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Shokhí: A Kanza Relative, a Monument, and Rematriation

Shokhí: A Kanza Relative, a Monument, and Rematriation

Paperback

Series: Lyda Conley Trailblazing Indigenous Futures

Native American HistoryIndigenous StudiesRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0700641998
ISBN13: 9780700641994
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 490
Weight: 2.26
Height: 1.14 Width: 6.99 Depth: 9.96
Language: English

An enduring story of how Kanza people (Kaw Nation citizens) and other collaborators worked together to bring a grandfather rock home, told through essay, poetry, oral history, and art.

For almost a century, the city of Lawrence, Kansas displayed a 28-ton red quartzite boulder as a memorial to the town's founders. However, this boulder, In'zhúje'waxóbe (EE(n)) ZHOO-jay wah-HO-bay), had a centuries-long relationship with Kanza people (Kaw Nation citizens). In this powerful collection of imagery, analysis, and reflection, Land is telling the story and the contributors explore narratives of place, how a grandfather rock became a monument, and how Kaw Nation citizens reunited with their relative, facilitating In'zhúje'waxóbe shokhíbe (return of he/she/it home, to Kanza people/Land).

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