House of Grace, House of Blood : Poems / Denise Low.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Low, Denise, author.

Series:

Sun tracks ; Volume 96.

Sun Tracks Series ; Volume 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gnadenhutten Massacre, Gnadenhutten, Ohio, 1782--Poetry.

Gnadenhutten Massacre, Gnadenhutten, Ohio, 1782.

Delaware Indians--History--18th century--Poetry.

Delaware Indians.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, [2024]

Summary:

"An innovative collection of docupoetry, Houses of Grace, House of Blood weaves images and documents from the 1782 massacre of pacifist Delawares in Gnadenhutten, Ohio into poems that explore contradictions: settler colonists and Indigenous perspectives; violence and reconciliation; body and spirit; history and silence. Ultimately, these poems not only reconstruct an important historical event, they put pressure on the archive, asking us to question not only what is remembered, but how history is remembered-and who is forgotten from it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Praise for "House of Grace, House of Blood

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

I. SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS, OHIO, MARCH 7-8, 1782

House of Grace, House of Blood

Their Names: First Shots at Gnadenhutten, 1782

Weapon of Choice, the Gnadenhutten Massacre, 1782

Their Names: The Children

Their Names: Benjamin Holmes

They Fled into the Forest

On the Ohio River, 1790

A Mixed-Blood's Questions

II. (NOT) EXTINCTION HISTORY / NOT (EXTINCTION) HISTORY

The Perpetrators Vow Not to Talk

Genocide Mathematics

Night Terrors

Undocumented Stories

Blood Documentation

Big Miller the Indian Fighter: Conversation with a Timeline

Time Moving through Flesh

III. WITNESS

A River's Witness

A Delaware Catechism

Colonial Belief: Canaanites

Walking with My Delaware Grandfather

IV. THE LORD'S PRAYERS

Hymns in the Forest

Translation: Psalm 27, Verse 4

Songs / Psalms

Translations: Gnadenhutten

Spelling Book for the Town of Gnadenhutten, 1782

V. TRAILS

Glyphs on Trees

The Forest Trail to Safety

Geography Lesson: Trail to / from a Massacre

Geography Lesson: "High-ways"

Geography Lesson: Of Rivers and Mountains and Stars

Some Survive

Doll Dance

Dance

VI. TRAIL MARKER TREES

Trail Marker Tree: Wisconsin

Trail Marker Tree: My Husband's Family History

At Delaware Relatives' [Stolen] Village in Ohio

No Fairy Tale

Grape

Settler Erasure / Desuetude

Seeds

VII. UPSTREAM

Acknowledgement of Lenape Lands

Geography Lesson: Diaspora

More Than Place Names

Census Form: What Color I[ndian]?

Ohio: Footstones in a Family Cemetery

Trails of My Relatives: Ohio to Kansas

Mary Ann (Bair / Bear / Bare)

Descendancy

VIII. THE CONTINUOUSLY GIVING FOREST

Baptism of Moravian Indian Converts, Pennsylvania, 1757.

The Forest: Roots

The Forest: Warnings

The Forest: Damage

"Ohio" Means "Continuously Giving River"

IX. FIRE TRAILS

Archaeological Report I: Fire

Archaeological Report II: Corrections

Fire Terror / Fire Erasure

Family Research: Three Brothers

Jane's Maze, Delaware "Half-Breed Tract"

X. OHIO: MEMORIALS

Gnadenhutten Memorial Dedication, 1872

Memorial: The Cost

Postcard: "The Monument, Gnadenhutten, Ohio"

Signage: "Burial Site of Indian Martyrs"

"The White Men Called Them to Return": A Transcription

"The White Men Called Them to Return": An Interrogation

A Gambler's Odds

Stomp Dance, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Acknowledgments

Notes

Sources

Illustrations

About the Author.

Notes:

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Print version: Low, Denise House of Grace, House of Blood

ISBN:

9780816553594