Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with “Unsettling Territory” and “Sons of Gunshooter”

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Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with “Unsettling Territory” and “Sons of Gunshooter”

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Native Bookshelf: Unsettling Territory and Sons of Gunshooter

The Oneida Nation went from having nearly all of their land stripped from them to being one of the most powerful political and economic entities in Wisconsin.

In “Unsettling Territory: The Resurgence of the Oneida Nation in the Face of Settler Backlash,” Oneida author and historian Douglas Metoxen Kiel reveals how the tribe turned displacement into opportunity and managed to strengthen and grow their presence in the face of organized opposition that many Native Americans are familiar with.

Diné writer Dorothy Denetclaw and journalist Matt Fitzsimons uncover the events leading up to the murder trial involving two sons of the Navajo spiritual leader, Ahdilthdoney, also known as Gunshooter.

The book, “The Sons of Gunshooter: A Navajo Resistance Story,” tells the story of the 1919 shooting death of Charles Hubbell, a member of a prominent trading family. The authors access archival research and oral storytelling to arrive at a different conclusion than what the courts and news media landed on at the time.

The book goes on to also tell a larger story of resistance against outside colonial oppression.