02299cam a2200337 i 4500 1506243284 TxAuBib 20241112120000.0 240219s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024002120 9781571313980 HRD 28.00 1571313982 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda La Tray, Chris, author. Becoming Little Shell [BOOK] : a landless Indian's journey home / Chris La Tray. First edition. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2024. ©2024. xv, 294 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Growing up in Montana, Chris La Tray always identified as Indian. Despite the fact that his father fiercely denied any connection, he found Indigenous people alluring, often recalling his grandmother’s consistent mention of their Chippewa heritage. When La Tray attended his grandfather’s funeral as a young man, he finally found himself surrounded by relatives who obviously were Indigenous. “Who were they?” he wondered, and “Why was I never allowed to know them?” Combining diligent research and compelling conversations with authors, activists, elders, and historians, La Tray embarks on a journey into his family’s past, discovering along the way a larger story of the complicated history of Indigenous communities—as well as the devastating effects of colonialism that continue to ripple through surviving generations. And as he comes to embrace his full identity, he eventually seeks enrollment with the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, joining their 158-year-long struggle for federal recognition. Both personal and historical, Becoming Little Shell is a testament to the power of storytelling, to family and legacy, and to finding home.". 20241112. La Tray, Chris. Ojibwa Indians Ethnic identity. Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana Biogaphy. Biographies. Autobiographies.