In this moving collection

Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape)

Resendez builds the incisive case that it was mass slavery—more than epidemics—that decimated Indian populations across North America

and so unceremoniously

this: I only wanted some goddamn sleep

Wild Rice and the Ojibway People Pekuakamiulnuatsh In this moving collectionWild rice has always been essential to life in the Upper Midwest and neighboring Canada. In this far reaching book, Thomas Vennum, Jr., uses travelers' narratives, historical and ethnological accounts, scientific data, historical and contemporary photographs and sketches, his own field work, and the words of Indian people to examine the importance of this wild food to the Ojibway people. He details the technology of harvesting and processing, from