Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors: Kahnawake Mohawk Politics and the Rise of Native Nationalism
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald R. Alfred [Taiaiake Alfred]
Relates the history of a residential school where between 1884 and 1889 fifty-two children died, one of whom was only six months old.
Consists of an interview with Joe Sylvester where he gives an account of Indian medicine; legends concerning migration of Algonquin Indians; the role of elders; of the deterioration of reservation conditions following World War II; the religious significance of the number "four"; views on welfare and its role in disrupting traditional Indian values; and a legend about the origin of the drum.