{"product_id":"children-of-the-dragonfly-native-american-voices-on-child-custody-and-education-paperback","title":"Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Bensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSometimes the losses of childhood can be recovered only in the flight of the dragonfly.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Native American children have long been subject to removal from their homes for placement in residential schools and, more recently, in foster or adoptive homes. The governments of both the United States and Canada, having reduced Native nations to the legal status of dependent children, historically have asserted a surrogate parentalism over Native children themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Dragonfly\u003c\/i\u003e is the first anthology to document this struggle for cultural survival on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. Through autobiography and interviews, fiction and traditional tales, official transcripts and poetry, these voices- Seneca, Cherokee, Mohawk, Navajo, and many others- weave powerful accounts of struggle and loss into a moving testimony to perseverance and survival. Invoking the dragonfly spirit of Zuni legend who helps children restore a way of life that has been taken from them, the anthology explores the breadth of the conflict about Native childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Included are works of contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo, Luci Tapahonso, and others; classic writers Zitkala-Sa and E. Pauline Johnson; and contributions from twenty important new writers as well. They take readers from the boarding school movement of the 1870s to the Sixties Scoop in Canada and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in the United States. They also spotlight the tragic consequences of racist practices such as the suppression of Indian identity in government schools and the campaign against Indian childbearing through involuntary sterilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1. Traditional Stories and Lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Severt Young Bear (Lakota) and R. D. Theisz, \u003ci\u003eTo Say \"Child\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux), \u003ci\u003eThe Toad and the Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Delia Oshogay (Chippewa), \u003ci\u003eOshkikwe's Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michele Dean Stock (Seneca), \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Dancers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey (Cherokee), \u003ci\u003eGoldilocks Thereafter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marietta Brady (Navajo), \u003ci\u003eTwo Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2. Boarding and Residential Schools\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Embe (Marianna Burgess), from \u003ci\u003eStiya: or, a Carlisle Indian Girl at Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Black Bear (Blackfeet), \u003ci\u003eWho Am I?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e E. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk), \u003ci\u003eAs It Was in the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lee Maracle (Stoh: lo), \u003ci\u003eBlack Robes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gordon D. Henry, Jr. (White Earth Chippewa), \u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Luci Tapahonso (Navajo), \u003ci\u003eThe Snakeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joy Harjo (Muskogee), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Fell from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3. Child Welfare and Health Services\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Problems That American Indian Families Face in Raising Their Children, United States Senate, April 8 and 9, 1974\u003cbr\u003e Mary TallMountain (Athabaskan), \u003ci\u003eFive Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Virginia Woolfclan, \u003ci\u003eMissing Sister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lela Northcross Wakely (Potawatomi\/Kickapoo), \u003ci\u003eIndian Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sherman Alexie (Spokane\/Coeur d'Alene), from \u003ci\u003eIndian Killer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Milton Lee (Cheyenne River Sioux) and Jamie Lee, \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Indian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 4. Children of the Dragonfly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter Cuch (Ute), \u003ci\u003eI Wonder What the Car Looked Like\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e S. L. Wilde (Anishnaabe), \u003ci\u003eA Letter to My Grandmother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eric Gansworth (Onondaga), \u003ci\u003eIt Goes Something Like This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kimberly Roppolo (Cherokee\/Choctaw\/Creek), \u003ci\u003eBreeds and Outlaws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Phil Young (Cherokee) and Robert Bensen, \u003ci\u003eWetumka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence Sampson (Delaware\/Eastern Band Cherokee), \u003ci\u003eThe Long Road Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beverley McKiver (Ojibway), \u003ci\u003eWhen the Heron Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joyce carlEtta Mandrake (White Earth Chippewa), \u003ci\u003eMemory Lane Is the Next Street Over\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alan Michelson (Mohawk), \u003ci\u003eLost Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Patricia Aqiimuk Paul (Inupiaq), \u003ci\u003eThe Connection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Terry Trevor (Cherokee\/Delaware\/Seneca), \u003ci\u003ePushing up the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Annalee Lucia Bensen (Mohegan\/Cherokee), \u003ci\u003eTwo Dragonfly Dream Songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the losses of childhood can be recovered only in the flight of the dragonfly.Native American children have long been subject to removal from their homes for placement in residential schools and, more recently, in foster or adoptive homes. The governments of both the United States and Canada, having reduced Native nations to the legal status of dependent children, historically have asserted a surrogate parentalism over Native children themselves. \"Children of the Dragonfly\" is the first anthology to document this struggle for cultural survival on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. Through autobiography and interviews, fiction and traditional tales, official transcripts and poetry, these voices-- Seneca, Cherokee, Mohawk, Navajo, and many others-- weave powerful accounts of struggle and loss into a moving testimony to perseverance and survival. Invoking the dragonfly spirit of Zuni legend who helps children restore a way of life that has been taken from them, the anthology explores the breadth of the conflict about Native childhood. Included are works of contemporary authors Sherman Alexie, Joy Harjo, Luci Tapahonso, and others; classic writers Zitkala-Sa and E. Pauline Johnson; and contributions from twenty important new writers as well. They take readers from the boarding school movement of the 1870s to the Sixties Scoop in Canada and the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in the United States. They also spotlight the tragic consequences of racist practices such as the suppression of Indian identity in government schools and the campaign against Indian childbearing through involuntary sterilization. \u003cbr\u003e CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Traditional Stories and Lives\u003cbr\u003eSevert Young Bear(Lakota) and R. D. Theisz, \"To Say \"Child\"\"\u003cbr\u003eZitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux), \"The Toad and the Boy\"\u003cbr\u003eDelia Oshogay (Chippewa), \"Oshkikwe's Baby\"\u003cbr\u003eMichele Dean Stock (Seneca), \"The Seven Dancers\"\u003cbr\u003eMary Ulmer Chiltoskey (Cherokee), \"Goldilocks Thereafter\"\u003cbr\u003eMarietta Brady (Navajo), \"Two Stories\"\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. Boarding and Residential Schools\u003cbr\u003eEmbe (Marianna Burgess), from \"Stiya: or, a Carlisle Indian Girl at Home\"\u003cbr\u003eBlack Bear (Blackfeet), \"Who Am I?\"\u003cbr\u003eE. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk), \"As It Was in the Beginning\"\u003cbr\u003eLee Maracle (Stoh: lo), \"Black Robes\"\u003cbr\u003eGordon D. Henry, Jr. (White Earth Chippewa), \"The Prisoner of Haiku\"\u003cbr\u003eLuci Tapahonso (Navajo), \"The Snakeman\"\u003cbr\u003eJoy Harjo (Muskogee), \"The Woman Who Fell from the Sky\"\u003cbr\u003ePart 3. Child Welfare and Health Services\u003cbr\u003eProblems That American Indian Families Face in Raising Their Children, United States Senate, April 8 and 9, 1974\u003cbr\u003eMary TallMountain (Athabaskan), \"Five Poems\"\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolfclan, \"Missing Sister\"\u003cbr\u003eLela Northcross Wakely (Potawatomi\/Kickapoo), \"Indian Health\"\u003cbr\u003eSherman Alexie (Spokane\/Coeur d'Alene), from \"Indian Killer\"\u003cbr\u003eMilton Lee (Cheyenne River Sioux) and Jamie Lee, \"The Search for Indian\"\u003cbr\u003ePart 4. Children of the Dragonfly\u003cbr\u003ePeter Cuch (Ute), \"I Wonder What the Car Looked Like\"\u003cbr\u003eS. L. Wilde (Anishnaabe), \"A Letter to My Grandmother\"\u003cbr\u003eEric Gansworth (Onondaga), \"It Goes Something Like This\"\u003cbr\u003eKimberly Roppolo (Cherokee\/Choctaw\/Creek), \"Breeds and Outlaws\"\u003cbr\u003ePhil Young (Cherokee) and Robert Bensen, \"Wetumka\"\u003cbr\u003eLawrence Sampson (Delaware\/Eastern Band Cherokee), \"The Long Road Home\"\u003cbr\u003eBeverley McKiver (Ojibway), \"When the Heron Speaks\"\u003cbr\u003eJoyce carlEtta Mandrake (White Earth Chippewa), \"MemoryLane Is the Next Street Over\"\u003cbr\u003eAlan Michelson (Mohawk), \"Lost Tribe\"\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Aqiimuk Paul (Inupiaq), \"The Connection\"\u003cbr\u003eTerry Trevor (Cherokee\/Delaware\/Seneca), \"Pushing up the Sky\"\u003cbr\u003eAnnalee Lucia Bensen (Mohegan\/Cherokee), \"Two Dragonfly Dream Songs\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Bensen is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eIroquois Voices, Iroquois Visions: A Celebration of Contemporary Six Nations Arts\u003c\/i\u003e and has authored numerous essays on Native literature and child custody. He is Professor of English and Director of Writing at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, where he also teaches American Indian law and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 299\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.97 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450145947826,"sku":"9780816520138","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6640e65138655f68f55debc2647259b9.webp?v=1778781536","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/children-of-the-dragonfly-native-american-voices-on-child-custody-and-education-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}