Native American and Indigenous Studies

Drug Wars The Political Economy of Narcotics Curtis Márez 2004 Spring

Investigates the central role of drug trafficking and enforcement in the extension of imperial power

Talking Rocks Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy 2003 Fall

An earth scientist and a Native American elder explore the natural history of the Lake Superior region, examining both the science and the spirit of the land.

Our Way or the Highway Inside the Minnehaha Free State Mary Losure 2002 Fall

An eyewitness account of this controversial environmental action.

In the Name of Hawaiians Native Identities and Cultural Politics Rona Tamiko Halualani 2002 Spring

A critical and personal inquiry into the historical factors behind Hawaiian identity

Wiping the War Paint off the Lens Native American Film and Video Beverly R. Singer 2001 Fall

The first comprehensive exploration of Native American filmmaking and video production.

American Pentimento The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches Patricia Seed 2001 Fall

An illuminating examination of colonization’s ongoing cultural legacy.

Beauty, Honor, and Tradition The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts 2001 Fall

Celebrating the power, artistry, and history of these Plains Indian masterpieces.

Red on Red Native American Literary Separatism Craig S. Womack and Hans Aarsleff 1999 Fall

An entertaining and enlightening proposal for a new way to read Native American literature.

The Limits of Multiculturalism Interrogating the Origins of American Anthropology Scott Michaelsen 1999 Fall

Traces anthropology’s Native American roots.

The Rez Road Follies Canoes, Casinos, Computers, and Birch Bark Baskets Jim Northrup 1999 Fall

The popular Native American writer’s humorous and hard-hitting tales.

Voyageur Country The Story of Minnesota’s National Park Robert Treuer 1998 Spring

Examines the beauty, history, and controversy of Voyageurs National Park.

Tribal Secrets Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions Robert Warrior 1994 Fall

“Robert Warrior writes at once to the memories of tribal survivance and the critical confidence of his generation; he ascertains intellectual histories that have been largely unconsidered in other studies of Native American Indians . . . a courageous comparative textual criticism.” --Gerald Vizenor, University of California, Berkeley

A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm 1995 Spring

This up-to-date resource for the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Anishinaabe contains ancient and modern words and meanings.

Portage Lake Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood Maude Kegg John D. Nichols, Editor 1993 Fall

In this volume, Minnesota Anishinaabe elder Maude Kegg of the Mille Lacs Reservation reminisces about her childhood. Building birchbark and reedmat wigwams, boiling maple sap into syrup and harvesting turtles and wild rice are related in lyric detail. Dictated to John D. Nichols in Kegg’s native language, these compelling stories of traditional Ojibwe life appear in English translation on facing pages with the original Ojibwe text in a standardized orthography.

Daughters of the Dreaming Diane Bell 1993 Fall

This new edition, which is based on research done in the 1970s, includes an epilogue in which Bell reflects on her original fieldwork from the perspective of the 1990s, examining the changes in the field and in feminist theory and practice.