Tulalip, from My Heart: An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation Community

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ISBN: 9780295990934
Dewey: B
LCC Number: E99.T87
Author: Harriette Shelton Dover
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Pages: 307
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In “Tulalip, from My Heart,” Harriette Shelton Dover describes her life on the Tulalip Reservation and recounts the myriad problems tribes faced after resettlement. Born in 1904, Dover grew up hearing the elders of her tribe tell of the hardships involved in moving from their villages to the reservation on Tulalip Bay: inadequate food and water, harsh economic conditions, and religious persecution outlawing potlatch houses and other ceremonial practices.

Dover herself spent ten traumatic months every year in an Indian boarding school, an experience that developed her political consciousness and keen sense of justice. The first Indian woman to serve on the Tulalip board of directors, Dover describes her story in a personal, often fierce style, revealing her tribe’s powerful ties and enduring loyalty to land now occupied by others.

Darleen Fitzpatrick is the author of “We Are Cowlitz: Traditional and Emergent Ethnicity.”

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Weight 1.35 lbs
Dimensions 9.1 × 6.4 × 1.2 in
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