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NAIS Journal of the NATIVE AMERICAN and INDIGENOUS STUDIES ASSOCIATION VOLUME 1.1 Spring 2014 NAIS (ISSN 2332-1261) is published two times a year in spring and fall by the University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520. http://www.upress.umn.edu Copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. With the exception of fair use, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without a ­ license or ­ authorization from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), or the prior written­ permission of the University of Minnesota Press. Postmaster: Send address changes to NAIS, University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520. Information about manuscript submissions can be found at naisa.org, or inquiries can be sent to journal@naisa.org. Books for review should be addressed to American Indian Studies, 1204 West Nevada Street, University of Illinois, Ur­ bana, IL 61801. Address subscription orders, changes of address, and business correspondence (including requests for permission and advertising orders) to NAIS, University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520. SUBSCRIPTIONS ●  Individual subscriptions to NAIS are a benefit of membership in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. NAISA membership is $50 annually. To become a member, visit http://naisa.org/. ●  Institutional subscriptions to NAIS are $100 inside the U.S., $105 outside the U.S. Checks should be made payable to the University of Minnesota Press and sent to NAIS, University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520. ●  Back issues of NAIS are $25 for individuals (plus $5.00 shipping for the first copy, $1 for each additional copy inside the U.S.A.; $9.50 shipping for the first copy, $5 for each additional copy, outside the U.S.A.). ●  Digital subscriptions to NAIS for institutions are available online through the JSTOR Current Scholarship Program at http://www.jstor.org/r/umnpress. JEAN M. O’BRIEN COEDITOR (White Earth Ojibwe) University of Minnesota ROBERT WARRIOR COEDITOR (Osage) University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign KYLE MAYS MANAGING EDITOR (Saginaw Chippewa) University of Illinois Urbana–­ Champaign JAMESON R. SWEET MANAGING EDITOR (Lakota/Dakota) University of Minnesota EDITORIAL BOARD KIM ANDERSON (Cree/Métis) Wilfrid Laurier University KATHLEEN BROWN-PÉREZ (Brothertown Indian Nation) University of ­ Massachusetts Amherst LUIS CÁRCAMO-HUECHANTE (Mapuche) University of Texas and Comunidad de Historia Mapuche VICENTE M. DIAZ (Pohnpeian) University of Illinois Urbana–­ Champaign CHAD HAMILL (Spokan) Northern ­ Arizona University JOLAN HSIEH (Taiwanese Siraya) National Dong Hwa University SUZI HUTCHINGS (Central Arrernte) University of Adelaide KELLY MCDONOUGH (White Earth Ojibwe Heritage) University of Texas MAY-BRITT ÖHMAN (Sámi) Uppsala ­University MWALIM PETERS (Wampanoag) University of Massachusetts­Dartmouth JACKI THOMPSON RAND (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) University of Iowa PHILLIP ROUND University of Iowa MAUREEN TRUDELLE SCHWARZ Syracuse University NOENOE SILVA (Kanaka Maoli) University of Hawai‘i–Mānoa ALICE TEPUNGA SOMERVILLE (Māori) University of Hawai‘i–Mānoa COLL THRUSH University of British Columbia MAGGIE WALTER (trawlwoolway, Tasmania) University of Tasmania N A I S Journal of the NATIVE AMERICAN and INDIGENOUS STUDIES ASSOCIATION C O N T E N T S VOLUME 1 ● ISSUE 1 Spring 2014 JEAN M. O’BRIEN and ROBERT WARRIOR 1 Editors’ Introduction ROBERT WARRIOR 3 2010 NAISA Presidential Address: Practicing Native American and Indigenous Studies Articles DANIEL H. USNER 25 Weaving Material Objects and Political Alliances: The Chitimacha Indian Pursuit of Federal Recognition RACHEL BRYANT 49 Imaginary Lines: Transcending the St. Croix Legacy in the Northeast Borderlands JOHN P. BOWES 65 American Indian Removal beyond the Removal Act Notes from the Field TIYA MILES 88 The Lost Letter of Mary Ann Battis: A Troubling Case of Gender and Race in Creek Country Reviews CHADWICK ALLEN 99 Tonto as Taxidermy AMY OLEN 107 Juxtaposing Epistemologies, Inscribing Maya Poetics Stxaj no’ anima / Oración salvaje by Daniel Caño VANESSA ANTHONY-STEVENS 110 The Seeds We Planted: Portraits of a Native American Charter School by Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua MAGGIE WALTER 113 The...