Through Dakota Eyes

Through Dakota Eyes"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

even as it steered the emerging shape of self-rule and spawned a new generation of resistance

verging on extinction

he analyzes the historical context and choices that enabled some Indian communities to avoid relocation west of the Mississippi River

Lyrical passages map the parallel lives of ancestral figures and connect dispossessions of the past to lived experiences of the present

Westerman reflects on history and family from a unique perspective

and culture areas

Jacob urges us to continue the timeless Indigenous tradition of engaging with stories and one another to build connection and strength within ourselves

showing how queer Native literature and Two-Spirit critiques challenge understandings of both Indigeneity and sexuality

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and their sacrifices to protect what matters most

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