Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman's Life on Oyster Bay by LLyn De Danaan (English

Description: Katie Gale by LLyn De Danaan A gravestone, a mention in local archives, stories still handed down around Oyster Bay: the outline of a woman begins to emerge and with her the world she inhabited, so rich in tradition, so shaken by violent change. As LLyn De Danaan mines the historical record and we begin to see Katie Kettle Gale, a strong-willed Native woman who cofounded a successful oyster business. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A gravestone, a mention in local archives, stories still handed down around Oyster Bay: the outline of a woman begins to emerge and with her the world she inhabited, so rich in tradition and shaken by violent change. Katie Kettle Gale was born into a Salish community in Puget Sound in the 1850s, just as settlers were migrating into what would become Washington State. With her people forced out of their traditional hunting and fishing grounds into ill-provisioned island camps and reservations, Katie Gale sought her fortune in Oyster Bay. In that early outpost of multiculturalism-where Native Americans and immigrants from the eastern United States, Europe, and Asia vied for economic, social, political, and legal power-a woman like Gale could make her way. As LLyn De Danaan mines the historical record, we begin to see Gale, a strong-willed Native woman who cofounded a successful oyster business, then won the legal rights from her Euro-American husband, a man with whom she had raised children but who ultimately made her life unbearable. Steeped in sadness-with a lost home and a broken marriage, children dying in their teens, and tuberculosis claiming her at forty-three-Katie Gales story is also one of remarkable pluck, a tale of hard work and ingenuity, gritty initiative and bad luck that is, ultimately, essentially American. Author Biography LLyn De Danaan is a writer and an anthropologist. She contributed to the book Vashon Island Archaeology: A View from Burton Acres Shell Midden, and her articles have appeared in Womens Studies Quarterly, Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History, and Oregon Historical Quarterly. Table of Contents List of Illustrations 1. My Lodestone 2. First Salmon 3. Where You Come From 4. Indian Policy during Katie Gales Time 5. Sometimes I See a Canoe 6. Oyster Bay 7. The Duties of a Woman 8. "Picking Grounds" and the Making of Community 9. The People in Her World 10. Travels 11. Katie Gales Early Life 12. The Kettle Connection 13. No Crops of Any Consequence 14. Relationships 15. Joseph Gale Was an Enterprising Man 16. The Marks upon Her Body 17. Katie Gale Goes to Court 18. Turn Around 19. Josephs Complaints 20. The Oyster Bay School 21. Katie Gale Died under a Full Moon 22. A "Broad and Liberal Man" Meets His Death 23. The End of an Era 24. Winter Sister Postscript Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Bibliography Review "Katie Gales story is unique in its scale; few accounts of the nineteenth-century Northwest focus on the life of a single Native woman and her family. LLyn De Danaans writing is big history made deeply human, offering insights not just into Native American history but also into the arrival of industrial capitalism on Puget Sound, the politics of statehood and race in Washington, and the profound transformation of local landscapes." - Coll Thrush, author of Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place "I have followed LLyn De Danaans writing path for years now. She is talented and bold, and this new book puts her firmly where she belongs - at the heart of the American voice. Good stuff, highly recommended." - Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devils Highway and Into the Beautiful North Promotional Katie Gales story is also one of remarkable pluck, a tale of hard work and ingenuity, gritty initiative and bad luck that is, ultimately, essentially American. Review Quote "This volume is an act of resurrection, well worth the contemporary readers immersion in another life and time."-Annie Dawid, High Country News Promotional "Headline" - De Danaans close focus on Katie Gales life provides a level of detail and humanity that others writing about Native American women often leave out. - Interracial American history is a popular and timely subject, and uncovering womens life stories is gaining traction in the MeToo era. - Katie Gale is an important addition to the scant number of books on Native American women from the Pacific Northwest region. - The story appeals to readers interested in strong-willed, Native American women. - Katie Gale follows one womans life to illustrate the larger themes of that early outpost of multiculturalism--where Native Americans and immigrants from the eastern United States, Europe, and Asia vied for economic, social, political, and legal power. Description for Sales People - The close focus on one individuals life provides a level of detail and humanity that others writing about this environment often leave out. - Interracial American history is a popular and timely subject. - There are few books on Native American women from the Pacific Northwest region. Details ISBN0803237871 Short Title KATIE GALE Language English ISBN-10 0803237871 ISBN-13 9780803237872 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-10-01 Subtitle A Coast Salish Womans Life on Oyster Bay Country of Publication United States Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska UK Release Date 2013-10-01 AU Release Date 2013-10-01 NZ Release Date 2013-10-01 US Release Date 2013-10-01 Author LLyn De Danaan Pages 336 Publisher University of Nebraska Press DEWEY 979.7703092 Illustrations 13 photographs, 1 map, 1 chronology Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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