Böcker i American Indian Lives-serien

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 American Indian studies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Blue Jacket (1743-1808), or Waweyapiersenwaw, was the most influential Native American leader of his time. In this biography, John Sugden, the acclaimed biographer of Tecumseh, restores Blue Jacket to his rightful place of prominence in American history.

Grandchildren meet their grandparents at the end, Denise Low says, as tragic figures. We remember their decline and deaths.... The story we see as grandchildren is like a garden covered by snow, just outlines visible. Low brings to light deeply held secrets of Native ancestry as she recovers the life story of her Kansas grandfather, Frank Bruner (1889-1963).