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Robert G. Athearn Award from the Western History Association In
City Indian Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R. M. Beck tell the
engaging story of American Indians who migrated to Chicago from
across America to work and emerged as activists. From the 1893
World's Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century of Progress Fair,
American Indians in Chicago voiced their opinions about political,
social, educational, and racial issues. City Indian focuses on the
privileged members of the American Indian community in Chicago:
doctors, nurses, business owners, teachers, and entertainers.
During the Progressive Era more than any other time in the city's
history, they could be found in the company of politicians and
society leaders, at Chicago's major cultural venues and events, and
in the press, speaking out. When Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson declared
that Chicago public schools teach "America First," American Indian
leaders publicly challenged him to include the true story of "First
Americans." As they struggled to reshape nostalgic perceptions of
American Indians, these men and women developed new associations
and organizations to help each other and to ultimately create a new
place to call home in a modern American city.
Robert G. Athearn Award from the Western History Association In
City Indian Rosalyn R. LaPier and David R. M. Beck tell the
engaging story of American Indians who migrated to Chicago from
across America to work and emerged as activists. From the 1893
World's Columbian Exposition to the 1934 Century of Progress Fair,
American Indians in Chicago voiced their opinions about political,
social, educational, and racial issues. City Indian focuses on the
privileged members of the American Indian community in Chicago:
doctors, nurses, business owners, teachers, and entertainers.
During the Progressive Era more than any other time in the city's
history, they could be found in the company of politicians and
society leaders, at Chicago's major cultural venues and events, and
in the press, speaking out. When Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson declared
that Chicago public schools teach "America First," American Indian
leaders publicly challenged him to include the true story of "First
Americans." As they struggled to reshape nostalgic perceptions of
American Indians, these men and women developed new associations
and organizations to help each other and to ultimately create a new
place to call home in a modern American city.
Winner of the 2018 John C. Ewers Book Award Winner of the 2018
Donald Fixico Book Award Rosalyn R. LaPier demonstrates that
Blackfeet history is incomplete without an understanding of the
Blackfeet people's relationship and mode of interaction with the
"invisible reality" of the supernatural world. Religious beliefs
provided the Blackfeet with continuity through privations and
changing times. The stories they passed to new generations and
outsiders reveal the fundamental philosophy of Blackfeet existence,
namely, the belief that they could alter, change, or control nature
to suit their needs and that they were able to do so with the
assistance of supernatural allies. The Blackfeet did not believe
they had to adapt to nature. They made nature adapt. Their
relationship with the supernatural provided the Blackfeet with
stability and made predictable the seeming unpredictability of the
natural world in which they lived. In Invisible Reality LaPier
presents an unconventional, creative, and innovative history that
blends extensive archival research, vignettes of family stories,
and traditional knowledge learned from elders along with personal
reflections on her own journey learning Blackfeet stories. The
result is a nuanced look at the history of the Blackfeet and their
relationship with the natural world.
Winner of the 2018 John C. Ewers Book Award Winner of the 2018
Donald Fixico Book Award Rosalyn R. LaPier demonstrates that
Blackfeet history is incomplete without an understanding of the
Blackfeet people's relationship and mode of interaction with the
"invisible reality" of the supernatural world. Religious beliefs
provided the Blackfeet with continuity through privations and
changing times. The stories they passed to new generations and
outsiders reveal the fundamental philosophy of Blackfeet existence,
namely, the belief that they could alter, change, or control nature
to suit their needs and that they were able to do so with the
assistance of supernatural allies. The Blackfeet did not believe
they had to adapt to nature. They made nature adapt. Their
relationship with the supernatural provided the Blackfeet with
stability and made predictable the seeming unpredictability of the
natural world in which they lived. In Invisible Reality LaPier
presents an unconventional, creative, and innovative history that
blends extensive archival research, vignettes of family stories,
and traditional knowledge learned from elders along with personal
reflections on her own journey learning Blackfeet stories. The
result is a nuanced look at the history of the Blackfeet and their
relationship with the natural world.
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