Title Famine pots : the Choctaw-Irish gift exchange, 1847-present / edited by LeAnne Howe and Padraig Kirwan

Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 221 pages) : illustrations Series American Indian studies series American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.) 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 Food relief -- United States -- History -- 19th century Food relief -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- General. Choctaw Indians Food relief SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010073 Subject Ireland United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Howe, LeAnne, editor Kirwan, Padraig, editor ISBN 160917643X 9781609176433

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