Beyond Blood Quantum: Refusal to Disappear Dene "Uncle said when Nooko's spirit

"Uncle said when Nooko's spirit left this world it went there

The book places Hopi long-distance runners within the larger context of American sport and identity from the early 1880s to the 1930s

When he returns home a hero

Each quote is followed by a reflection by author Don Coyhis

she was taken from her Lakota family on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota

Beyond Blood Quantum: Refusal to Disappear Dene "Uncle said when Nooko's spiritIn the second volume of The Great Vanishing Act, voices from Indian Country convey the insidious impacts of the Indian Reorganization Act confronting the existential and pragmatic questions facing many Native Nations to determine who is and who is not a citizen. The voices of poets, parents, academics, activists, educators, young adults, and elders prompt conversations in consideration of shared cultural values and lived realities outside of the