To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota

To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in MinnesotaThe largely untold story of the Ho Chunk exile from Minnesota, in which local white residents sought to expel all indigenous people from the region and deny Native claims to some of the richest farmland in the world. In 1863, after the end of the USDakota War, a group of men in Mankato, Minnesota, formed a secret society. At the beginning of every meeting, members of the Knights of the Forest recited its ritual pledge, including these words: "I

Anchored in the physical landscape

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encouraging others to do the same

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Michelle Grabner Carl Bogner with Oliver James Moon

Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants

was one of the first ethnologists to specialize in the study of American Indian music and culture

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This volume clearly distinguishes Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) from the broader idea of environmental justice (EJ) while offering detailed examples from recent history of environmental injustices that have occurred in Indian Country

Examining a range of stories and storytellers across time and space

has partnered with talented illustrator Julie Flett to create a tender board book for babies and toddlers that honors the child in everyone

Fidelis Waldvogel returns to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend