The Chevy Chase Library \; elevator \;currently out of service and undergoing modernization repla cement. This program is held in the downstairs meeting room\, and it is on ly accessible by the stairs.
\n"A New Yorker Best Book of 2022
\nA fresh history of the West grounded in the lives of mixe
d-descent Native families who first bridged and then collided with racial
boundaries.
Often overlooked\, there is mixed blood at the heart of A
merica. And at the heart of Native life for centuries there were complex h
ouseholds using intermarriage to link disparate communities and create pro
tective circles of kin. Beginning in the seventeenth century\, Native peop
les--Ojibwes\, Otoes\, Cheyennes\, Chinooks\, and others--formed new famil
ies with young French\, English\, Canadian\, and American fur traders who
spent months in smoky winter lodges or at boisterous summer rendezvous. Th
ese families built cosmopolitan trade centers from Michilimackinac on the
Great Lakes to Bellevue on the Missouri River\, Bent's Fort in the souther
n Plains\, and Fort Vancouver in the Pacific Northwest. Their family names
are often imprinted on the landscape\, but their voices have long been mu
ted in our histories. Anne F. Hyde's pathbreaking history restores them in
full.
Vividly combining the panoramic and the particular\, Born o f Lakes and Plains follows five mixed-descent families whose lives intertw ined major events: imperial battles over the fur trade\; the first extensi ons of American authority west of the Appalachians\; the ravages of import ed disease\; the violence of Indian removal\; encroaching American settlem ent\; and\, following the Civil War\, the disasters of Indian war\, reserv ations policy\, and allotment. During the pivotal nineteenth century\, mix ed-descent people who had once occupied a middle ground became a racial pr oblem drawing hostility from all sides. Their identities were challenged b y the pseudo-science of blood quantum--the instrument of allotment policy- -and their traditions by the Indian schools established to erase Native wa ys. As Anne F. Hyde shows\, they navigated the hard choices they faced as they had for centuries: by relying on the rich resources of family and kin . Here is an indelible western history with a new human face." - MCPL Cata log.
\nJoin our friendly book group! Each month we read either a non -fiction (first Wednesday at 3:30) or fiction (third Wednesday at 3:30) se lection. Titles are announced a month before\,and copies are available at the Circulaiton Desk. Discussion questions are provided with the selection .
\nWant to read more non-fiction? \;Enjoy other non-fiction titles in our MCPL catalog. \;
\nQuestions about this program? \;Contact Chevy Chase Library at: 240-773-9590
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