Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty

Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal SovereigntyFor the Cherokee Nation, the Civil War was more than a contest between the Union and the Confederacy. It was yet another battle in the larger struggle against multiple white governments for land and tribal sovereignty. Cherokee Civil Warrior tells the story of Chief John Ross as he led the tribe in this struggle. The son of a Scottish father and mixed blood Indian mother, John Ross served the Cherokee Nation in a public capacity for nearly fifty

In trying to protect her own heart

and broken promises on the part of the US government have resulted in gaping health

As Cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings

Daniel "Silver Star" has strived to learn and preserve the oral history of the Powhatan people so it can be passed down to future generations

From Julie Flett

and to study as we take our own Red Road journey to sobriety and Wellbriety in a spiritual

Martin Danyluk

This new English edition introduces this material — collected and translated in Igloolik

Denise Neil

O'Neil sent two of his guys here yesterday to stake out you and your land

and relationships

now with a new preface