Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities Tłı̨chǫ Shifting our perspective away from

Shifting our perspective away from Jamestown

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which invite further conversation about American history

Our Way: A Parallel History is a collaboration of Native scholars representing more than ten Indigenous nations

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Weaving Community: Indigenous Women and Leadership in the Twin Cities Tłı̨chǫ Shifting our perspective away fromA compelling history of the often overlooked work of contemporary Native American women who took action to strengthen the bonds within and among their urban communities. From the 1960s through the 1990s in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Native women activists helped build institutions that sustain urban Indigenous communities to this day. Weaving Community pays tribute to figures such as Vernell Wabasha, Winifred Jourdain, Bonnie Wallace, and Laura