"At the Gathering Place" "I remember the day the decision came in to the tribal office. I remember seeing those little words typed on paper: the judges on the Vermont Supreme Court decided that Abenaki aborginal title had been 'extinguished. . .by the increasing weight of history.'" (227) "It's no wonder that for those few Abenaki people who have access to academia, the bulk of us have chosen to pursue an understanding of words, and to almost obsessively comprehend the work, and the "weight," of history." (228) American Indian Literary Nationalism Jace Weaver, Craig S. Womack and Robert Warrior Forward by Simon J. Ortiz Afterword by Lisa Brooks " An Interactive Text-Map " "Because awikhigawôgan, like storytelling, is an interactive process, I invite the reader of this text-map to play a participatory role. Rather than tracking a single argument and forming agreement or argument, I hope you will fee...