The University of Arizona Press
November 3, 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Returning Home, edited by Farina King, Michael P. Taylor, and James R. Swensen is the winner of the 2022 Donald L. Fixico Award from the Western History Association!
The Donald Fixico Book Award recognizes innovative work in the field of American Indian and Canadian First Nations History that centers Indigenous epistemologies and perspectives. The award honors Dr. Fixico’s prolific scholarly legacy and celebrates the vibrant future of the field. Books that address Indigenous history in the United States and Canada are eligible for the award.
Returning Home features and contextualizes the creative works of Diné (Navajo) boarding school students at the Intermountain Indian School, which was the largest federal Indian boarding school between 1950 and 1984. Diné student art and poetry reveal ways that boarding school students sustained and contributed to Indigenous cultures and communities despite assimilationist agendas and pressures.
Learn more about the book and watch book trailer videos from the editors here.
Congratulations, Farina, Michael, and James!
