Whitewashed: One Family's Struggle to Keep Intact Its Ethnic Heritage Hardcover – November 8, 2024

There are a thousand myths about Native Americans, but perhaps the most dangerous one is that no Indians were left behind after forced removal.For those countless families of Native American ancestry who were rejected by the flawed Indian roll application process; those displaced and left behind to pick up the pieces of their broken families; those who made the difficult decision to stay behind; those who were left behind for whatever reason -- all of those people who had to do the best they could to survive in an unaccepting world...In honor of those Ancestors, I offer these truths to consider."Whitewashed" focuses on the author's own multi-front battle against "whitewashing" her family's heritage and the attempted paper and electronic genocide of her Native American heritage and ancestors as well as documenting the ground-breaking journey she successfully completed to reunite for the first time (since separation) her extended Cornstalk, Blue Jacket, Silverheels and Tecumseh family together after 250 years of separation. Read more