Rising from the Ashes

Survival, Sovereignty, and Native America

William Willard, Alan G. Marshall, J. Diane Pearson

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781496219008
• eBook ISBN: 9781496221056
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Cultural & Social Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Rising from the Ashes explores continuing Native American political, social, and cultural survival and resilience with a focus on the life of Numiipuu (Nez Perce) anthropologist Archie M. Phinney. He lived through tumultuous times as the Bureau of Indian Affairs implemented the Indian Reorganization Act, and he built a successful career as an indigenous nationalist, promoting strong, independent American Indian nations. Rising from the Ashes analyzes concepts of indigenous nationalism and notions of American Indian citizenship before and after tribes found themselves within the boundaries of the United States. Collaborators provide significant contributions to studies of Numiipuu memory, land, loss, and language; Numiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse survival, peoplehood, and spirituality during nineteenth-century U.S. expansion and federal incarceration; Phinney and his dedication to education, indigenous rights, responsibilities, and sovereign Native Nations; American Indian citizenship before U.S. domination and now; the Jicarilla Apaches' self-actuated corporate model; and Native nation-building among the Numiipuu and other Pacific Northwestern tribal nations. Anchoring the collection is a twenty-first-century analysis of American Indian decolonization, sovereignty, and tribal responsibilities and responses.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• List of Abbreviations
• 1. Nimiipuu at the Edge of History
• 2. Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and the Indian Territory
• 3. Nimiipuu Peoplehood, Survival, and Relocation
• 4. The Education of Archie Phinney
• 5. Archie Phinney, Indigenous Nationalist
• 6. American Indian Citizenship, Past and Present
• 7. Looking Back to the Future
• 8. Salmon Nation Building
• 9. Sovereignty as Accountability
• Contributors
• Index
• About William Willard
• About Alan G. Marshall
• About J. Diane Pearson