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Book

The heartbeat of Wounded Knee : life in Native America

Call Number

  • 970.00497 T811 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, 2022.

Physical Description

275 pages: illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm

Audience

Grades 10-12 Viking.

Summary

"Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated--if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today--and the fight to preserve language and traditions"--

Notes

"Adapted for young readers"--Cover.

Contents

  • Prologue
  • Fatal encounters, 10,000 BCE-1890
  • The "Indian problem", 1891-1934
  • Fighting life, 1914-1945
  • Moving on up, 1945-1970
  • Becoming Indian, 1970-1980
  • The sovereignty surge, 1980-2015
  • Digital Indians, 2015 onward
  • Epilogue.

Subjects

Added Authors

Sheila Keenan