Remember This!: Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives (Contemporary Indigenous Issues)

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Situating Dakota language and oral tradition throughout the framework of decolonization, Remember This! Dakota Decolonization and the Eli Taylor Narratives makes a radical departure from other works in Indigenous history because it relies solely on Indigenous oral tradition for its number one sources and privileges Dakota language in the text.
 
Waziyatawin Angela Wilson, both a historian and a member of the Dakota Nation, demonstrates the value of oral history on this bilingual presentation and skillful analysis of the stories told by the Dakota elder Eli Taylor (1908–99). Taylor lived at the Sioux Valley Reserve in Manitoba, Canada, and used to be adopted into Wilson’s circle of relatives in 1988. He agreed to tell her his story and to share his accounts of the origins, history, and life ways of the Dakotas. In these pages he tells of Dakota history, america–Dakota Conflict of 1862, Dakota values, and the mysterious powers of the world. Wilson gracefully contextualizes and complements Taylor’s stories with a careful analysis and distillation of the narratives. Additionally, she provides an overview of Dakota history and a substantial critique of using oral accounts by mainstream historians.
 
By placing Dakota oral tradition throughout the academic discipline of history, this powerful book illuminates the very important connections among Dakota language, history, and recent identity.

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