from Mississippi and Oklahoma to the northwest coast of the continent

highlighting Diné examinations and understandings of the land

in English from the University of Notre Dame

the United States formally launched a policy to expel Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation) elders from Mississippi and Oklahoma toThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is a story of Native American resilience and reinvention, adapted for young adults from the adult nonfiction book of the same name. Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat