Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Growing Up Indian in a Southern Context The Ballad of the Choctawhatchee River: Ripples from Our Past Nanette Sconiers Pupalaikis Muscogee Lifeways in Central Georgia Stan Cartwright My Family's Legacy Patricia Easterwood Hiding My Indian Identity Wanda Light Tully Growing up MOWA Choctaw Framon Weaver The Sacrifices We Made for Our Education Kenneth Adams Showdown at Bayou Pointe-aux-Chien Charles "Chuckie" Verdin Racism in New Brockton, Alabama Nancy Wright Carnley One Poarch Creek Family's Educational Journey over Three Generations Otha, Marie, Pauline, Nathan, Karla, and Kaci Martin We Will Forever Remain Coushatta and We Will Always Be Here Ernest Sickey Part 2. The Politics of History and Identity A Rebirth on the Chowan Marvin T. Jones Speaking for My Ancestors Shoshone Peguese-Elmardi From Cherokee to Chowanoke: Discovering the North Carolina Algonquians Lars Adams The Chowanoke Indian Resurgence Doug Patterson Jamestown 2007: A Native American Perspective Kenneth Adams Eastern Creeks and the Persistence of Identity Hodalee Scott Sewell To Be or Not to Be a "Wannabe" Tony Mack McClure Jim Crowfeather in Indian Country Cedric Sunray Part 3. Cultural Grounding In My Mother's Hands Brooke Bauer Nerataya: Spirit of the Deer and Passing the Gifts of the Tunica-Biloxi Donna Pierite, Jean-Luc Pierite, and Elisabeth Pierite-Mora Reawakening Our Warrior Tradition Harold Comby Te-lah-nay's Wall Tom Hendrix In the Eye of Isaac Michael "T. Mayheart" Dardar Being the Indians We Were Made to Be Marcus Briggs-Cloud Generations within the Circle Marvin "Marty" Richardson Putting the "Community" Back into My Jena Choctaw Community Dana Chapman Masters Finding My Sense of Place in My Ancestral Homeland Robert Jumper Native People Should Tell Their Own Stories Robert Caldwell Vpuecetv (To Dream): My Journey to Becoming Tribal Royalty Megan Young At War with Herself: Artistic Reflections of Culture and Identity Jessica Osceola Part 4. Moving Forward A Reflection on a Lifetime of Leadership Ernest Sickey Initiating Intertribal Efforts in Louisiana Jeanette Alcon The Oil Companies Stole Our Land Charles "Chuckie" Verdin Finishing What I Started Framon Weaver Looking South Michael "T. Mayheart" Dardar Inauguration Speech, First Woman Chief of the Mississippi Choctaw Phyliss J.
Anderson Building an Entrepreneurial Spirit within Tribal Nations David Sickey Seeking Prosperity and Self-Determination Stephanie Bryan Defining Moments Malinda Maynor Lowery Working Toward a Healthy Future for the Cherokee Nation Ahli-sha Stephens Native Youth in Agriculture Elliott Nichols Notes Bibliography Index.