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Native American activist links colonialism and racism to sexual violence, exploring the impact on native women.

Love. A word we all hear all the time. It's become as popular as saying "good morning." Yet, have you ever wondered how such a simple four letter word, could have such a strong impact and so many different interpretations and meanings? It seems so easy and effortless to love material things, but when we apply the same concept to loving people or "being in love" with someone, the word love begins to get distorted and takes on a whole new form. ...

During the decolonization movements following World War II, between four and six million people were "returned" to Europe from colonized lands. Until now, these migrations have been overlooked as scholars focus on the parallel migrations of former colonized peoples. This volume corrects this bias with essays by prominent sociologists, historians, and anthropologists on these "invisible" migrant communities. Their research highlights the experi...

In this revolutionary text, prominent Native American studies scholar and activist Andrea Smith reveals the connections between different forms of violence-perpetrated by the state and by society at large-and documents their impact on Native women. Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to i...

Filled with compassion, humor, and tenacity in the face of almost insurmountable odds, here is a rich, inspiring tale of friendship and family, sisterhood and mother love . . . and of finding grace where you least expect it. Canaan Creek, South Carolina, in the 1950s is a tiny town where the close-knit African-American community is united by long-term friendships and church ties. Bonnie Wilder has lived here, on Blackberry Corner, all her life...

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Andrea L. Smith is a professor of anthropology at Lafayette College, the author of Colonial Memory and Postcolonial Europe: Maltese Settlers in Algeria and France, and the editor of Europe’s Invisible Migrants: Consequences of the Colonists’ Return. Anna Eisenstein is a doctoral candidate in the department of anthropology at the University of Virginia.

Andrea L. Smith is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Lafayette College and editor of Europe¿s Invisible Migrants.

Argues that previous accounts of religious and political activism in the Native American community fail to account for the variety of positions held by this community.

Argues that previous accounts of religious and political activism in the Native American community fail to account for the variety of positions held by this community.