Presents Louis Riel's (1844-1885) biography; includes his battles for Métis rights, letters, ancestors, the Riel House, and information on his death and funeral services.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 2, Special Issue: Honoring A. Lavonne Brown, Summer, 2005, pp. 32-62
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Examines the memoirs of Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) which challenged the United States colonial construction of the Hawaiian nation, and became the historical foundation of the 1993 congressional apology to the Hawaiian people.
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Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 16-41
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Focuses on the work of contemporary Cherokee authors Robert Conley, Glenn Twist, Wilma Mankiller, and Diane Glancy, who attempt to represent the horrors of their ancestors' forced removal from the state of Georgia to present day Oklahoma.
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