Part I Challenging Colonial Thought
1 Native America Writes Back: The Origin of the Indigenous Paradigm in Historiography / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 9
2 Native Historians Write Back: The Indigenous Paradigm in American Indian Historiography / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 25
3 The Lewis and Clark Story, the Captive Narrative, and the Pitfalls of Indian History / Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth 41
4 Hopi Culture and a Matter of Representation / Lomayumtewa c. Ishii Ishii, Lomayumtewa c. 52
Part II Affirming Indigenous Historical Narrative
5 The United States Has No Jurisdiction in Sioux Territory / Vine Deloria Deloria, Vine 71
6 Wahtohtana héda Nyútâchi Mahín Xánje Akípa: The Year the Otoe and Missouria Meet the Americans / Matthew L. Jones Jones, Matthew L. 78
7 Calling Badger and the Symbols of the Spirit Language: The Cree Origins of the Syllabic System / Winona Stevenson Stevenson, Winona 89
8 Looking after Gdoo-naaganinaa: Precolonial Nishnaabeg Diplomatic and Treaty Relationships / Leanne Simpson Simpson, Leanne 93
Part III Asserting the History of Dispossession
9 Removing the Heart of the Choctaw People: Indian Removal from a Native Perspective / Donna L. Akers Akers, Donna L. 105
10 Decolonizing the 1862 Death Marches / Waziyatawin Angela Wilson Wilson, Waziyatawin Angela 117
11 The United States v. Yellow Sun et al. (the Pawnee People) A Case Study of Institutional and Societal Racism and U.S. Justice in Nebraska from the 1850s to the 1870s / James Riding In In, James Riding 139
12 The Ruby Valley Indian Reservation of Northeastern Nevada: "Six Miles Square" / Steven J. Crum Crum, Steven J. 162
Part IV Examining Issues in Light of History
13 Chairmen, Presidents, and Princesses: The Navajo Nation, Gender, and the Politics of Tradition / Jennifer Nez Denetdale Denetdale, Jennifer Nez 175
14 Seminoles and Africans under Seminole Law: Sources and Discourses of Tribal Sovereignty and "Black Indian" Entitlement / Susan A. Miller Miller, Susan A. 187
15 Countering Colonization: The Albuquerque Laguna Colony / Myla Vicenti Carpio Carpio, Myla Vicenti 207
16 Six Pawnee Crania: Historical and Contemporary Issues Associated with the Massacre and Decapitation of Pawnee Indians in 1869 / James Riding In In, James Riding 221.