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Csardas (Paperback)
Diane Pearson
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HUNGARY, 1900s. For Amalie and Eva Ferenc, life is a whirl of
picnics, trips to the theatre and evening dances. Everything is
mapped out for the sisters – all they need do is find themselves
the perfect love-match. But Europe stands on the brink of war, one
which will upend all they know and wrench apart everyone they hold
dear. Csardas is a deftly plotted, deeply affecting saga, tracking
the changing fortunes of one family across two world wars, four
countries and three decades. Praise for Csardas: 'I defy anyone to
remain unaffected' Evening Standard 'Immensely readable... Has all
the fire and dash of the national dance from which it takes its
title' Sunday Telegraph' A story you won't easily forget, done on
the scale of Gone with the Wind' Sunday Mirror
Rising from the Ashes explores continuing Native American
political, social, and cultural survival and resilience with a
focus on the life of Numiipuu (Nez Perce) anthropologist Archie M.
Phinney. He lived through tumultuous times as the Bureau of Indian
Affairs implemented the Indian Reorganization Act, and he built a
successful career as an indigenous nationalist, promoting strong,
independent American Indian nations. Rising from the Ashes analyzes
concepts of indigenous nationalism and notions of American Indian
citizenship before and after tribes found themselves within the
boundaries of the United States. Collaborators provide significant
contributions to studies of Numiipuu memory, land, loss, and
language; Numiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse survival, peoplehood, and
spirituality during nineteenth-century U.S. expansion and federal
incarceration; Phinney and his dedication to education, indigenous
rights, responsibilities, and sovereign Native Nations; American
Indian citizenship before U.S. domination and now; the Jicarilla
Apaches' self-actuated corporate model; and Native nation-building
among the Numiipuu and other Pacific Northwestern tribal nations.
Anchoring the collection is a twenty-first-century analysis of
American Indian decolonization, sovereignty, and tribal
responsibilities and responses.
Following the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives
promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph
repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were
driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu
captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth analysis of the
resistant Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Palus bands during their
incarceration.Focusing on the tribes' eight years in exile, J.
Diane Pearson describes their arduous forced journey from Montana
to the Ponca Agency in Indian Territory. She depicts their everyday
experiences in a captivity marked by grueling poverty and disease
to weave a compelling story of tragedy and heroism. The resistance
of the survivors is a never-before-told story reconstructed through
new sources and oral histories. Pearson tells how the Nimiipuu
advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and for the return
to their Wallowa Valley homelands. And she describes how they
turned their prison odyssey into a time of renewal, learning to
adapt to federal strategies in order to force authorities to heed
their voices, and finally negotiating their release in 1885.
Impeccably researched, with insights into the prisoners' daily
lives, The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory is the only
comprehensive record of this phase of Nez Perce history.
Following the Nez Perce War of 1877, federal representatives
promised the Nimiipuu who surrendered with Chief Joseph
repatriation to their Pacific Northwest homes. Instead, they were
driven into exile. This book tells the story of the Nimiipuu
captivity and deportation and offers an in-depth analysis of the
resistant Nez Perce, Cayuse, and Palus bands during their
incarceration.Focusing on the tribes' eight years in exile, J.
Diane Pearson describes their arduous forced journey from Montana
to the Ponca Agency in Indian Territory. She depicts their everyday
experiences in a captivity marked by grueling poverty and disease
to weave a compelling story of tragedy and heroism. The resistance
of the survivors is a never-before-told story reconstructed through
new sources and oral histories. Pearson tells how the Nimiipuu
advocated for their aboriginal and civil rights and for the return
to their Wallowa Valley homelands. And she describes how they
turned their prison odyssey into a time of renewal, learning to
adapt to federal strategies in order to force authorities to heed
their voices, and finally negotiating their release in 1885.
Impeccably researched, with insights into the prisoners' daily
lives, The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory is the only
comprehensive record of this phase of Nez Perce history.
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