Riding with James: More Than a Map

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https://jfepublications.org/article/riding-with-james/

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http://hdl.handle.net/11603/28286

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UMBC American Studies Department
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5122-5176

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2022

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journal articles
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Minner, Ashley. 2022. Riding with James: More Than a Map. Journal of Folklore and Education. 9:25-35. https://jfepublications.org/article/riding-with-james/.

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James Bowen
Baltimore, Maryland
American Indian community
Lumbee Tribe

Abstract

“Baltimore is totally haunted,” Ashley Minner writes. “Every absence points to a presence.” Using maps, family stories, and place-based research, Minner explores her American Indian community in Baltimore to counter erasure from the landscape and from public memory.