Books written by Tom Holm
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The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era
Russell's work represented both a realism lost to most white painters and an understanding of Native American cultures known to only a few people other than Native Americans themselves. Russell's understanding, they acknowledged, ...
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The Osage Rose
Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in which Tom Holm sets his gritty and provocative detective novel.
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Code Talkers and Warriors: Native Americans and World War II
The Gourd Dance is the ceremony of a traditional Kiowa warrior society. Known as the Tia-piah, the society served as a police force during the annual Sun Dance and the great summer buffalo hunts. In fact, the Gourd Dance usually ...
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Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
Although stunned and wounded by the blast, Sergeant Walkabout rushed from man to man administering first aid, bandaging one soldier's severe chest wound and reviving another soldier by heart massage. ... 154 STRONG HEARTS, WOUNDED SOULS.
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Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War
At least 43,000 Native Americans fought in the Vietnam War, yet both the American public and the United States government have been slow to acknowledge their presence and sacrifices in...
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The Osage Rose
Life is looking easy for J.D. Daugherty, a crusty ex-cop who has set up his own PI firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just after World War I. J.D. expects to make a straightforward living off the intrigues of the city's wealthy socialites, but then ...
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Native Apparitions: Critical Perspectives on Hollywood’s Indians
... Native cultures.15 In Rambo: First Blood Part II, it was revealed that Sylvester Stallone's iconic Rambo character was of “Indian German” heritage, which, in the simple minds of the movie's investors, probably made the title character ...
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Shrouded Heritage: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Shrouded Heritage: Island of the Blue Dolphins (color photo edition) describes the quest of a father and daughter to reveal the true events that inspired Scott O'Dell's most beloved novel, and detail the life and legacy of the real woman ...
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The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era
The great confusion in Indian affairs during the Progressive Era, Holm concludes, ultimately paved the way for Native American tribes to be recognized as nations with certain sovereign rights.
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Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism
... Iwo Jima , p . 73 ; Garand and Strobridge , Western Pacific Operations , pp . 616–617 . 3. Garand and Strobridge ... Investigating Iwo , pp . 313-321 ; " Joe Rosenthal : Shot Flag Raising at Iwo Jima , " Washington Post , August 22 ...