"In Tulalip, from My Heart, Harriette Shelton Dover describes her life on the Tulalip Reservation and recounts the myriad problems tribes faced after resettlement. Born in 1904, Dover grew up hearing the elders of her tribe tell of the hardships involved in moving from their villages to the reservation on Tulalip Bay: inadequate food and water, harsh economic conditions, and religious persecution outlawing potlatch houses and other ceremonial practices. Dover herself spent ten traumatic months every year in an Indian boarding school, an experience that developed her political consciousness and keen sense of justice. The first Indian woman to serve on the Tulalip board of directors, Dover describes her story in a personal, often fierce style, revealing her tribe's powerful ties and enduring loyalty to land now occupied by others." -- Publisher website

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Foreword / Wayne Williams Introduction / Darleen Fitzpatrick Phonological key Prologue: A sense of place Treaty time, 1855 Settling on the reservation Finding work in the early days First memories of white people Remember (what we told you ) The Tulalip Indian boarding school Treaty rights are like a drumbeat Public school and marriage, 1922 to 1926 Political and social conditions Legacy Seeing the world Appendix: The Tulalip Indian School schedule Bibliography Index