Description:
This interdisciplinary collection of essays recognizes a long history of genocidal violence against Indigenous peoples while emphasizing the agency of Native individuals and communities in genocide's aftermath. Contributors provide historical and contemporary examples of activism, resistance, identity formation, historical memory, resilience, survival, and healing.
Review Quotes: "Too often, indigenous studies scholars focus on the damage and destruction caused by settler colonialism, but this collection offers a unique lens to view the accomplishments of tribal communities by focusing on the resilience of indigenous nations, who have developed many strategies and found ways to survive and flourish despite the violence of the past. This book is essential reading for indigenous scholars, students, and activists who wish to learn from, and build upon, the resilience of indigenous people throughout time." --Sarah Deer, author of The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America