Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 221 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
American Indian studies series |
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American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)
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Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Foreword: A word from the President of Ireland / Michael D. Higgins -- Foreword: A word from the Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma / Gary Batton -- Introduction -- Homeland / LeAnne Howe -- Recognition, resilience, and relief: the meaning of gift / Padraig Kirwan -- An Glaoch/Singing, still / Doir eann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe -- Love can build a bridge: the Choctaws' gift to the Irish in 1847 / Phillip Carroll Morgan -- An ocean of benevolence / Christine Kinealy -- Ishki, Mother, upon leaving the Choctaw homelands, 1831 / LeAnne Howe -- I should have known / Tim Tingle -- Ima, give: a Choctaw tribalography / LeAnne Howe -- Setting out from home with Louis Owens: mixedblood messages / Eamonn Wall -- Nakfiji, Brother, as he helps Sister load the cart / LeAnne Howe -- An tAmhrán Ocrach / Doireann Ní Ghríofa -- Reconciliation / Jacki Thompson Rand -- Famine Irish Catholics, their "eloquent Indian" priest, and the "Chinese question" / Peter D. O'Neill -- Listen: still, the echo / Doireann Ní Ghríofa -- Postcards from Moundville / Phillip Carroll Morgan -- About the contributors -- Permissions -- Index |
Summary |
"The book explores the story of the $710 sent by the Choctaw to the Irish in 1847 and provides further context and consideration of the gift"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record; online resource viewed February 24, 2021 |
Subject |
Choctaw Indians -- History -- 19th century
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Food relief -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Food relief -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- General.
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Choctaw Indians
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Food relief
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SUBJECT |
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010073
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Subject |
Ireland
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Howe, LeAnne, editor
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Kirwan, Padraig, editor
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ISBN |
160917643X |
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9781609176433 |
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