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Thinning blood : a memoir of family, myth, and identity / Leah Myers.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1324036702
- ISBN: 9781324036708
- Physical Description: 163 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N. Y. : W. W. Norton and Company, [2023]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163). |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | 979.700497 .M996t 2023 (Text) | 37814003682276 | NON-FICTION - NEW | Available | - | ||
| Pendleton Public Library | 979.7004 M992 (Text) | 37801000728137 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Southern Wasco County Library | 979.7 MYERS (Text) | 33892100857136 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
| The Dalles Wasco County Library | B MYERS (Text) | 33892006824784 | Biographies | Available | - |
