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The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery
By Eugene Arima, Alan L. Hoover. 2011
The Whaling People live along the west coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery in Washington. They comprise more than…
20 First Nations, including the Nuu-chah-nulth (formerly called Nootka), Ditidaht, Pacheedaht and Makah. These socially related people enjoyed a highly organized, tradition-based culture for centuries before Europeans arrived. As whaling societies, they had a unique relationship with the sea. In The Whaling People, Eugene Arima and Alan Hoover give an intimate account of the traditional ways in which these coastal people looked at and understood the world they lived in. They present the activities, technologies and rituals that the Whaling People used to make a living in their complex coastal environments, and their beliefs about the natural and supernatural forces that affected their lives. The book features 12 narratives collected from First Nations elders, each illustrated with original drawings by the celebrated Hesquiaht artist Tim Paul. This informative and entertaining book celebrates the still-thriving cultures of the Whaling People, who survived the devastating effects of colonial power and influences. It includes a history of treaty making in BC, leading up to the just-ratified Maa-nulth Treaty signed by five First Nations of the Whaling People.Know your terrain and use it to your advantage with All-Terrain Survival. This all-new, unofficial, illustrated guide series will turn…
you into a master Fortnite: Battle Royale gamer by uncovering all the best strategies and secrets of this wildly popular game. Whether you play Fortnite: Battle Royale on a PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or your mobile device, you’ll find everything you need to stay at the top of your game. Each book is packed with useful insider tips on topics like, staying alive longer, exploring, collecting a powerful arsenal, building, and snagging more victories during each match. When it comes to achieving #1 Victory Royale, the Fortnite Battle Royale: Master Combat Series provides the ultimate competitive edge. There are more than a dozen unique points of interest in Fortnite, all with different settings. The best gamers know how to soldier their way through deserts, tropics, forests, villages, cities, ice-covered plains, mountains, small islands, and any other terrain they encounter. Thanks to this illustrated, how-to guide, you can learn to spot the key differences between terrains, rise to the unique challenge each one poses, and master each setting where matches are held. Use the tips and secrets in this book to explore, survive, and battle your way to #1 Victory Royale. Master Combat: All-Terrain Survival has everything you need to tough-it-out through every terrain and be the last soldier standing.Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
By H. W. Brands. 2019
From a New York Times-bestselling author, a sweeping history of the American West In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W.…
Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East.Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (The Lamar Series in Western History)
By Pekka Hamalainen. 1984
The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America’s history This first complete account…
of the Lakota Indians traces their rich and often surprising history from the early sixteenth to the early twenty‑first century. Pekka Hämäläinen explores the Lakotas’ roots as marginal hunter‑gatherers and reveals how they reinvented themselves twice: first as a river people who dominated the Missouri Valley, America’s great commercial artery, and then—in what was America’s first sweeping westward expansion—as a horse people who ruled supreme on the vast high plains. The Lakotas are imprinted in American historical memory. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull are iconic figures in the American imagination, but in this groundbreaking book they emerge as something different: the architects of Lakota America, an expansive and enduring Indigenous regime that commanded human fates in the North American interior for generations. Hämäläinen’s deeply researched and engagingly written history places the Lakotas at the center of American history, and the results are revelatory.The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America
By David S. Koffman. 2019
The Jews’ Indian investigates the history of American Jewish relationships with Native Americans, both in the realm of cultural imagination…
and in face-to-face encounters. These two groups’ exchanges were numerous and diverse, proving at times harmonious when Jews’ and Natives people’s economic and social interests aligned, but discordant and fraught at other times. American Jews could be as exploitative of Native cultural, social, and political issues as other American settlers, and historian David Koffman argues that these interactions both unsettle and historicize the often triumphant consensus history of American Jewish life. Focusing on the ways Jewish class mobility and civic belonging were wrapped up in the dynamics of power and myth making that so severely impacted Native Americans, this books is provocative and timely, the first history to critically analyze Jewish participation in, and Jews’ grappling with the legacies of Native American history and the colonial project upon which America restsA Mind Spread Out on the Ground
By Alicia Elliott. 2020
A bold and profound work by Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is a personal…
and critical meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America. In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight and understanding to the ongoing legacy of colonialism. What are the links between depression, colonialism and loss of language--both figurative and literal? How does white privilege operate in different contexts? How do we navigate the painful contours of mental illness in loved ones without turning them into their sickness? How does colonialism operate on the level of literary criticism?A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is Alicia Elliott's attempt to answer these questions and more. In the process, she engages with such wide-ranging topics as race, parenthood, love, mental illness, poverty, sexual assault, gentrification, writing and representation. Elliott makes connections both large and small between the past and present, the personal and political--from overcoming a years-long history with head lice to the way Native writers are treated within the Canadian literary industry; her unplanned teenage pregnancy to the history of dark matter and how it relates to racism in the court system; her childhood diet of Kraft dinner to how systematic oppression is linked to depression in Native communities. With deep consideration and searing prose, Elliott extends far beyond her own experiences to provide a candid look at our past, an illuminating portrait of our present and a powerful tool for a better future.My Life on the Plains: or, Personal Experiences with Indians (Dover Thrift Editions)
By George Armstrong Custer. 2019
An officer and cavalry commander during the Civil War and Indian wars, General George Armstrong Custer (1839–76) was well-known in…
his lifetime for his personal daring and his aggressive approach to warfare. After his "last stand" in 1876, he was even more famous as the commander who led his entire unit to annihilation by a massive coalition of Native American tribes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. A few years before the fatal clash, Custer published a series of reminiscences concerning his participation in the U.S. Army's 1867–69 campaigns against the Plains Indians. The evocative accounts, written during one of Custer's semiretirements rather than from the field, tell of marching, camping, furious firefights, and ruthless slaughter on both sides. In addition to its value as a document of military history, this book offers fascinating insights into the notorious general's character, from his enthusiasm for self-mythologizing to the rash behavior that led to his demise.Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West
By Robert Henry, Heather Dorries, David Hugill, Tyler McCreary, Julie Tomiak. 2019
While cities like Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Saskatoon, Rapid City, Edmonton, Missoula, Regina, and Tulsa are places where Indigenous marginalization has been…
most acute, they have also long been sites of Indigenous placemaking and resistance to settler colonialism. Although such cities have been denigrated as “ordinary” or banal in the broader urban literature, they are exceptional sites to study Indigenous resurgence. The urban centres of the continental plains have featured Indigenous housing and food co-operatives, social service agencies, and schools. The American Indian Movement initially developed in Minneapolis in 1968, and Idle No More emerged in Saskatoon in 2013. The editors and authors of Settler City Limits , both Indigenous and settler, address urban struggles involving Anishinaabek, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Flathead, Lakota, and Métis peoples. Collectively, these studies showcase how Indigenous people in the city resist ongoing processes of colonial dispossession and create spaces for themselves and their families. Working at intersections of Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, urban studies, geography, and sociology, this book examines how the historical and political conditions of settler colonialism have shaped urban development in the Canadian Prairies and American Plains. Settler City Limits frames cities as Indigenous spaces and places, both in terms of the historical geographies of the regions in which they are embedded, and with respect to ongoing struggles for land, life, and self-determination.Moon Aruba (Travel Guide)
By Rosalie Klein. 2016
Whether you want to dive in and explore a world underwater or just relax on the white sand, paradise is…
yours with Moon Aruba. Inside you'll find:Strategic itineraries covering the best beaches, the outback, and budget-conscious travel, with ideas for honeymooners, scuba divers, families, and moreThe top activities and unique experiences: Explore geological formations and see birds with startlingly bright plumage at Arikok National Park or celebrate Carnival with the locals. Indulge in traditional favorites like keshi yena (filled cheese) or cabrito stoba (stewed goat) or feast on fresh ceviche while dining beachfrontOutdoor adventures: Go off-roading through the outback, snorkel in turquoise waters, or try your hand at windsurfing or parasailingWays to respectfully engage with culture from local author and dive instructor Rosalie Klein, from supporting small businesses to exploring ethically and sustainably from local author and former dive instructor Rosalie KleinFull-color, vibrant photos and maps throughoutHelpful background on the landscape, culture, history, and environmentHandy tips for health and safety, transportation, LGBTQ travelers, families with children, and moreWith Moon Aruba's practical tips and local perspective, you can experience the best of Aruba.Looking for more fun in the Caribbean sun? Check out Moon Jamaica or Moon Dominican Republic.The Lake Huron area of the Upper Great Lakes region, an area spreading across vast parts of the United States…
and Canada, has been inhabited by the Anishnaabeg for millennia. Since their first contact with Europeans around 1600, the Anishnaabeg have interacted with—and struggled against—changing and shifting European empires and the emerging nation-states that have replaced them. Through their cultural strength, diplomatic acumen, and a remarkable knack for adapting to change, the Anishnaabeg of the Lake Huron Borderlands have reemerged as a strong and vital people, fully in charge of their destiny in the twenty-first century. Winner of the North American Indian Prose Award, this first comprehensive cross-border history of the Anishnaabeg provides an engaging account of four hundred years of their life in the Lake Huron area, showing how they have been affected by European contact and trade. Three Fires Unity examines how shifting European politics and, later, the imposition of the Canada–United States border running through their homeland, affected them and continue to do so today. In looking at the cultural, social, and political aspects of this borderland contact, Phil Bellfy sheds light on how the Anishnaabeg were able to survive and even thrive over the centuries in this intensely contested region.Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia
By Marc Favreau. 2019
A thrilling account of the Cold War spies and spycraft that changed the course of history, perfect for readers of…
Bomb and The Boys Who Challenged Hitler.The Cold War spanned five decades as America and the USSR engaged in a battle of ideologies with global ramifications. Over the course of the war, with the threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction looming, billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives were devoted to the art and practice of spying, ensuring that the world would never be the same.Rife with intrigue and filled with fascinating historical figures whose actions shine light on both the past and present, this timely work of narrative nonfiction explores the turbulence of the Cold War through the lens of the men and women who waged it behind closed doors, and helps explain the role secret and clandestine operations have played in America's history and its national security.First Americans: A History Of Native Peoples
By Kenneth Townsend. 2019
First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting…
the complexity and diversity of their cultures and their experiences. Native voices permeate the text and shape its narrative, underlining the agency and vitality of Native peoples and cultures in the context of regional, continental, and global developments. This updated edition of First Americans continues to trace Native experiences through the Obama administration years and up to the present day. The book includes a variety of pedagogical tools including short biographical profiles, key review questions, a rich series of maps and illustrations, chapter chronologies, and recommendations for further reading. Lucid and readable yet rigorous in its coverage, First Americans remains the indispensable student introduction to Native American history.Frontier Rebels: The Fight For Independence In The American West, 1765-1776
By Patrick Spero. 2018
The untold story of the “Black Boys,” a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution.…
In 1763, the Seven Years’ War ended in a spectacular victory for the British. The French army agreed to leave North America, but many Native Americans, fearing that the British Empire would expand onto their lands and conquer them, refused to lay down their weapons. Under the leadership of a shrewd Ottawa warrior named Pontiac, they kept fighting for their freedom, capturing several British forts and devastating many of the westernmost colonial settlements. The British, battered from the costly war, needed to stop the violent attacks on their borderlands. Peace with Pontiac was their only option—if they could convince him to negotiate. Enter George Croghan, a wily trader-turned-diplomat with close ties to Native Americans. Under the wary eye of the British commander-in-chief, Croghan organized one of the largest peace offerings ever assembled and began a daring voyage into the interior of North America in search of Pontiac. Meanwhile, a ragtag group of frontiersmen set about stopping this peace deal in its tracks. Furious at the Empire for capitulating to Native groups, whom they considered their sworn enemies, and suspicious of Croghan’s intentions, these colonists turned Native American tactics of warfare on the British Empire. Dressing as Native Americans and smearing their faces in charcoal, these frontiersmen, known as the Black Boys, launched targeted assaults to destroy Croghan’s peace offering before it could be delivered. The outcome of these interwoven struggles would determine whose independence would prevail on the American frontier—whether freedom would be defined by the British, Native Americans, or colonial settlers. Drawing on largely forgotten manuscript sources from archives across North America, Patrick Spero recasts the familiar narrative of the American Revolution, moving the action from the Eastern Seaboard to the treacherous western frontier. In spellbinding detail, Frontier Rebels reveals an often-overlooked truth: the West played a crucial role in igniting the flame of American independence.The Other Worlds: Offbeat Adventures of a Curious Traveler
By Tom Mattson. 2020
“None of it was meant to be: the stories and anecdotes that appear in this book, my travels to far-flung…
other worlds, being face-to-face with hundreds of strangers. Yet here we are, and there I’ve been, and somehow, strangers became friends.” From the Introduction Meet Tom Mattson’s friends including Maribel, on a park bench in Havana; Braulio, a silver miner in Bolivia; Chema, a Guatemalan fisherman —- and dozens more around the world. Discover the stories of their lives, their experiences, and their histories, so different from your own. Be charmed by the Minnesota storyteller who draws you into The Other Worlds with ease and who delights in sharing the sights, sounds, smells, and serendipities of his adventures with armchair - and active - travelers everywhere.Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
By Michael Powell. 2019
The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school,…
adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations. Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small and isolated patch of the vast 17.5-million-acre Navajo reservation, sits Chinle High School. Here, basketball is passion, passed from grandparent to parent to child. Rez Ball is a sport for winters where dark and cold descend fast and there is little else to do but roam mesa tops, work, and wonder what the future holds. The town has 4,500 residents and the high school arena seats 7,000. Fans drive thirty, fifty, even eighty miles to see the fast-paced and highly competitive matchups that are more than just games to players and fans. Celebrated Times journalist Michael Powell brings us a narrative of triumph and hardship, a moving story about a basketball team on a Navajo reservation that shows how important sports can be to youths in struggling communities, and the transcendent magic and painful realities that confront Native Americans living on reservations. This book details his season-long immersion in the team, town, and culture, in which there were exhilarating wins, crushing losses, and conversations on long bus rides across the desert about dreams of leaving home and the fear of the same.A Fera
By Guy Lozier. 2019
A Fera por Guy Lozier William, um amigo muito próximo do general George Custer, afirma que ele foi ameaçado de…
morte ou vida na prisão se falou sobre o que testemunhou em Little Bighorn ... A fera A família Nugent procura o autor Guy Lozier, pedindo que ele publique o manuscrito de William D. Nugent. William, um amigo muito próximo do general George Custer, afirma que ele foi ameaçado de morte ou vida na prisão se falou sobre o que testemunhou em Little Bighorn. Depois de quarenta anos, William decidiu que era hora de alguém se levantar e corrigir as mentiras sobre seu bom amigo Custer. Indo para Guy Lozier, Tim Biswell pediu a Guy para ajudar a publicar o manuscrito. Guy investiga a história e concorda. Quando Guy inicia sua investigação sobre os eventos nos dias de Custer, que antecederam Little Bighorn, ele encontra uma história ainda maior que o governo deseja encobrir. Outro grupo escondido nas entranhas dos campos de inteligência ABC do governo e organizações secretas, fica sabendo das atividades de Guy. Enquanto eles ficam de olho em Guy, outro homem misterioso sai das sombras para tentar ajudá-lo, trazendo-lhe documentos antigos do século XIX. Este homem misterioso é assassinado no aeroporto tentando se encontrar com Guy. Os capangas do governo interceptam Guy enquanto outros assassinam seu alvo. Apenas um compartimento secreto com documentos é revelado no homem misterioso assassinado, dando a Guy pistas dos mistérios antigos que organizações secretas têm procurado durante todo esse tempo.Trilha de Papoulas: De Gallipoli à Yorkishire em memória a Primeira Guerra Mundial
By Phil Brotherton. 2019
Em 2015, Phil Brotherton fez uma viagem de 3.500 milhas, de bicicleta e a pé, para comemorar o centenário da…
Primeira Guerra Mundial. Começando na Turquia, em abril e carregado com papoulas de papel de 2015, ele viajou para Gallipoli e seguiu as linhas de frente e trincheiras em mais 11 países: Grécia, Macedônia, Albânia, Montenegro, Croácia, Eslovênia, Itália, Áustria , Suíça, França e Bélgica antes de finalmente pedalar para casa em West Yorkshire, na Inglaterra. Aqui, ele relata os triunfos e frustrações de sua árdua jornada de três meses, enquanto explora campos de batalha, cemitérios e memoriais seculares: ouvindo pela primeira vez lobos selvagens, caçando com sucesso seu jantar e superando a versão turca de "Delhi Belly" e lidando com bandos de cães selvagens, tendo seu equipamento roubado e ficando completamente sem comida e dinheiro. Tingido de tristeza, mas muitas vezes repleto de momentos de humor, Trilha de Papoulas é a história do compromisso de um homem de honrar os milhões de soldados que perderam a vida, de ambos os lados, na 'Grande Guerra'.Massacre dos Índios em Orlando
By Walter Parks. 2019
O livro conta a história de um Massacre que provavelmente aconteceu onde agora encontra-se Orlando. John Mohr, um vaqueiro colono…
que está parte do rebanho por conta dos índios do local. Ao ter o pedido de ajuda negado pelo governo, ele reúne seus vizinhos para resolver esse problema sozinho.Moon Puerto Vallarta: With Sayulita, the Riviera Nayarit & Costalegre (Travel Guide)
By Madeline Milne. 2020
Towering mountains and turquoise sea, street food and cutting-edge cuisine, old-world vibes and world-class luxury: Explore a tropical paradise full…
of surprises with Moon Puerto Vallarta. Inside you'll find:Flexible itineraries for spending time in Puerto Vallarta, Banderas Bay North, Sayulita and the Riviera Nayarit, and Costa AlegreStrategic advice for outdoor adventurers, beach bums, surfers, wellness travelers, culture mavens, and moreMust-see highlights and unique experiences: Relax on soft beaches and take a dip in warm waters, go standup paddleboarding, or hike through the lush jungle. Discover quiet coves for snorkeling, spot humpback whales and sea turtles, or take a surfing lesson. Enjoy tacos from a street vendor, feast on Mexican delicacies at a waterfront restaurant, or drop anchor and grill your freshly-caught fish in a palapa. Shop from local artists along the winding cobblestone streets, or spend a day volunteering at a turtle rescue camp. Visit a tequila distillery, sample local raicilla, and dance to cumbia along the famed Malecón How to experience Puerto Vallarta like an insider, support local and sustainable businesses, avoid crowds, and respectfully engage with the cultureExpert insight from local author Madeline Milne on where to eat, how to get around, and where to stayFull-color photos and detailed maps throughout Reliable background information on the landscape, climate, wildlife, and history, as well as common customs and etiquette Handy tools including a Spanish phrasebook, packing suggestions, and travel tips for families with kids, seniors, travelers with disabilities, and LGBTQ travelersExperience Puerto Vallarta your way with Moon's practical tips and local know-how.Exploring more of Mexico? Check out Moon Tijuana, Ensenada & Valle de Guadalupe Wine Country.Dirty Work: My Gruelling, Glorious, Life-changing Summer In the Wilderness
By Anna Maxymiw. 2019
Lands of Lost Borders meets The Electric Woman in this vibrant coming-of-age memoir about a young woman's fierce, filthy, exhausting,…
and joyous experience working at a wilderness lodge.When Anna Maxymiw accepts a summer job as a housekeeper at a fishing lodge in Northern Ontario, she has little idea what to expect. At twenty-three, she has decided to step away from her master's degree and city life to board a floatplane bound for the remote boreal forest. For sixty-seven days, Anna will be working and living alongside twelve strangers. Together this group of young men and women will keep the lodge running. While the fishing guides head out on the water with the fishermen who are the lodge's guests, the women stay on land to clean and serve. Against the backdrop of a vast lake, wild storms, and hot days and eerily still nights, Anna encounters bears, bugs, and the lore surrounding the lake's legendary pike. As the summer progresses, complex (and sometimes fraught) bonds form between the men and women who work at the lodge, the ownership of the lodge changes hands, and tensions build. And Anna notices a shift in her outlook, too: she finds herself letting go of fears and insecurities and welcoming surprises and possibilities, both good and bad, with a willingness to be changed by them.Warm, funny, vulnerable, and wise, Dirty Work offers a singular perspective on the age-old impulse to leave familiar surroundings behind. This memoir is for anyone who has ever felt the urge to test themselves and wondered how they'd fare and who they'd be when they come out on the other side.