Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century trickster Basso explores in a highly

Basso explores in a highly readable way the role of language in the complex but compelling theme of a people's attachment to place

Dorothy remembers an older sister coming home from boarding school

they send one of their own—a reluctant linguist named Tad—on a bloody

Stephen Graham Jones now takes us to Montana

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Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century trickster Basso explores in a highlyThis pathbreaking book documents the transformation of reproductive practices and politics on Indian reservations from the late nineteenth century to the present, integrating a localized history of childbearing, motherhood, and activism on the Crow Reservation in Montana with an analysis of trends affecting Indigenous women more broadly. As Brianna Theobald illustrates, the federal government and local authorities have long sought to control