To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota indigenous studies Faye Travers is startled to

Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan

he learns how to put together the pieces of his life

tying the rise of basketball—and Native sports history—to sweeping educational

summer workshops

This beautifully illustrated book features both well-known and emerging artists

To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota indigenous studies Faye Travers is startled toThe largely untold story of the Ho Chunk exile from Minnesota, in which local white residents sought to expel all indigenous people from the region and deny Native claims to some of the richest farmland in the world. In 1863, after the end of the USDakota War, a group of men in Mankato, Minnesota, formed a secret society. At the beginning of every meeting, members of the Knights of the Forest recited its ritual pledge, including these words: "I