Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad drum She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies

She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies and learned the special rules for stringing beads together and the messages conveyed by hairstyles

"With compelling characters and images that linger long after the final page is turned

It also has responsibilities in the spiritual areas of life

who revived the sacred but outlawed Ghost Dance

and women who carry out traditional healing ceremonies

Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad drum She participated in coming-of-age ceremoniesEmpire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial