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Rights Remembered: A Salish Grandmother Speaks on American Indian History and the Future

Rights Remembered: A Salish Grandmother Speaks on American Indian History and the Future

Paperback

Series: American Indian Lives

Native American HistoryAnthropologyRegional: Pacific Northwest

Publisher Price: $36.95

ISBN10: 1496245008
ISBN13: 9781496245007
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 488
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Rights Remembered is a remarkable historical narrative and autobiography written by esteemed Lummi elder and culture bearer Pauline R. Hillaire, Scälla-Of the Killer Whale. A direct descendant of the immediate postcontact generation of Coast Salish in Washington State, Hillaire combines in her narrative her own life experiences, Lummi oral traditions preserved and passed on to her, and the written record of relationships between the United States and the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. She tells of government officials, treaties, reservations, and the colonial relationship between the Coast Salish people and white settlers.

Hillaire's book, although written out of frustration with the status of Native peoples in the United States, is not an expression of anger. Rather it represents, in her own words, her hope for greater justice for Indian people in America, and for reconciliation between Indian and non-Indian Americans, based on recognition of the truths of history. Addressed to Indigenous and non-Native peoples alike, Rights Remembered is a thoughtful call for understanding and mutual respect between cultures.

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