Title Not from here : a memoir / Allan G. Johnson

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Prologue; Not From Here; Acknowledgments; About the Author Summary "When Allan Johnson asked his dying father where he wanted his ashes to be placed, his father replied--without hesitation--that it made no difference to him at all. In his poignant, powerful memoir, Not from Here, Johnson embarks on an extraordinary, 2,000-mile journey across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains to find the place where his father's ashes belonged. As a white man with Norwegian and English lineage, Johnson explores both America and the question of belonging to a place whose history holds the continuing legacy of the displacement, dispossession, and genocide of Native peoples. More than a personal narrative, Not from Here illuminates the national silence around unresolved questions of accountability, race, and identity politics, and the dilemma of how to take responsibility for 'a past we did not create.' Johnson's story--about the past living in the present; of redemption, fate, family, tribe, and nation; of love and grief--raises profound questions about belonging, identity, and place"-- Provided by publisher Notes Print version record Subject Johnson, Allan G. -- Family Johnson, Allan G. -- Travel -- Great Plains Johnson, Allan G. -- Travel -- Middle West Johnson, Valdemar N. L., 1912-2005 -- Death and burial Johnson, Allan G. -- Family Johnson, Allan G. -- Travel -- Great Plains Johnson, Allan G. -- Travel -- Middle West Johnson, Valdemar N. L., 1912-2005 -- Death and burial Johnson, Allan G. Johnson, Valdemar N. L., 1912-2005. Belonging (Social psychology) -- United States Ethnicity -- United States -- Psychological aspects Fathers and sons -- United States. Indians, Treatment of -- United States. Men, White -- United States -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists. Belonging (Social psychology) Ethnicity -- Psychological aspects. Families. Fathers and sons. Indians, Treatment of. Men, White. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. Race relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Travel. United States -- Race relations. Great Plains. Middle West. United States. Genre/Form Autobiographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2014043114 ISBN 1439912475 9781439912478

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