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Indigenous Firsts de Yvonne Wakim Dennis

Indigenous Firsts

Autor Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, Paulette F Molin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 oct 2022

Observăm în ultimii ani o evoluție semnificativă în istoriografia nord-americană, marcată de trecerea de la narațiuni simpliste la o documentare riguroasă a contribuțiilor specifice ale comunităților indigene în arhitectura societății moderne. Indigenous Firsts reflectă această maturizare a domeniului, oferind un inventar enciclopedic al excelenței care depășește granițele cronologice și geografice convenționale. Notăm cu interes modul în care lucrarea recuperează nu doar nume celebre, precum Jim Thorpe sau Will Rogers, ci și figuri mai puțin explorate din mediul academic, tehnologic sau militar.

Considerăm că structura tematică a volumului este unul dintre punctele sale forte. Organizată în 14 secțiuni clare — de la arte vizuale și spectacol, până la economie, guvernare și „Sovereignty, Land and Environment Firsts” — cartea permite o navigare facilă și o înțelegere contextuală a progresului indigen. Această abordare amintește de Native American Almanac, o altă lucrare de referință a co-autoarei Yvonne Wakim Dennis, însă Indigenous Firsts se concentrează mult mai aplicat pe conceptul de pionierat și „premiere” istorice.

Comparativ cu titluri precum Notable Native People de Adrienne Keene, care oferă profiluri detaliate pentru un număr restrâns de personalități (50), volumul de față este mult mai vast, acoperind peste 2000 de intrări. De asemenea, în timp ce Native Athletes in Sport and Society se limitează la domeniul atletic, Indigenous Firsts propune o viziune interdisciplinară, legând sportul de inovația medicală, succesul în afaceri (cum este cazul tribului Seminole în producția de avioane) și reprezentarea politică la cel mai înalt nivel, inclusiv vicepreședinția SUA. Apreciem includerea celor peste 200 de fotografii, care transformă lectura dintr-o simplă consultare de date într-o experiență vizuală imersivă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781578597123
ISBN-10: 1578597129
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 180 x 234 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Visible Ink Press

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această lucrare oricărui cititor pasionat de istorie socială și studii etnice care dorește să descopere o perspectivă nefiltrată asupra contribuțiilor indigene. Este o resursă esențială pentru biblioteci și instituții de învățământ, oferind un suport factual solid pentru diversificarea curriculumului. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a rezilienței umane prin mii de exemple concrete de succes în domenii de vârf, de la astrofizică la drept constituțional.

Despre autor

Yvonne Wakim Dennis este scriitoare, dezvoltator de curriculum și consultant multicultural stabilită în New York. Expertiza sa în educație și diversitate se reflectă în întreaga sa operă, fiind recunoscută pentru capacitatea de a sintetiza informații complexe despre popoarele indigene într-un format accesibil. Printre lucrările sale notabile se numără Native American Almanac și ghiduri educaționale premiate, precum A Kid's Guide to Arab American History. În Indigenous Firsts, Dennis colaborează cu cercetătoarele Arlene Hirschfelder și Paulette F Molin pentru a continua misiunea de a corecta stereotipurile istorice prin date factuale.

Notă biografică

Yvonne Wakim Dennis is an award-winning author of nonfiction books for children and adults, many written with Arlene Hirschfelder, including Native American Almanac, Native American Landmarks and Festivals, the award-winning Children of Native America Today and A Kid's Guide to Native American History; and she also wrote a biography of Sequoyah. She currently serves as the Education Director for the Children's Cultural Center of Native America and is a columnist for Native Hoop Magazine. She resides in New York City.

Descriere scurtă

A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and courage!
Native American Medal of Honor recipients, Heisman Trophy recipients, U.S. Olympians, a U.S. vice president, Congressional representatives, NASA astronauts, Pulitzer Prize recipients, U.S. poet laureates, Oscar winners, and more. The first Native magician, all-Native comedy show, architects, attorneys, bloggers, chefs, cartoonists, psychologists, religious leaders, filmmakers, educators, physicians, code talkers, and inventors. Luminaries like Jim Thorpe, King Kamehameha, Debra Haaland, and Will Rogers, along with less familiar notables such as Native Hawaiian language professor and radio host Larry Lindsey Kimura and Cree/Mohawk forensic pathologist Dr. Kona Williams. Their stories plus the stories of 2000 people, events and places are presented in Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events, including …

  • Suzanne Van Cooten, Ph.D., Chickasaw Nation, the first Native female meteorologist in the country
  • Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, Wampanoag from Martha’s Vineyard, graduate of Harvard College in 1665
  • Debra Haaland, the Pueblo of Laguna, U.S. Congresswoman and Secretary of the Interior
  • Sam Campos, the Native Hawaiian who developed the Hawaiian superhero Pineapple Man
  • Thomas L. Sloan, Omaha, was the first Native American to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court
  • William R. Pogue, Choctaw, astronaut
  • Johnston Murray, Chickasaw, the first person of Native American descent to be elected governor in the United States, holding the office in Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955
  • The Cherokee Phoenix published its first edition February 21, 1828, making it the first tribal newspaper in North America and the first to be published in an Indigenous language
  • The National Native American Honor Society was founded by acclaimed geneticist Dr. Frank C. Dukepoo , the first Hopi to earn a Ph.D.
  • Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot, became the first Native American in the National Baseball League in 1897 as an outfielder with the Cleveland Spiders
  • Jock Soto, Navajo/Puerto Rican, the youngest-ever man to be the principal dancer with the New York City Ballet
  • The Seminole Tribe of Florida was the first Nation to own and operate an airplane manufacturing company
  • Warrior's Circle of Honor, the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
  • The Iolani Palace, constructed 1879–1882, the home of the Hawaiian royal family in Honolulu
  • Loriene Roy, Anishinaabe, White Earth Nation, professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information, former president of the American Library Association
  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Colorado
  • Hanay Geiogamah, Kiowa /Delaware, founded the American Indian Theatre Ensemble
  • Gerald Vizenor, White Earth Nation, writer, literary critic, and journalist for the Minneapolis Tribune
  • Ely S. Parker (Hasanoanda, later Donehogawa), Tonawanda Seneca, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, serving as General Ulysses S. Grant’s military secretary
  • Fritz Scholder, Luiseno, painter inducted into the California Hall of Fame
  • The Native American Women Warriors, the first all Native American female color guard
  • Lori Arviso Alvord, the first Navajo woman to become a board-certified surgeon
  • Kay “Kaibah” C. Bennett, Navajo, teacher, author, and the first woman to run for the presidency of the Navajo Nation
  • Sandra Sunrising Osawa, Makah Indian Nation, the first Native American to have a series on commercial television
  • The Choctaw people’s 1847 donation to aid the Irish people suffering from the great famine
  • Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Oglala Lakota, first to earn an environmental engineering Ph.D. at the University of Arizona
  • Diane J. Willis, Kiowa, former President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and founding editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Shelly Niro, Mohawk, winner of Canada’s top photography prize, the Scotiabank Photography Award
  • Loren Leman, Alutiiq/Russian-Polish, was the first Alaska Native elected lieutenant governor
  • Kim TallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the first recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Environment
  • Carissa Moore, Native Hawaiian, won the Gold Medal in Surfing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
  • Will Rogers, Cherokee, actor, performer, humorist was named the first honorary mayor of Beverly Hills
  • Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations by Lois Ellen Frank, Kiowa, was the first Native American cookbook to win the James Beard Award
  • Diane Humetewa, Hopi, nominated by President Barack Obama, became the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge
  • Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, Crow, the first Native American nurse to be inducted into the American Nursing Association Hall of Fame
Indigenous Firsts honors the ongoing and rich history of personal victories and triumphs, and with more than 200 photos and illustrations, this information-rich book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. This vital collection will appeal to anyone interested in America’s amazing history and its resilient and skilled Indigenous people.

Cuprins

About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction
  1. Arts: Media
  2. Arts: Performance
  3. Arts: Visual
  4. Business/Economics
  5. Education
  6. Government
  7. Indigenous Spaces/Public Places
  8. Literary
  9. Military
  10. Nation to Nation: Sovereignty, Land and Environment Firsts
  11. Religion
  12. Science/Medicine
  13. Sports
  14. Urban
Bibliography
Index