Thinning blood : a memoir of family, myth, and identity
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Published
New York, N. Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Roosevelt Branch - General NonFiction | 979.7 MYERS | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies
Biographies
Clallam Indians -- Washington (State) -- Jamestown -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Folklore.
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- History.
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Social life and customs.
Myers, Leah -- (Writer)
Biographies
Clallam Indians -- Washington (State) -- Jamestown -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Folklore.
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- History.
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Social life and customs.
Myers, Leah -- (Writer)
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Published
New York, N. Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023].
Language
English
Notes
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore and the search for identity in a fierce debut work of personal history.
Description
"Leah Myers may be the last member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in her family line, due to her tribe's strict blood quantum laws. In this unflinching and intimate memoir, Myers excavates the stories of four generations of women in order to leave a record of her family. Beginning with her great-grandmother, the last full-blooded Native member in their lineage, she connects each woman with her totem to construct her family's totem pole: protective Bear, defiant Salmon, compassionate Hummingbird, and perched on top, Raven. As she pieces together their stories, Myers weaves in tribal folktales, the history of the Native genocide, and Native mythology. Throughout, she tells the larger story of how, as she puts it, her "culture is being bleached out," offering sharp vignettes of her own life between White and Native worlds"--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Myers, L. (2023). Thinning blood: a memoir of family, myth, and identity . W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Myers, Leah. 2023. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Myers, Leah. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity W. W. Norton & Company, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Myers, Leah. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity W. W. Norton & Company, 2023.
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