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(0)David Treuer
1) Prudence
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
x, 253 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In August 1942, Frankie Washburn revisits his Minnesota family before joining the war effort, saying good-bye to family, friends, and the Native American caretaker he held dear. Then a German POW escapes from a nearby camp.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Language
English
Description
Because of their intense struggles to preserve their language, their traditions, their families, and their very existence--the story of American Indians since the end of the nineteenth century to the present is one of unprecedented resourcefulness and reinvention. In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir. Tracing the tribes' distinctive cultures from first contact, he explores how the depredations of each era...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated-if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today-and the fight to preserve language and traditions"--
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an insider chronicle of the history of Indian reservations and contemporary Native American life, highlighting misunderstood issues and examining the historical tensions between Native Americans and the U.S. government.