This readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800, recovers a deeper understanding of how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on the multicultural frontiers of North America-an understanding that may enlighten our own task of protecting Native American rights and imagining racial justice.

Navigating the world of disability services and programs is very frustrating and overwhelming. Regardless of your career status or educational background, when you learn that your child has a disability, you begin a journey that takes you into a life filled with strong emotions and difficult choices that affect the entire family. Another part of that journey is the interaction with many different professionals and specialists and the continuous need for information, supports, and services. I began the journey of emotions and navigating the world of disability supports and services in 2001 when my son Cory was born. He wasnt expected to live to one day. I was told not to get my hopes up and that his brain hadnt fully developed. Life as I knew it was over. I felt like my life came to an abrupt halt. My priorities and focus shifted. I was now a mother, advocate, advanced researcher, and full-time prayer warrior. I had to abandon my old way of thinking and depend on others for information and support as I learned to care for this special little boy. My son is now eleven years old, and I continue to navigate the world of disability to make sure Cory has the proper supports and services put in place and that he is included in his school and community. I have learned a whole new set of skills in order to be a good mother and effective advocate for Cory. I joined parents support groups to link with other families who could relate to my struggles, concerns, and frustrations. It was in those support groups that I learned about other resources and agencies that could help me better understand my sons disabilities. I became part of a community of parent leaders who advocated not only for the rights of their children but for the rights of all children who lived with a disability. Parents of children with disabilities need to be encouraged to develop their potentials as leaders. They generally have the most consistent, knowledgeable ability on their childs development. Training parents to be leaders allows them to build their confidence and the skills needed to advocate and work with the many professionals who provide the healthcare and educational services for their children to have successful outcomes and a good quality of life. I wrote this book to encourage parents, advocates, and caregivers who take care of children with disabilities to educate them on the importance of leadership development and empower them in their journey. Developing parent leadership is a continuous process. I believe it takes parents training parents and forming a support network to give them the opportunity for personal growth, reflection, and knowledge to gain skills to function in leadership roles that effect change for children with disabilities. It is so important for the parent voice to be heard. This book provides parents with the basic knowledge on developing leadership skills and gives them an understanding of diverse learning styles and leadership competencies. I am the parent of a child who is medically fragile. I know the feeling of being overwhelmed and alone. So I encourage all of you who are reading this book to get connected. Get involved with a parents support group, and register for trainings to help develop advocacy and leadership skills necessary to navigate the disability system. Its not enough to just read about leadership; it takes getting involved and putting theory into practice.

Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class, comfortable, upwardly mobile suburban Christian mix fact and fiction. Linking Arms, Linking Lives looks beyond stereotypes and makes a compelling case for partnership that crosses urban and suburban for effective ministry among the poor. Drawing from a growing network of development practitioners, pastors, and theologians, this book focuses on the experiences of partnership between urban and suburban entities to provide both theological foundations and practical guidelines for those who desire to partner effectively. All who want to find viable ways to help the poor will welcome this thoughtful and hope-filled book. Includes a Foreword by Noel Castellanos.

Through character development, snappy dialogue, and vivid scenes, Linked Arms tells the story of a rural people's successful struggle to keep a major nuclear dump out of Allegany County in western New York. Five times over a twelve-month period hundreds of ordinary people—merchants, teachers, homemakers, professionals, farmers, and blue collar workers—ignored potential jail terms and large fines to defy the nuclear industry and governmental authority by linking arms in the bitter cold to thwart the siting commission through civil disobedience. The hearts and minds of the resisters emerge in the narrative, as we find out why these people found civil disobedience compelling, how they organized themselves, and what moral dilemmas they addressed as they fought for their convictions. While becoming more engaged in the resistance, they confronted critical issues in contemporary America: democratic decision making, environmental policy, legal rights, corporate responsibility, and the technology of nuclear waste. Some of the book's highlights include: conversations that took place between Governor Cuomo, Assemblyman Hasper, and the protestors, which thoughtfully probe who should bear the financial burden of a failed and dangerous technology; the scientific and technological issues discussed between Ted Taylor, a nuclear physicist who was one of the key people in the Manhattan project, and the leaders of the resistance; and the citizens' initiation of a lawsuit that eventually reached the Supreme Court and abrogated the central provision in the 1987 congressional law that mandated states build low-level nuclear dumps across the country. These dialogues and vignettes illustrate how the civil disobedience and dogged determination of the people of Allegany County changed the course of history.

GOD End-time Updates The Guardianship of Friends, with eighty-six divinely selected scrolls dictated by Jesus: where The Curtain Call of God stimulates: in growth, in Faith, in righteousness, in expression, in quests, in being friendly and inviting. It affirms the value: of being under The Faith Field of Mortality, the confirmation of The Righteous Field of Morality, the requested availability of The Cleansing Field of Grace, the necessity of Seeking The Field of Preparation, The gifts of My Spirit as on The Day of Pentecost, the benefit of attaining fluency in The Heavenly Gift of Tongues, access to the given opportunity to select: the destiny of choice as the goal of life, to be so set in Faith for Freewill Activities— with righteousness prevailing as the destiny is assured. It closes out the time of Grace, opens up the time of Mercy at The Bema Seat. ‘Backstop to The Heating’ is an exceptional read in this book.

Contents Letter from Editors SECTION I: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP AND THE SCRIPTURES Cultivating Oaks of Righteousness: Restoration and Mission in Isaiah 61 Daniel R. Carroll Now is the Time: Reflections on Isaiah 61:1-4 Marshall Hatch Jesus's Model for Us in Luke 4:15-30 and Luke's Gospel Craig Keener Isaiah, Luke, and Jesus on the Corner Patty Prasada-Rao SECTION II: CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP Rethinking Incarnational Ministry Soong-Chan Rah On Preparing Leadership for a Rapidly Changing Inter-Cultural Urban World Juan Francisco Martinez Cultivating Autochthonous Leadership: Why Ministry in Under-Resourced Communities Should be Led from Within Vince Bantu SECTION III: HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL ANALYSYS The Cultivation of Racial Hierarchy in Early New Orleans during French, Spanish, and British Colonial Rule Mae Elise Cannon A People's History: A Liturgical Call to Remembrance Dominque Gilliard TRIBUTE Tribute to Richard Twiss Noel Castellenos Mark Charles Andrea Smith BOOK REVIEWS Linking Arms, Linking Lives: How Urban-Suburban Partnership Can Transform Communities by Ronald J. Sider, John M. Perkins, Wayne L. Gordon, and F. Albert Tizon Reviewed by Gary VanderPol The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander Reviewed by Michael McBride