Tag: University of Oklahoma Press

  • Dismissed as a “gaudy liar” by most historians and often discredited by writers who deprecated his mixed blood, James Pierson Beckwourth was one of the giants of the early West, certainly deserving to rank alongside Kit Carson, Bill Williams, Louis Vasquez, and Jim Bridger.

  • Mixedblood Messages: Literature, Film, Family, Place University of Oklahoma Press 2001 288 pages 5.25″ x 8.5″ Illustrations: 17 b&w photos Paperback ISBN: 9780806133812 Louis Owens (1948-2002), Professor of English and Native American Studies University of California, Davis In this challenging and often humorous book, Louis Owens examines issues of Indian identity and relationship to the…

  • The Dispossessed: Cultural Genocide of the Mixed-Blood Utes: an Advocate’s Chronicle University of Oklahoma Press May 1998 384 pages 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches ISBN-10: 0806130431; ISBN-13: 978-0806130439 Parker M. Nielson This book is out of print. In The Dispossessed, Parker M. Nielson chronicles the tragic story of the mixed-blood Utes. A leading Utah…

  • Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California University of Oklahoma Press 2010 256 pages 5.5″ x 8.5″, Illustrations: 7 B&W Illus. Hardcover ISBN: 9780806140902 Paperback ISBN: 9780806142371 Carlos Manuel Salomon, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies California State University, East Bay The first biography of a politically savvy Californio who straddled three eras Two-time governor…

  • The Seminole Freedmen: A History   University of Oklahoma Press 2007 480 pages 6″ x 9″ Hardcover ISBN: 9780806138657 Kevin Mulroy, Associate University Librarian University of California, Los Angeles Captures the distinct identity and history of the Seminole maroons Popularly known as “Black Seminoles,” descendants of the Seminole freedmen of Indian Territory are a unique…

  • We Know Who We Are: Metis Identity in a Montana Community University of Oklahoma Press 2006 304 pages 6″ x 9″ Illustrations: 8 b&w illus., 5 tables Hardcover ISBN: 9780806137056 Martha Harroun Foster, Associate Professor of History Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro They know who they are. Of predominantly Chippewa, Cree, French, and Scottish descent,…

  • African Creeks: Estelvste and the Creek Nation University of Oklahoma Press 2007 368 pages, 6″ x 9″ Illustrations: 15 color illustrations, 4 maps Hardcover ISBN: 9780806138152 Paperback ISBN: 9780806168951 Gary Zellar, Assistant Professor of History University of Saskatchewan A narrative history of the African Creek community Among the Creeks, they were known as Estelvste—black people—and…

  • Dreaming with the Ancestors: Black Seminole Women in Texas and Mexico University of Oklahoma Press December 2010 400 pages 30 B&W Illus., 2 Maps 6.125″ x 9.25″ Hardcover ISBN: 9780806140537 Paperback ISBN: 9780806168920 Shirley Boteler Mock, Research Fellow Mesoamerican Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin Explores a unique and eclectic culture rooted in African…

  • A Letter to My Father: Growing up Filipina and American University of Oklahoma Press 2008 184 pages 5.5″ x 8.5″ x 0″ 8 b&w illustrations, 2 maps Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8061-3909-8 Helen Madamba Mossman Going from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve-year-old girl,…

  • Santiago de Guatemala, 1541-1773: City, Caste, and the Colonial Experience University of Oklahoma Press 1997 368 pages 9.09″ x 6.02″ x 0.83″ 14 illus, 6 maps, 1 figure Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8061-2911-2; ISBN(10): 0-8061-2911-5 Christopher H. Lutz Santiago de Guatemala was the colonial capital and most important urban center of Spanish Central America from its establishment…