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Intertribal Life Ministries is pleased to announce that one of our most popular books, Does the Owl Still Call Your Name? edited by Bruce Brand, is once again available to readers. This book talks about specific struggles Indigenous communities face, as well as giving testimonies and life stories of people who have overcome. We've given you an excerpt from one of the chapters here, and you can order this at https://intertriballife.org/store/. Arthur Holmes is an Ojibwe Indian...
Houston, Tex.-When the Romance Writers of America announced their 2021 awards, the book At Love's Command by Karen Witemeyer, was presented as the best romance with religious or spiritual elements of 2021, as part of the inaugural Vivan Awards. However, the judges determining the award were soon criticized for insensitivities to Native Americans. The book opens with a scene depicting the Wounded Knee Massacre, and critics feel it romanticized the killing of Native Americans....
I wanted to have a better relationship with God. So, I started using my imagination because scripture tells us to think of those things which are above. I imagined myself going before the gates of Heaven and knocking. The gates opened and I went through them with thanksgiving, as Psalm 100 says, and through His courts with praise. Then, after that, I would run into the throne room and go and sit on the Father's lap. The first time I sat and stroked his beard and then I kissed...
When you read Beyond the Sixties Scoop by Deborah Ironstand you'll be taken on a journey of brokenness, healing, and resiliency. Deborah writes about childhood memories of living off the land with her mother, grandma, and grandpa in a traditional Anishinaabe and Ojibway household. Then came the foster care system. With her mother experiencing the Residential School System and Deborah being from what has been called the Sixties Scoop generation, life was hard. Although she had...
ADA, Okla.-Two Chickasaw Press publications recently received recognition at the state and national level. The graphic novel Chickasaw Adventures: The Complete Collection was honored by two national organizations of independent publishers. Protecting Our People, written by Michelle Cooke, received a statewide award for its design and national recognition as historical fiction. "It is a great honor to be recognized in the book industry for all the hard work of the authors, illu...
Three men I deeply admire-the late Dr. Duane King, Dr. Neil Morton and Dr. Bob Blackburn -collaborated to write an engaging new history book called, Cherokee Nation: A History of Survival, Self Determination and Identity. It is the first book of its kind to have the full support of the Cherokee Nation and the first historic narrative of the tribe that we have self-published. Cherokees persevere because our values and traditions are deeply rooted in us. They have enabled us to...
