Open wounds

**Acknowledgements** **The publisher and author wish to acknowledge with thanks the support of Homer Flute - member of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, Chief Executive Officer/Trustee of the SCMD Trust, a Native American nonprofit organization**. Photographs by: Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, Norman Boehm, Bill Groethe, Michelle Bishop, Andrzej Bernat (Author’s back cover photo) **Special thanks to:** National Archives Collection, College Park, Maryland Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota Oklahoma Today The Morning Star, Volume 46 Number 4 Fall 2008 AnthroNotes, Volume 25 Number 1 Spring 2004 Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s book portrays the current status and outlook of the American Indians. Resulting from 10 years of research and visits to Indian lands, the book was inspired by the writer’s great uncle Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor of the Crazy Horse mountain carving in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The author provides a broad spectrum of Indian history, culture, traditions, subjugation, suffering, reservation poverty, failed government policies, education, emergence and the portent of a future of well-deserved dignity, respect and beginning signs of success. Personal interviews with members of the Apache, Chickasaw, Kiowa and Northern Cheyenne Nations add a potent insight into Indian feelings and opinions. Clearly evident throughout the book is Ziolkowska-Boehm’s admiration and esteem for American Indians, particularly for the pride they exhibit after suffering a “heritage of open wounds” over many years. http://www.nemsi-books.com/?page_id=277 http://www.nemsi-books.com/?p=131#comments ENDORSEMENTS and REVIEWS: I was intrigued by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s observations of American history, Native Americans, and Indian country. The fact that they are the views of a well-educated European with a well-developed interest in such subjects, rather than of a scholarly expert or an American insider, Indian or not, adds another dimension of interest to them. .... **John R. Alley, PhD, Utah State University** . Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm takes us across the United States, visiting Indian Country, with insight and compassion, raising many issues along the way with the eye of a traveler from overseas (the book first appeared in Poland). Few people in this country know that the first craftsmen at Jamestown were from Poland, or that the family of Polish ancestry (relatives of hers) are carving a huge memorial to Crazy Horse in South Dakota. The book includes a number

Year

2009

Language

English

Publisher

Nemsi Books

Editions

5

Pages

325

ISBN

9780982142752

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