{"product_id":"where-the-red-winged-blackbirds-sing-the-akimel-oodham-and-cycles-of-agricultural-transformation-in-the-phoenix-basin-paperback","title":"Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O'odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Bess\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which the Akimel O'odham (\"River People\") and their ancestors, the Huhugam, adapted to economic, political, and environmental constraints imposed by federal Indian policy, the Indian Bureau, and an encroaching settler population in Arizona's Gila River Valley. Fundamental to O'odham resilience was their connection to their sense of peoplehood and their \u003ci\u003ehimdag\u003c\/i\u003e (\"lifeway\"), which culminated in the restoration of their water rights and a revitalization of their Indigenous culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Author Jennifer Bess examines the Akimel O'odham's worldview, which links their origins with a responsibility to farm the Gila River Valley and to honor their history of adaptation and obligations as \"world-builders\"-co-creators of an evermore life-sustaining environment and participants in flexible networks of economic exchange. Bess considers this worldview in context of the Huhugam-Akimel O'odham agricultural economy over more than a thousand years. Drawing directly on Akimel O'odham traditional ecological knowledge, innovations, and interpretive strategies in archives and interviews, Bess shows how the Akimel O'odham engaged in agricultural economy for the sake of their lifeways, collective identity, enduring future, and actualization of the values modeled in their sacred stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhere the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the values of adaptation, innovation, and co-creation fundamental to Akimel O'odham lifeways and chronicles the contributions the Akimel O'odham have made to American history and to the history of agriculture. The book will be of interest to scholars of Indigenous, American Southwestern, and agricultural history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Bess\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of peace studies at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWicazo Sa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Indian Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgricultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEthnohistory\u003c\/i\u003e. Her 2015 essay \"The Price of Pima Cotton,\" published in \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, received the James Madison Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752079819040,"sku":"9781646423101","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b476b9140d363798c7e130c2365cc33.webp?v=1779987357","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/where-the-red-winged-blackbirds-sing-the-akimel-oodham-and-cycles-of-agricultural-transformation-in-the-phoenix-basin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}