{"title":"Native American Education Resources","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of recommended American Indian educational resources for schools in Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEducators: to avoid sales tax, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebefore choosing any products, \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tracking.cirrusinsight.com\/f4c30c89-d7ba-49f0-9d85-d5f612c7377e\/shop-mnhs-org-account-register\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=https:\/\/tracking.cirrusinsight.com\/f4c30c89-d7ba-49f0-9d85-d5f612c7377e\/shop-mnhs-org-account-register\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1480614692039000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFZdKY1M0u9VeguQXIfiFyZSQVsrg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ecreate an account\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e  and provide your school's tax exempt ID. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn addition to all these great resources, we also have:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eField trips to \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/mille-lacs-indian-museum\/field-trips\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/mille-lacs-indian-museum\/field-trips\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1474729983354000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHOJrI9RZ1HY2FSO2fw1DZYSVKvLQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMille Lacs Indian Museum \u0026amp; Trading Post\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/jeffers-petroglyphs\/field-trips\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/jeffers-petroglyphs\/field-trips\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1474729983354000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGIrT30w2FGJEj55iU6gm2KfOL31Q\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJeffers Petroglyphs\u003c\/a\u003e, and the Snake River \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/north-west-company-fur-post\/field-trips\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=http:\/\/sites.mnhs.org\/historic-sites\/north-west-company-fur-post\/field-trips\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1474729983354000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGpmzbEUs2CKIMvlXu-JA4bg1tc6g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFur Post\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/education.mnhs.org\/teacher-cohort-american-indian-history\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en\u0026amp;q=http:\/\/education.mnhs.org\/teacher-cohort-american-indian-history\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1474729983354000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHVDT8p75i87c-qpgx1KAiS0V7T1g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAmerican Indian History\u003c\/a\u003e teacher professional development cohort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dakota-indians-coloring-book","title":"Dakota Indians Coloring Book","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePictures, clothing, games, foods, and many year-round traditional activities of the early nineteenth-century Eastern Dakota. Captions in English with Eastern Dakota language translations makes the book especially useful in American Indian curriculum. Ages 8 and up, Grades 3-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJon Chester Kozlak (1917-2001), was a Golden Age artist of superhero comics. He drew several features for All Star Comics in the 1940s, such as 'Wildcat' and 'The Workshop of Willie Wonder'. He was also an artist of National\/DC's 'The Atom', 'Green Lantern' and 'Flash' during the 1940s. Prior to his comic book period, he did gag cartoons for \u003cem\u003eField and Stream\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSports Afield\u003c\/em\u003e. He designed store window displays and was an illustrator for the Minnesota Historical Society from the late 1940s until the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy: Chet Kozlak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paper, 32 pp., 1979, includes map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: History Center Museum Store\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduct ##: 6758\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookmobile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1209161629,"sku":"6758","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/dakotaindcb_grande_29e565ec-107d-4cc5-8c10-6f94b06d66c1.jpg?v=1432251298"},{"product_id":"dakota-life-upper-midwest","title":"Dakota Life in the Upper Midwest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Samuel W. Pond, Introduction by Gary C. Anderson\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\"\u003eOctober 1, 2002\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic work detailing the lives and customs of the 19th-century Dakota living near present-day Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1834 Samuel W. Pond and his brother Gideon built a cabin near Cloud Man's village of the Dakota Indians on the shore of Lake Calhoun―now present-day Minneapolis―intending to preach Christianity to the Indians. The brothers were to spend nearly twenty years learning the Dakota language and observing how the Indians lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1860s and 1870s, after the Dakota had fought a disastrous war with the whites who had taken their land, Samuel Pond recorded his recollections of the Indians \"to show what manner of people the Dakotas were . . . while they still retained the customs of their ancestors.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePond's work, first published in 1908, is now considered a classic. Gary Clayton Anderson's introduction discusses Pond's career and the effects of his background on this work, \"unrivaled today for its discussion of Dakota material culture and social, political, religious, and economic institutions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel W. Pond\u003c\/strong\u003e (1808-91) was born in New Preston, Connecticut, and served as a Presbyterian missionary to the Dakota Indians in Minnesota for twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Clayton Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e, a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma, is the author of \u003cem\u003eLittle Crow, Spokesman for the Sioux\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1650-1862\u003c\/em\u003e and coeditor of \u003cem\u003eThrough Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e214 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.875 x 8.75 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873514552\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39468736741472,"sku":"1574","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/POND_9780873514552.jpg?v=1621361575"},{"product_id":"little-crow","title":"Little Crow","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSpokesman for the Sioux\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Gary Clayton Anderson\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\"\u003eJune 1, 1986\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGovernment officials and missionaries wanted all Sioux men to become self-sufficient farmers, wear pants, and cut their hair. The Indians, confronted by a land-hungry white population and a loss of hunting grounds, sought to exchange title to their homeland for annuities of cash and food, schools and teachers, and farms and agricultural knowledge. By 1862 the Sioux realized that their extensive kinship network and religion were in jeopardy and that the government would not fulfill its promises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith their way of life endangered, the Sioux turned to Little Crow to lead them in a war for self-preservation, a war that Little Crow had tried to avoid during most of his adult life. Within a year, the Sioux had been evicted from Minnesota, Little Crow was dead, and a way of life had vanished. Through his life-his biography-the complex interrelationship of Indian and white can be studied and, in some measure, understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e272 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 x 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873511964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32633596313696,"sku":"4433","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/Anderson_9780873511964.jpg?v=1621361411"},{"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. It is also a vital record of the death song of the Dakota's traditional, nomadic way of life.\"—\u003cem\u003eMinnesota Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An appreciation for the diversity and complexity of Dakota culture and politics emerges from Through Dakota Eyes. . . . captures some of the human drama, tragedy, and confusion which must have surely characterized all American frontier wars.\"—\u003cem\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e328 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 x 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873512169\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39468736807008,"sku":"202","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/ANDERSON_9780873512169.jpg?v=1621363620"},{"product_id":"sister-nations","title":"Sister Nations","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNative American Women Writers on Community\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Heid E. 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":"being-dakota","title":"Being Dakota","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTales and Traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Amos E. Oneroad, Author Alanson B. Skinner, Edited by Laura L. Anderson\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\"\u003eJune 1, 2005\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique collection detailing the customs, traditions, and folklore of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota at the turn of the twentieth century, with descriptions of tribal organization, ceremonies that marked the individual's passage from birth to death, and material culture\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the twentieth century, a few members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota community in northeastern South Dakota, while living in the white world, quietly worked to preserve the customs and stories of their ancestors in the face of federal government suppression and the opposition of organized religion.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAmos E. Oneroad, a son of one of those families, was educated in the traditional ways and then sent east to obtain a college education, eventually becoming a Presbyterian minister. For most of his life, he moved in two worlds. By fortunate coincidence he met Alanson B. Skinner, a student of anthropology and kindred soul, in New York City. The two men formed a bond both personal and professional, collaborating on anthropological studies in various parts of the United States. The project closest to Oneroad's heart was the collection and preservation of the stories and traditions of the Sisseton and Wahpeton. Oneroad wrote down the stories and gave them to Skinner. The men intended to polish the resulting manuscript and publish it, but Skinner's untimely death in 1925 thwarted their plans.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOneroad and Skinner collected descriptions of everyday life, including tribal organization, ceremonies that marked the individual's passage from birth to death, and material culture. Several of the folk tales included relate the exploits of Iktomi, the trickster, while others tell of adventures of such figures as the Child of Love, Star Born, and the Mysterious Turtle.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLaura L. Anderson, who teaches anthropology at the University of Oklahoma, found the neglected manuscript among Skinner's papers in a California library and has edited it for publication. Being Dakota succeeds in fulfilling its authors' original intent by conveying these long-ago stories and traditions to the children and grandchildren, and being true to Amos Oneroad's voice.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmos Oneroad\u003c\/strong\u003e (1884-1937) was a Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota and an ordained Presbyterian minister.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlanson Skinner\u003c\/strong\u003e (1886-1925) was an anthropologist and on the staff at the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of the American Indian\/Heye Foundation, and was curator of anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura L. 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This collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the language of that people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs fluent speakers of Ojibwe grow older, the community questions whether younger speakers know the language well enough to pass it on to the next generation. Young and old alike are making widespread efforts to preserve the Ojibwe language, and, as part of this campaign, Anton Treuer has collected stories from Anishinaabe elders living at Leech Lake, White Earth, Mille Lacs, Red Lake, and St. Croix reservations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on interviews Treuer conducted with ten elders—Archie Mosay, Jim Clark, Melvin Eagle, Joe Auginaush, Collins Oakgrove, Emma Fisher, Scott Headbird, Susan Jackson, Hartley White, and Porky White—this anthology presents the elders' stories transcribed in Ojibwe with English translation on facing pages. These stories contain a wealth of information, including oral histories of the Anishinaabe people and personal reminiscences, educational tales, and humorous anecdotes. Treuer's translations of these stories preserve the speakers' personalities, allowing their voices to emerge from the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis dual-language text will prove instructive for those interested in Ojibwe language and culture, while the stories themselves offer the gift of a living language and the history of a people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprofessor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/everything-you-wanted-know-about-indians-were-afraid-ask\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and fourteen other books on Indigenous history and language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/search?q=%22anton+treuer%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMore MNHS Press books by Anton Treuer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e282 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 x 9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873514040\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39468739297376,"sku":"5338","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/products\/TREUER_9780873514040.jpg?v=1621363709"},{"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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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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As the population of native speakers ages, younger generations breathe new life into study of the language. In college courses, community education classes, and study teams, learners of all ages practice speaking and writing at the same time that they come to understand the storied history of this significant Native American group.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNicolette Knudson and Jody Snow, students of the language, along with Dakota instructor and revered elder Clifford Canku share their expertise through activities that organize the language at its most basic level. Twenty-four lesson plans build on each other and use cultural and historical information to increase understanding of the Dakota language and world view. Exercises offer opportunities to practice writing and speaking, increasing vocabulary and introducing grammatical building blocks that enhance comprehension. Glossaries provide translations from Dakota to English and back again. 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Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve Ojibwe men and fatally shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHole in the Day’s death was national news, and rumors of its cause were many: personal jealousy, retribution for his claiming to be head chief of the Ojibwe, retaliation for the attacks he fomented in 1862, or retribution for his attempts to keep mixed-blood Ojibwe off the White Earth Reservation. Still later, investigators found evidence of a more disturbing plot involving some of his closest colleagues: the business elite at Crow Wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile most historians concentrate on the Ojibwe relationship with whites to explain this story, Anton Treuer focuses on interactions with other tribes, the role of Ojibwe culture and tradition, and interviews with more than fifty elders to further explain the events leading up to the death of Hole in the Day. \u003cem\u003eThe Assassination of Hole in the Day\u003c\/em\u003e is not only the biography of a powerful leader but an extraordinarily insightful analysis of a pivotal time in the history of the Ojibwe people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnton Treuer\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprofessor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/everything-you-wanted-know-about-indians-were-afraid-ask\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and fourteen other books on Indigenous history and language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/search?q=%22anton+treuer%22\"\u003eMore MNHS Press books by Anton Treuer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews and news\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeaded to Hollywood!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/film\/festivals\/legion-m-launches-film-scout-mobile-app-sundance-1203474807\/\"\u003eVariety\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/minnesotabrown.com\/2020\/03\/story-of-minnesota-ojibwe-chief-hole-in-the-day-headed-to-hollywood.html\"\u003eMinnesota Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/anishinabeknews.ca\/2020\/05\/08\/book-review-the-assassination-of-hole-in-the-day\/\"\u003eAnishinabek News\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cstrong\u003eThe Assassination of Hole in the Day\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An essential study of nineteenth-century Ojibwe leadership and an important contribution to the field of American Indian Studies by an author of extraordinary knowledge and talent. 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Nichols\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\"\u003eJune 1, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only thorough treatment of Lincoln's Indian policy during the Civil War and the corrupt \"Indian System\" of government aid that mainly benefited ambitious whites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Lincoln and the Indians has stood the test of time and offers this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U.S. government’s Indian policies—and sometimes the lack thereof—during the Civil War era. Providing a critical perspective on Lincoln’s role, Nichols sets forth an especially incisive analysis of the trial of participants in the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota and Lincoln’s role in sparing the lives of most of those who were convicted.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“For the Dakota people, the Indian System started with the doctrine of discovery and continued through Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and beyond. The United States was bound to protect the rights of Indian parties. But in the end, the guilty were glorified and the laws for humanity disgraced. This book tells that story, and it should be required reading at all educational institutions.” —Sheldon Wolfchild, independent filmmaker, artist, and actor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Undoubtedly the best book published on Indian affairs in the years of Lincoln’s presidency.” American Historical Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid A. Nichols was vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Southwestern College in Kansas. 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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. 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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. 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