know the difference when talking about Onondaga in Six Nations, Ontario or near Syracuse, New York. Being centrally located, they were the Keepers of the Fire in the figurative longhouse, with the Cayuga and Seneca to their west and the Oneida and Mohawk to their east. For this reason, the League of the Iroquois historically met at the Iroquois government's capital at Onondaga, as indeed the traditional chiefs do today. ... Read more

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Portraits of contemporary Onondaga people of the Iroquois
This is an extraordinary collection of 78 moving and culturally sensitivephotographs, with an historically illustrative accompanying text, ofmembers of the Onondaga Nation of the People of the Longhouse, theHaudenosaunee (Iroquois).Emanating from each individual or group portraitis a feeling of dignity, beauty, courage, resolve, and hope which mirrorthe long history of native people's struggles to retain and pass on totheir children and grandchildren their rich heritage of living on the earthwith wisdom and responsibility. Developed as a project with the fullcooperation of the subjects themselves,and photographed in the oldLonghouse on the Onondaga Nation Territory near Syracuse, NY in 1991/92,this is a remarkable and beautiful visual and historical record ofsurvival. ... Read more

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This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The author has studied the material remains of the Sioux for many years. His expertise combined with his informative and engaging writing style and numerous photographs create a compelling and indispensable book.

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  A leading expert discusses and analyzes the Sioux people with rigorous scholarship and remarkably clear writing.
  
• Raises questions about Sioux history while synthesizing the historical and anthropological research over a wide scope of issues and periods.
  
• Provides historical sketches, topical debates, and imaginary reconstructions to engage the reader in a deeper thinking about the Sioux.
  
• Includes dozens of photographs, comprehensive endnotes and further reading lists.

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Indigenous pop!
The histories of the Sioux nation and other Native American tribes were recorded by a series of woodcut and ink methods, the limitations of which formed the unique art style of the North American tribal nations. These thin strips of wood were easily stored and protected and the respective legends and stories could easily be copied and transferred on these wooden veneers.

Only a few of these veneers survive in museums today, as they are prone to the usual long term storage problems associated with wood. However, the practice is a well known technique used in most Amerindian and Navajo tribes and can still be found in practice for the tourism trade around the American states that still retain a native heritage.

The histories that the Sioux nation pass on with heroics and stories from the past are stored on these veneers, and most of the material in this book has been decrypted and presented for the readers delectation. In fact, the Sioux wood cuts are probably the most sought after due to their deeper and more refined symbolism used in the veneers.

The true collector knows the value of these Sioux veneers and in some cases they become as vicious and tenacious in their Sioux veneer hunting as the very people they are describing in the stories.

A very good book, made of paper and using words you already know, and some unfamiliar ones, just arranged a little bit differently. Recommended.

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Contrary to the impression left by James Fenimore Cooper's famous novel Last of the Mohicans, the Mohican people, also known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Indians, did not disappear from history. Rather, despite obstacles, they have retained their tribal identity to this day. In this first history of the modern-day Mohicans, James W. Oberly narrates their story from the time of their relocation to Wisconsin through the post-World War II era. ... Read more