{"product_id":"children-of-the-dragonfly-robert-bensen-9780816520138","title":"Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eSometimes the losses of childhood can be recovered only in the flight of the dragonfly.\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816520135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816520138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2001 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 19 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Robert Bensen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926479470847,"sku":"9780816520138","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0a64f91c-a73e-4028-88c1-5a07951e3864.jpg?v=1681083299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-of-the-dragonfly-robert-bensen-9780816520138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}