Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds

Not all of the region is rural

Through close analysis of arguments by Indigenous scholars and activists from the nineteenth century to the present

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She transforms the mundane into the sacred

Cherokee Civil Warrior: Chief John Ross and the Struggle for Tribal Sovereignty two-spirit Acclaimed author and artist JulieFor 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