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Publisher
North Dakota State University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Apple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian in the first place. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, but also the negative connotation...
Author
Series
Publisher
North Dakota State University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 277 pages : illustrations, 1 folded map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Education professor Denise Lajimodiere's interest in American Indian boarding school survivors stories evolved from recording her father and other family members speaking of their experiences. The journey to record survivors stories led her through the Dakotas and Minnesota and into the personal and private space of boarding school survivors. While there, she heard stories that they had never shared before. She came to an understanding of new terms:...
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