Rising from the Ashes

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Rising from the Ashes explores continuing Native American political, social, and cultural survival and resilience with a focus on the life of Numiipuu (Nez Perce) anthropologist Archie M. Phinney. He lived through tumultuous times as the Bureau of Indian Affairs implemented the Indian Reorganization Act, and he built a successful career as an Indigenous Nationalist, promoting strong, independent American Indian nations.
Rising from the Ashes analyzes concepts of indigenous nationalism and notions of American Indian citizenship before and after tribes found themselves within the boundaries of the United States. Collaborators provide significant contributions to studies of Numiipuu memory, land, loss, and language; Numiipuu, Palus, and Cayuse survival, peoplehood, and spirituality during nineteenth-century U.S. expansion and federal incarceration; Phinney and his dedication to education, indigenous rights, responsibilities, and sovereign Native Nations; American Indian citizenship before U.S. domination and now; the Jicarilla Apaches' self-actuated corporate model; and Native nation-building among the Numiipuu and other Pacific Northwestern tribal nations. Anchoring the collection is a twenty-first-century analysis of American Indian decolonization, sovereignty, and tribal responsibilities and responses.William Willard (1926–2016) was a professor of cultural anthropology at Washington State University. He was a founding coeditor for Wíčazo Ša Review. Alan G. Marshall is a professor emeritus of anthropology at Lewis-Clark State College and a cultural resource consultant for the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho. J. Diane Pearson is a lecturer in Native American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Nez Perces in the Indian Territory: Nimiipuu Survival.