| Description |
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore and the search for identity in a fierce debut work of personal history. |
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"Leah Myers may be the last member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in her family line, due to her tribe's strict blood quantum laws. In this unflinching and intimate memoir, Myers excavates the stories of four generations of women in order to leave a record of her family. Beginning with her great-grandmother, the last full-blooded Native member in their lineage, she connects each woman with her totem to construct her family's totem pole: protective Bear, defiant Salmon, compassionate Hummingbird, and perched on top, Raven. As she pieces together their stories, Myers weaves in tribal folktales, the history of the Native genocide, and Native mythology. Throughout, she tells the larger story of how, as she puts it, her "culture is being bleached out," offering sharp vignettes of her own life between White and Native worlds"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163). |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Folklore.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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Clallam Indians -- Washington (State) -- Jamestown -- Biography.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Washington (State) -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Washington (State) -- History.
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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Ethnic identity.
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Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Washington (State) -- Social life and customs.
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| Subject |
Myers, Leah.
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Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781324036715 |
| ISBN |
9781324036708 hardcover |
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1324036702 hardcover |
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