Memoir
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Fight or SubmitStanding Tall in Two Worlds |
In the opening to his memoir, Grand Chief Ron Derrickson says his “story is not a litany of complaints but a list of battles” that he has fought. And he promises he will not be overly … | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 285 | 2020 | View |
 How We Go HomeVoices from Indigenous North America |
In myriad ways, each narrator’s life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience—and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take … | Sara Sinclair | 344 | 2020 | View |
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From ForewordFrom: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: How We Go Home |
Sinclair states her intentions for the project How We Go Home to offer oral histories of living Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States and how her personal experiences have shaped her … | Sara Sinclair | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From Chapter 1Homeland From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From Gladys Radek, Terrace, Gitxsan / Wet’suwet’en First Nations“When Tamara went missing, it took the breath out of me.” From: How We Go Home |
Gladys Radek of Gitxsan/Wet’suwet’en First Nations shares about life journey with sexual abuse and violence around her during childhood, and how her experiences led to her involvement … | Sara Sinclair | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From Chapter 2Stories My Grandfather Told Me From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Sioux“My son’s buried by the river. . . . I vowed to him that he’s going to be safe, that no oil was going to touch him.” From: How We Go Home |
Jasilyn Charger of the Cheyenne River Sioux, shares her story of her childhood with her family and moving in and out of foster homes and mental health facilities. She then became involved in the … | Sara Sinclair | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From Chapter 3Riding the Bucking Bronco From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From Wizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Lakota“On the reservation, you have the beauty of the culture and our traditional knowledge contrasted with the reality of poverty.” From: How We Go Home |
Wizipan Little Elk, who is Rosebud Lakota, tells his story. He is the Executive Director of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation, where he manages development projects to create jobs for … | Sara Sinclair | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From Chapter 4Lessons from the Onion Patch From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation“The nurse was trying to get me to sign a paper to put our baby, Derrick, up for adoption.” From: How We Go Home |
Geraldine Manson, of Snuneymuxw First Nation, shares her story about being an Elder in Residence at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. She was in a residential school as a child … | Sara Sinclair | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From Chapter 5Only the Land Matters From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From Robert Ornelas, New York City, Lipan Apache / Ysleta del Sur Pueblo“A part of the soul sickness for me was being ashamed. . . . What we were being taught about Indians was so minimal and so negative.” From: How We Go Home |
Robert Ornelas, who lives in New York City, and is of the Lipan Apache / Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, is a retired substance abuse counselor. He shares how he understood and felt about being native as … | Sara Sinclair | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From Ashley Hemmers, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe“I didn’t work my ass off to get to Yale to be called a squaw.” From: How We Go Home |
Ashley Hemmers of Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, is the Tribal Administrator, shares her story of her family’s experiences in residential schools, a pivotal moment in her childhood with her … | Sara Sinclair | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From Chapter 6Finding My Footing From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
