Title: We will always be here : native peoples on living and thriving in the South /
Authors: Bates, Denise E.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Indians of North America Southern States Social conditions.; Indians of North America Southern States History.; Indians of North America.; Indians of North America Social conditions.; Race relations; Southern States Race relations.; Southern States
Abstract: Adding to the growing scholarship on Native history in the American South, Denise Bates here gathers first-hand views from current tribal leaders and activists who are on the front lines of modern debates over identity and sovereignty.
Contents: Growing up Indian in a southern context -- The ballad of the Choctawhatchee River: ripples from our past / Nanette Sconiers Pupalaikis -- Muscogee lifeways in Central Georgia / Stan Cartwright -- My family's legacy / Patricia Easterwood -- Hiding my Indian identity / Wanda Light Tully -- Growing up Mowa Choctaw / Framon Weaver -- The sacrifices we made for our education / Kenneth Adams -- Showdown at Bayou Pointe-Aux-Chien / Charles "Chuckie" Verdin -- Racism in New Brockton, Alabama / Nancy Wright Carnley -- Poarch Creek Family's educational journey over three generations / Otha, Marie, Pauline, Nathan, Karla, and Kaci Martin -- We will forever remain Coushatta and we will always be here / Ernest Sickey -- The politics of history and identity -- A rebirth on the Chowan / Marvin T. Jones -- Speaking for my ancestors / Shoshone Peguese-Elmardi -- From Cherokee to Chowanoke: discovering the North Carolina Algonquians / Lars Adams -- The Chowanoke Indian resurgence / Doug Patterson --^