Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory buffalo Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons

Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons

A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people

What little we learn of Geller's Navajo mother comes from collaged notes and journal entries

She knows the ravages of alcohol

how it came to be the sole requirement for tribal citizenship in 1961

Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory buffalo Great-Grandmother Mary LyonsWho has the right to represent Native history? The past several decades have seen a massive shift in debates over who owns and has the right to tell Native American history and stories. For centuries, non Native actors have collected, stolen, sequestered, and gained value from Native stories and documents, human remains, and sacred objects. However, thanks to the work of Native activists, Native history is now increasingly being repatriated back to