38 page introduction to the language and life ways of the Ojibwe people

The assault on identity came in many forms: the shearing off of braids

and fear—dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion—but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction

Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s on his family's allotment outside Duncan

struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection

What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal spirituality 38 page introduction to theWhat do people do when their civilization is invaded? Indigenous people have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, they adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, and they kept their cultures alive. When the only possible "victory" was survival, they survived. In this brilliant follow up to Turtle