Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad drum She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies

She participated in coming-of-age ceremonies and learned the special rules for stringing beads together and the messages conveyed by hairstyles

It also has responsibilities in the spiritual areas of life

Thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker

he has done it again

This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves—a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of the U

Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad drum She participated in coming-of-age ceremoniesEmpire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial