{"title":"Native American Education Resources - High School","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"through-dakota-eyes","title":"Through Dakota Eyes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNarrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Edited by Alan R. Woolworth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eJuly 15, 1988\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of thirty-six narratives presents the Dakota Indians' experiences during a conflict previously known chiefly from the viewpoints of non-Indians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This volume brings together an invaluable collection of vivid eyewitness accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 and its aftermath. Of greatest interest is the fact that all the narratives assembled here come from Dakota mixed-bloods and full-bloods. Speaking from a variety of viewpoints and enmeshed in complex webs of allegiances to Indian, white, and mixed-blood kin, these witnesses testify not only to the terrible casualties they all suffered, but also to the ways in which the events of 1862 tore at the social, cultural, and psychic fabrics of their familial and community lives. This rich contribution to Minnesota and Dakota history is enhanced by careful editing and annotation.\"—Jennifer S. H. Brown, University of Winnipeg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cstrong\u003eThrough Dakota Eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For anyone interested in Minnesota history, Native-American history, and Civil War history in this forgotten theater of operations. Through Dakota Eyes is an absolute must read. . . . an extremely well-balanced and fascinating book that will take it's place at the forefront of Indian Historiography.\"—\u003cem\u003eCivil War News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An important look at how the political dynamic of Minnesota's southern Dakota tribes erupted into a brief, futile blood bath. 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Erdrich, Edited by Laura Tohe, Foreword by Winona LaDuke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eApril 1, 2002\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA captivating anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry. Contributors include Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, and Diane Glancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The result is a rich tapestry that contains work by established writers along with emerging and first-time authors. Contributors include Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Diane Glancy, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Allison Hedge Coke, LeAnne Howe, Roberta Hill, Kim Blaeser, Linda LeGarde Grover, with a foreword by Winona LaDuke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe writings included range from the personal to the political, from notions of romantic love to the realities of marriage, from finding a place in modern society to incorporating tradition in daily life. Whether it's Louise Erdrich's heartbreaking story \"The Shawl,\" Diane Glancy's tightly distilled poems, or Joy Harjo's elegant and fanciful \"How to Get to Planet Venus,\" all of these works explore both what it means to be a woman and how those realities are complicated by the Native American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editors have divided these lively and thought-provoking pieces into four sections: \"Changing Women,\" which deals with the stages of a woman's life, awareness of female ancestors, and women's traditions of healing and making art; \"Strong Hearts,\" which shows Indian women enduring with love, defending with fierce judgment, and reaching out across history to protect the people; \"New Age Pocahontas,\" which reveals the humor and complexity of stereotypes and simplified images of Native American women; and \"In the Arms of the Skies,\" which explores the ways in which typical notions about romantic love and marriage are put to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSister Nations\u003c\/strong\u003e also includes full biographies of all the contributors, commentary from many of the authors on their work, and a bibliography of relevant publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeid E. Erdrich\u003c\/strong\u003e is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway. Her collection of poetry \u003cem\u003eFishing for Myth\u003c\/em\u003e won a Minnesota Voices Award. Erdrich teaches Native American literature and creative writing at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. She is also the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/original-local\"\u003eOriginal Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Tohe\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised on the Navajo reservation. Her book \u003cem\u003eNo Parole Today\u003c\/em\u003e received the Poetry of the Year Award from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. She is an associate professor of English at Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e252 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.625 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873514286\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":31803032731744,"sku":"022723","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/ERDRICH_9780873514286.jpg?v=1621363634"},{"product_id":"while-locust-slept","title":"While the Locust Slept","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Peter Razor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eSeptember 1, 2002\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough transcendent prose, an Ojibwe man chronicles his survival of abuse and bigotry at a state orphanage in the 1930s and the brutal farm indenture that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn stark, haunting prose, first-time author Peter Razor recalls his early years as a ward of the State of Minnesota. Disclosing his story through flashbacks and relying on research from his own case files, Razor pieces together the shattered fragments of his boyhood into a memoir that reads as compellingly as a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbandoned as an infant at the State Public School in Owatonna, Minnesota, Peter Razor is raised by abusive workers who thought of him as nothing more than \"a dirty Injun.\" Cut off from his family and his heritage, he turns inward, forced to learn about the world on his own. After failed attempts to run away from the orphanage, he is indentured by the state to an abusive, reclusive farm family. Beaten, poorly fed, clothed in rags, and worked like slave labor, he struggles to attend high school and begins to dream of another life. Razor's stark and often chilling story, devoid of self-pity, recalls with haunting clarity the years he, like the locust, patiently waited to awaken and emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinnesota Book Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Razor, a first-time author at age 72, is an enrolled member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwa and great-grandson of Mrs. Frank Razer of the White Earth Reservation, whose beadwork was studied by Frances Densmore in the book \u003cem\u003eChippewa Customs\u003c\/em\u003e (MNHS Press). As an adult, Razor researched his past and his culture and began dancing in powwows and learning to make traditional garments. In recent years he has received acclaim for the instruments he makes, including hand drums, rattles, and jingles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Peter Razor's coming-of-age story is a shocking revelation and succeeds where most other Native American autobiographies have failed. \u003cem\u003eWhile the Locust Slept\u003c\/em\u003e never confuses honesty with the truth, never descends into racial blaming, and refuses to use Ojibwe culture as a mirror in which the travesties of modern times are reflected. Instead, in a voice as simple and innocent as our childhood should be, he lets his experiences as an orphan tell the harrowing story of a lost generation of Indian children. \u003cem\u003eWhile the Locust Slept \u003c\/em\u003eis a treasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLittle\u003c\/em\u003e and The Hiawatha\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Peter Razor spins an intense and endearing tale of an American Indian youth abandoned to the cruel mercy of the state. As memoir, his voice is amazingly distinctive--giving a cultural story of human survival. As history, his work informs us of an almost hidden, dark time in our past.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Anthonly Rolo\u003c\/strong\u003e (Bad River Ojibwe), former editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/em\u003e, and author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/my-mother-is-now-earth\"\u003eMy Mother is Now Earth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Razor’s story is a revelation . . . and is part of an honorable tradition of memoir writing by Native American writers, including Linda Hogan, Paula Gunn Allen, [and] N. Scott Momaday.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A stirring tale of a Native American childhood . . . recounted in spare prose loaded with feeling and insight. . . . 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Child\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eFebruary 1, 2006\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a pioneering ethnographer, an invaluable recording of how early-twentieth-century Ojibwe women used wild plants in their everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom techniques for tapping maple trees and harvesting wild rice to extracting dyes from bloodroot and making dishes from birch bark, \u003cstrong\u003eStrength of the Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e details the many uses of more than 200 forest and prairie plants. Early twentieth-century ethnologist Frances Densmore recorded traditions and techniques relayed by dozens of Ojibwe women to create this invaluable handbook perfect for readers interested in Native American art and culture, organic gardening, natural remedies, and living off the land. Brenda J. Child offers a fresh introduction focusing on the power of female healers.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/collections.mnhs.org\/mnauthors\/index.php\/10001192\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Densmore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1867–1957) was a Minnesota-born ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution who specialized in the study of American Indian culture.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrenda J. 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She began to write a haunting account of the lives of her Dakota Indian family, based on research, to recreate their oral history that was lost, or repressed, or simply set aside as gritty issues of survival demanded attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpirit Car\u003c\/strong\u003e is an exquisite counterpoint of memoir and carefully researched fiction, a remarkable narrative that ties modern Minnesotans to the trauma of the Dakota War. Wilson found her family’s love and humor—and she discovered just how deeply our identities are shaped by the forces of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso of interest:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/beloved-child\"\u003eBeloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiane Wilson, director of Dream of Wild Health Farm, is also the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/beloved-child\"\u003eBeloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life\u003c\/a\u003e. She is a Mdewakanton descendent; her mother was enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/books\/2012\/09\/diane-wilson-opens-book-150-years-dakota-history\"\u003eMinnPost\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thefriends.org\/events\/mnba\/winners-and-finalists\/past-winners-and-finalists\/past-winners-and-finalists-2007\/\"\u003eWinner of the 2007 Minnesota Book Award in the Autobiography, Memoir, \u0026amp; Creative Nonfiction category\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thefriends.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spirit-car.pdf\"\u003eReading Group Guide prepared by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReading and discussion guide\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thefriends.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spirit-car.pdf\"\u003eReading and Discussion Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e232 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.5 x 8.5 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873517652\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39472509681760,"sku":"82306","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/WILSON_9780873517652.jpg?v=1621363632"},{"product_id":"we-are-home","title":"We Are At Home","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePictures of the Ojibwe People\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bruce White, Foreword by Gerald Vizenor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eFebruary 15, 2008\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating history of the Ojibwe people at home in the Minnesota landscape through 1950—as told through more than 200 vivid photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eWinner of an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn this collection of stunning and storied photographs—ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots—historian Bruce White explores historical images taken of Ojibwe people through 1950: A baby in a cradleboard. A family building a birch-bark canoe. Studio portraits of girlfriends. Snapshots from a grandmother’s album. These and other familiar scenes are showcased in \u003cstrong\u003eWe Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis rich record of Native history and culture is available through a quirk of history: white settlement of Minnesota coincided with the development of photographic processes that allowed itinerant and studio photographers to capture images of local people and scenes, including those of the Ojibwe, who had called Minnesota home for centuries. White considers the negotiation that went on between the photographers and the photographed—and what power the latter wielded.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUltimately, this book tells more about the people in the pictures—what they were doing on a particular day, how they came to be photographed, how they made use of costumes and props—than about the photographers who documented, and in some cases doctored, views of Ojibwe life. 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It is the story of land-based cultures and our histories. It is also an amazing and wondrous set of stories told by those who dearly love their history and peoples—a great gift to us all: the scattered and dispersed leaves of our stories brought together with this generation's faces and living words.\"—Winona LaDuke\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOjibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a uniquely personal history of the Ojibwe culture by Ojibwe educator Thomas Peacock. 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He also tackles the complicated issue of identity and details recent efforts and successes in cultural preservation and language revitalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA personal account from the state’s first female Indian lawyer, Margaret Treuer, tells her firsthand experience of much change in the community and looks ahead with renewed cultural strength and hope for the first people of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/antontreuer.com\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/assassination-of-hole-in-the-day\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Assassination of Hole in the Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-indians-but-were-afraid-to-ask\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eEverything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and several books on the Ojibwe language. 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I was drawn back [35 years] to the day I learned she had passed on. But that autumn day of 1973 did not grip me with deep sadness, the burden of never seeing her again. I was looking at that day from a new angle, a distant view that seemed to suggest a new, untold story. I was suddenly more than curious about who my mother truly was in this life and beyond.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUprooted from family and community in Milwaukee by her husband, a French and Irish construction worker with a drinking problem, Corrine Rolo struggles to raise their seven children on a remote farm near Big Falls, Minnesota. 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But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota. Drawing on oral history interviews, archival work, and painstaking comparisons of Dakota, French, and English sources, \u003cstrong\u003eMni Sota Makoce\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the detailed history of the Dakota people in their traditional homelands for at least hundreds of years prior to exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Minnesota” is derived from the Dakota phrase Mni Sota Makoce, Land Where the Waters Reflect the Clouds—and the people’s roots here remain strong. Authors Gwen Westerman and Bruce White examine narratives of the people’s origins, their associations with the land, and the seasonal round through key players and place names. They consider Dakota interactions with Europeans and offer an in-depth “reading between the lines” of historical documents—some of them virtually unknown—and treaties made with the United States, uncovering misunderstandings and outright deceptions that helped lead to war in 1862.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDakota history did not begin with the U.S.– Dakota War of 1862—nor did it end there. \u003cstrong\u003eMni Sota Makoce\u003c\/strong\u003e is, more than anything, a celebration of the Dakota people through their undisputed connection to this place, Minnesota, in the past, present, and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwen Westerman\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of English and Humanities at Minnesota State University, Mankato.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce White\u003c\/strong\u003e is author of \u003cem\u003eWe Are at Home: Pictures of the Ojibwe People\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thefriends.org\/events\/mnba\/winners-and-finalists\/hognander-minnesota-history-award-winners\/2014-hognander-award-gwen-westerman-and-bruce-white\/\"\u003eWinner of the 2014 Hognander Minnesota History Award\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thefriends.org\/events\/mnba\/winners-and-finalists\/past-winners-and-finalists\/past-winners-and-finalists-2013\/\"\u003eWinner of the 2013 Minnesota Book Award in the Minnesota Category\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/download.aaslh.org\/awards+material\/2013awardsbanquetprogram.pdf\"\u003eWinner of a 2013 AASLH Award of Merit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/nonfiction-mni-sota-makoce-the-land-of-the-dakota-by-gwen-westerman-and-bruce-white\/174837171\/?refer=y\"\u003eStar Tribune Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=23IuJ34uuBo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInterview on Native Report (video)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-0-87351-869-7\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/minnesotabrown.com\/2013\/06\/minnesotas-true-past-becomes-clearer-in-land-of-the-dakota.html\"\u003eHibbing Daily Tribune\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.chisagocountypress.com\/main.asp?Search=1\u0026amp;ArticleID=17559\u0026amp;SectionID=1\u0026amp;SubSectionID=1\u0026amp;S=1\"\u003eChisago County Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/booksmakeadifference.com\/dakota\/\"\u003eBooks Make a Difference blog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTune in to NPR’s \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/radio-archives\/episode\/479\/little-war-on-the-prairie\"\u003eThis American Life Nov. 23\u003c\/a\u003e for\u003cbr\u003e“Little War on the Prairie” featuring Gwen Westerman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thefriends.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Mni-Sota.pdf\"\u003eReading Group Guide prepared by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e296 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 15 color images, 2 maps, notes, index, tables, bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 x 10 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873518697\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31803013922912,"sku":"80477","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/Westerman_White_9780873518697.jpg?v=1621363680"},{"product_id":"dakota-prisoner-war-letters","title":"The Dakota Prisoner of War Letters","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDakota Kaskapi Okicize Wowapi\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Clifford Canku, Author Michael Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eNovember 1, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty extraordinary letters written by Dakota men imprisoned after the U.S. Dakota War of 1862 give direct witness to a harsh and painful history shared by Minnesotans today.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn April 1863—after the U.S. Dakota War of 1862, after the hanging of thirty-eight Dakota men in the largest mass execution in U.S. History— some 270 Dakota men were moved from Mankato, Minnesota, to a prison at camp McClellan in Davenport, Iowa. Separated from their wives, children, and elder relatives, with inadequate shelter, they lived there for three long, wretched years. More than 120 men died. Desperate to connect with their families, many of these prisoners of war learned to write. Their letters, mostly addressed to the missionaries Stephen R. Riggs and Thomas S. Williamson, asked for information, for assistance, and for help sending and receiving news of their loved ones.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDakota elders Clifford Canku and Michael Simon, fluent Dakota speakers, provide both the Dakota transcription and the first published English translation of fifty of these letters, culled from Riggs’s papers at the Minnesota Historical Society. They are a precious resource for Dakota people learning about the travails their ancestors faced, important primary source documents for historians, and a vital tool for Dakota language learners and linguists.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese haunting documents present a history that has long been unrecognized in this country, in the words of the Dakota people who lived it. The dedication written by the authors, both of whom are descendents of Dakota prisoners of war, declares: “Our relatives are watching over us. \/ We are humbled as we honor our ancestors. \/ Woecon kin de unyakupi do \/ We accept this responsibility you gave us.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Clifford Canku\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor of Dakota studies at North Dakota State University.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Simon\u003c\/strong\u003e is an instructor of Dakota language for the Moorhead (Minnesota) Public Schools. Both are retired Presbyterian ministers and enrolled members of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/discussions.mnhs.org\/10000books\/2013\/03\/19\/the-dakota-prisoner-of-war-letters\/\"\u003eExcerpt from the foreword by John Peacock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdailyplanet.net\/dakota-prisoner-war-letters-clifford-canku-and-michael-simon-illuminate-dark-corner\/\"\u003eTwin Cities Daily Planet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/qctimes.com\/news\/local\/few-artifacts-letters-remain-from-dark-part-of-quad-city\/article_6258ed6c-99bd-11e2-9b84-0019bb2963f4.html\"\u003eQuad-City Times (IA)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/qctimes.com\/news\/local\/part-letters-reveal-spectrum-of-life-at-dakota-prison-camp\/article_2f4af07c-9a7c-11e2-ae67-0019bb2963f4.html\"\u003eQuad-City Times (IA) Part 2. The Letters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.inforum.com\/entertainment\/3046832-weekend-watch-clifford-canku-and-michael-simon-book-discussion\"\u003eFargo Forum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.postbulletin.com\/life\/lifestyles\/letters-illuminate-dark-era-for-dakota-people\/article_b8e5ef42-97fe-567d-9d4b-1b85deb882c6.html\"\u003eRochester Post-Bulletin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ndhumanities.blogspot.com\/2013\/06\/the-dakota-prisoner-of-war-letters.html\"\u003eNorth Dakota Humanities Council\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout the project prior to publication:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2011\/01\/19\/dakota-tribe-letters\"\u003eMPR\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003chr\u003e \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e256 pages\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e7.875 x 11 inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873518734\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39468736970848,"sku":"13731","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/Canku_Simon_9780873518734.jpg?v=1621361574"},{"product_id":"we-are-still-here","title":"We Are Still Here","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Photographic History of the American Indian Movement\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotography by Dick Bancroft, Text by Laura Waterman Wittstock, Introduction by Rigoberto Menchu Tum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"date-display-single\"\u003eMay 15, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful, insider’s history of the first decade of the American Indian Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Indian Movement, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, burst into that turbulent time with passion, anger, and radical acts of resistance. Spurred by the Civil Rights movement, Native people began to protest the decades—centuries—of corruption, racism, and abuse they had endured. They argued for political, social, and cultural change, and they got attention.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe photographs of activist Dick Bancroft, a key documentarian of AIM, provide a stunningly intimate view of this major piece of American history from 1970 to 1981. Veteran journalist Laura Waterman Wittstock, who participated in events in Washington, DC, has interviewed a host of surviving participants to tell the stories behind the images.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe words of Russell Means, Dennis Banks, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/the-thunder-before-the-storm-the-autobiography-of-clyde-bellecourt\"\u003eClyde Bellecourt\u003c\/a\u003e, Eddie Benton Banai, Pat Bellanger, Elaine Salinas, Winona LaDuke, Bill Means, Ken Tilsen, Larry Leventhal, Jose Barreiro, and others tell the stories: the takeovers of federal buildings and the Winter Dam in Wisconsin, the founding of survival schools in the Twin Cities, the Wounded Knee trials, international conferences for indigenous rights, the Trail of Broken Treaties Caravan and the Longest Walk for Survival, powwows and camps and United Nations actions. This is the inside record of a movement that began to change a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDick Bancroft\u003c\/strong\u003e has been the unofficial photographer for the American Indian Movement since 1970. He has traveled the world to take these photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Waterman Wittstock\u003c\/strong\u003e (Seneca Nation), a writer and media consultant, covered the early years of the American Indian Movement as a journalist.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRigoberta Menchú Tum\u003c\/strong\u003e, recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, is an activist for indigenous rights in Guatemala.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Media:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/photo-shows-book-trace-american-indian-movement\/209545851\/\"\u003eStar Tribune Feature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-books-authors-bancroft-idUSBRE98P09720130926\"\u003eReuters Feature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theuptake.org\/2013\/05\/31\/we-are-still-here-american-indian-movement-celebrated-in-new-book-exhibit\/\"\u003eThe Uptake (video)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mprnews.org\/state-of-the-arts\/2013\/06\/multiple-exposure-the-american-indian-movement-on-dispaly\/\"\u003eMPR’s State of the Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/books\/2013\/06\/invisible-dick-bancroft-chronicled-historic-american-indian-movement\"\u003eMinnPost\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bsnorrell.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/we-are-still-here-40-years-of-aim-in.html\"\u003eCensored News: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/marthafasthorse\/2013\/06\/21\/laura-waterman-wittstock-dick-bancroft-pt-2\"\u003eThe Martha Fast Horse Show (radio)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.migizi.org\/default\/index.cfm\/first-person-productions\/fpr\/\"\u003eFirst Person Radio (May 8, 2013)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDick Bancroft (1927-2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/photographer-and-chronicler-of-indigenous-plight-richard-bancroft-dies-at-90\/489182951\/\"\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2018\/07\/22\/obit-photographer-dick-bancroft-documented-american-indian-movement\/\"\u003ePioneer Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mprnews.org\/newscut\/2018\/07\/dick-bancroft-1927-2018-photographed-the-american-indian-movement\/\"\u003eMPR\u003c\/a\u003e​​\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tpt.org\/almanac\/video\/remembering-photographer-dick-bancroft-31116\/\"\u003eTPT\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance Praise:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“When the American Indian Movement was formed . . . little did we realize how much impact AIM would have not only in the United States but in indigenous communities around the world. Dick Bancroft captured on still film the struggle we were going through.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“We held on to each other, never hiding our feelings, never afraid of the camera. We rose from streets and climbed the highest mountains, crossed the mighty rivers and kept focused on our course. Bancroft’s lenses were there, clicking clicking clicking. And he froze in time the many moments we will love to see every day. To tell the stories around every powwow conference, gathering, or Sun Dance. Hundreds of years from now, our children’s children’s children will look at these photos and know a little of the struggle we went through for them. They will even smell the sweet grass, the sage, and the cedar and raise their fists in pride and say ‘Bring it on America, bring it on!!’”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Dick Bancroft and Laura Waterman Wittstock have performed a valuable service documenting this critical struggle, and they’ve got it right. This is a must-have book for those interested in the rights of indigenous cultures everywhere and the future health of the planet.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Coyote\u003c\/strong\u003e, actor and writer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Bancroft’s photographic images are acts of respect—each exposure a gesture of high regard, a nod of admiration. 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This gritty, as-told-to memoir also uncovers the humanity behind Bellecourt’s militant image, revealing a sensitive spirit whose wounds motivated him to confront injustice and to help others gain a sense of pride by knowing their culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thunder Before the Storm\u003c\/em\u003e offers an invaluable inside look at the birth of a national movement—the big personalities, the creativity, and the perseverance that were necessary to alter the course of Native and American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso of interest: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/we-are-still-here\"\u003eWe Are Still Here: A Photographic History of the American Indian Movement\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClyde Bellecourt\u003c\/strong\u003e cofounded the American Indian Movement and has worked for Indian rights for decades. 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Join Waasigwan (Shining Feather) as he navigates racism against African Americans in an Ojibwe community, learn about the cultural nuances of an Ojibwe naming ceremony, and experience the deeper meanings in the Ojibwe wild rice harvest. These are the stories that make us who we are. \u003cem\u003eAkawe Niwii-tibaajim (First of All, I’m Telling a Story)\u003c\/em\u003e is written for teachers, students, and Ojibwe language and culture enthusiasts ages fourteen and above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAanjibimaadizing, which means “Changing Lives,” is a program of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Through the Aanjibimaadizing Project, 15 first speakers have teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language experts to create this new literature for Ojibwe language learners. 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href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/naadamaading\"\u003eNaadamaading\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/the-language-warrior-s-manifesto-1\"\u003eThe Language Warrior’s Manifesto\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and fourteen other books on Indigenous history and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Sullivan Sr. \u003c\/strong\u003eis the resident linguist for the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Premo\u003c\/strong\u003e, an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Aanjibimaadizing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"video-container\"\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XtGugHy-syU\" width=\"528\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/millelacsband.com\/news\/book-project-features-stories-by-elders\"\u003ePress Release about the books from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.millelacsband.com\/content\/8-news\/inaajimowin-archive\/2001-inaajimowin.pdf\"\u003eInaajimowin\u003c\/a\u003e p.3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/three-new-ojibwe-language-books-will-tell-the-stories-of-tribal-elders-in-their-own-words\/\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 184 pages, 100 b\/w illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 x 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781681341798\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32088402821216,"sku":"020030","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/Akawe-Niwii-tibaajim_9781681341798.jpg?v=1621363786"},{"product_id":"primary-source-packet-native-minnesota-dakota-and-ojibwe-homeland","title":"Primary Source Packet: Native Minnesota: Dakota and Ojibwe Homeland","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse primary sources in your classroom to learn about Dakota and Ojibwe homeland.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable for purchase through this online store and through \u003ca title=\"Email Amy Feole\" href=\"mailto:amy.feole@mnhs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAmy Feole \u003c\/a\u003e(not in the store at the 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Suitable for all ages, this book can be read aloud, assigned to classes, shared at language tables, gifted to elders, and enjoyed by those curious about the language and Ojibwe culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthored by a team of twelve Ojibwe language speakers and richly illustrated by Ojibwe artist Wesley Ballinger, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAwesiinyensag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was created to encourage learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of Ojibwe people. 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Together with their other friends and family, they go berrying and fishing, and listen to the stories of the elders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese original stories, written in Ojibwe by a storytelling team of first-language speakers and scholars, delight readers and language learners with the antics of animals who playfully deal with situations familiar to children in all cultures: learning to work with others, listening to elders, venturing out alone, playing and working hard, and dodging dangers in the big world that surrounds their smaller lives. Interwoven in the stories are threads of Ojibwe culture and tradition. Suitable for all ages, this book can be read aloud, assigned to classes, shared at language tables, gifted to elders, and enjoyed by those curious about the language and Ojibwe culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthored by a team of eleven Ojibwe language speakers and richly illustrated by Ojibwe artist Jonathan Thunder, \u003cem\u003eNaadamaading\u003c\/em\u003e was created to encourage learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of Ojibwe people. It is a monolingual text presented only in Anishinaabemowin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Also of interest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/anooj-inaajimod\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnooj Inaajimod\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/nishiimeyinaanig\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNishiimeyimnaanig\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #212b36;\" color=\"#212b36\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/nishiimeyinaanig\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/mnhspress\/books\/akawe-niwii-tibaajim\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAkawe Niwii-tibaajim​\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/gaa-pi-izhiwebak\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGaa-pi-izhiwebak\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/ge-ni-aabadak-giniigaaniiminaang\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGe-ni-aabadak Giniigaaniiminaang\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/awesiinyensag\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAwesiinyensag\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/language-warriors-manifesto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Language Warrior's Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and fourteen other books on Indigenous history and language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Thunder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a member of the Red Lake Nation, is a multidisciplinary artist and the illustrator of the best-selling children's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/bowwow-powwow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBowwow Powwow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6x9 inches\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781681342221\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39339496210528,"sku":"028971","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/NAADAMAADING_9781681342221.jpg?v=1631742242"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/american-indian-education-resources-high-school\/tag.oembed","provider":"Minnesota Historical Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}