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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Other titles in the Wisconsin Land and Life series:Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town (Wisconsin Land and Life)by Laurie Hovell Mcmillin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: In Buried Indians, Laurie Hovell McMillin presents the struggle of her hometown, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, to determine whether platform mounds atop Trempealeau Mountain constitute authentic Indian mounds. This dispute, as McMillin subtly demonstrates, reveals much about the attitude and interaction-past and present-between the white and Indian inhabitants of this Midwestern town. McMillin's account, rich in detail and sensitive to current political issues of American Indian interactions with the dominant European American culture, locates two opposing views: one that denies a Native American presence outright and one that asserts its long history and ruthless destruction. The highly reflective oral histories McMillin includes turn Buried Indians into an accessible, readable portrait of a uniquely American culture clash and a dramatic narrative grounded in people's genuine perceptions of what the platform mounds mean. Book News Annotation:McMillin (rhetoric, composition, and religion, Oberlin College)
discusses the varying perspectives of people in her hometown of
Trempealeau, Wisconsin, about Trempealeau Mountain, thought to be
Native American burial grounds by some. By doing so, she considers
the relationship of the townspeople to Native American images,
histories, and archaeological sites. She describes Native American
earthworks, the platform mound controversy, the local Indian mascot
issue, and local ideas about land. She examines the emotional,
historical, and cultural meaning of these views and their link to
both past and present forms of violence against Native Americans. The
book is not indexed.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorLaurie Hovell McMillin is associate professor of rhetoric, composition, and religion at Oberlin College, Ohio. She is the author of English in Tibet, Tibet in English: Self-Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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