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Andrew Jackson & his Indian wars Andrew Jackson & his Indian wars Robert Vincent Remini "The expulsion of Native Americans from the eastern half of the continent to the Indian Territory beyond the Mississippi River remains one of the most notorious events in U.S. history, and the man mo… OL14865053W
American Indian removal and the trail to Wounded Knee American Indian removal and the trail to Wounded Knee Kevin Hillstrom "Analyzes the development of Indian removal policies and the tragedy at Wounded Knee, the 1890 massacre of American Indians by U.S. Cavalry troops. Examines the wider context of Indian-white relation… OL15058278W
Displacement by development Displacement by development G. Peter Penz "For decades, policy-makers in government, development banks and foundations, NGOs, researchers and students have struggled with the problem of how to protect people who are displaced from their home… OL15457170W
The first dance The first dance Richard S. Wheeler "The First Dance" takes beloved mountain man Barnaby Skye's family to its third generation in North America. "Miles" City, Montana. 1885. Barnaby Skye's mixed-blood son, Dirk, has just married a beau… OL16116804W
Oral history, community and displacement Oral history, community and displacement Sean Field,S. Field "This book uses oral history methodology to record stories of people who experienced the brunt of racist forced removals in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Through life stories and community cas… OL16464988W
Columbia point redevelopment plan Columbia point redevelopment plan Boston Redevelopment Authority ...gives a description of a proposed urban renewal plan for this Boston neighborhood; includes land use and building requirements and project proposals (rehabilitation, land acquisition and clearance… OL16482379W
Lepszy dzien nie przyszedl juz Lepszy dzien nie przyszedl juz Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm „DRAMATY RODZIN KRESOWYCH Historie trzech kresowych rodzin skladaja się na najnowsza ksiazke Aleksandry Ziolkowskiej-Boehm. Tytulowa opowiesc przedstawia dramatyczne dzieje zmarlej 15 grudnia zeszl… OL16620771W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once … OL17640485W
Memories and reflections of the dispossessed Memories and reflections of the dispossessed László Szarka,Imre Molnár,Tom Bass A collection of memoirs documenting those peoples who were persecuted after WW II and whose civil rights were abused during the events of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exhange between 1947 an… OL17883879W
Soft Rain Soft Rain Cornelia Cornelissen In Soft Rain, a 9-year-old Cherokee girl finds herself in the same situation as Sweet Leaf as soldiers arrive one day to take her and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her fa… OL1840281W
The coyote bead The coyote bead Gerald Hausman In 1864, a Navajo shaman and his grandson seek powerful, mythical beads that can save their people from great evils, including The Long Walk forced on them by United States soldiers, and the trickste… OL19036355W
Korematsu v. United States Korematsu v. United States Susan Dudley Gold "Describes the historical context of the Korematsu versus United States Supreme Court Case, detailing the claims made by both sides and the outcome, and including excerpts from the Supreme Court just… OL1919135W
How I became a ghost How I became a ghost Tim Tingle A Choctaw boy tells the story of his tribe's removal from the only land its people had ever known, and how their journey to Oklahoma led him to become a ghost--one with the ability to help those he l… OL19709580W
The trail of tears The trail of tears Tracy Barrett Tells the story of the Cherokee Indians, from the Ice Age through the 20th Century. OL1988906W
An Osage journey to Europe, 1827-1830 An Osage journey to Europe, 1827-1830 William Least Heat Moon "In 1827 six Osage people--four men and two women--traveled to Europe escorted by three Americans. Their visit was big news in France, where three short publications about the travelers appeared almo… OL19976312W
We are not savages We are not savages Joel Hyer,Joel R. Hyer "On a cool, autumn day in October 1902, a group of Indians, known as Cupenos, noticed a white man approaching their village of Agua Caliente, located in a beautiful mountain valley in southern Califo… OL23743010W
R2i dreams R2i dreams Parth Pandya R2i or 'Return to India' is the persistent, insistent voice that pops up in an Indian immigrant's head as he or she settles into a life in a foreign land. This book explores the journey of three Indi… OL26439994W
The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears Michael Green,Theda Perdue Today, a fraction of the Cherokee people remains in their traditional homeland in the southern Appalachians. Most Cherokees were forcibly relocated to eastern Oklahoma in the early nineteenth century… OL2702837W
The false treaty The false treaty Anne Terry White Traces the history of the Cherokee Indians from 1600 to 1839 when their struggle to save their land was lost and they were forcibly removed to the West. OL6585025W
Fear in Bongoland Fear in Bongoland Marc Sommers "This volume, the first full-length study of urban refugees in hiding, tells the story of Burundi refugee youth who escaped from remote camps in central Tanzania to work in one of Africa's fastest-gr… OL8919469W
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