Ozhoma

by Trygve Jorgensen

Overview

Few people in the United States remember that one of the largest criminal conspiracies in history was committed against children in Oklahoma. The first woman elected to a state office, Kate Barnard, attempted to defend the mineral rights of over sixty thousand minors in the state. In the Gilded Age, she represented her faith and remembered that whatsoever you do unto the least of these, you do to Christ. This story is about one man named Eben trying to help one of those children. His name in Choctaw is Kowee, which means the Lion. Eben is a man of faith who lacks courage. He learns that it is often the faithful around us who lend us the support to step into the maelstrom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666703283
Publisher:	Resource Publications (CA)
Publication date:	07/14/2021
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Trygve Jorgensen is a Choctaw/Inupiat teacher of high school Native American History. As a descendant of WWI Choctaw Codetalker Ben Carterby, he loves teaching about the unknown contributions of tribal people.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A story told but never heard by the privileged: the immigrants and their progeny. The story of community, culture, family, and living the existential dilemma in the woodlands and on the prairies of what could never be their American dream. The story of little Ullie Eagle and other children sacrificed for profit, power, and prestige. As I read Dr. Jorgensen’s first book, Ozhoma, I was reminded of a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., who said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ This story exemplifies that very long arc that bends ever so slowly and slightly for our country’s first people, the many nations of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is also a reminder that the arc that bends toward justice does so only with the help of individuals—individuals like Dr. Jorgensen.”

—Gordon Peterson, Adjunct Professor

Editorial Reviews

A story told but never heard by the privileged: the immigrants and their progeny. The story of community, culture, family, and living the existential dilemma in the woodlands and on the prairies of what could never be their American dream. The story of little Ullie Eagle and other children sacrificed for profit, power, and prestige. As I read Dr. Jorgensen’s first book, Ozhoma, I was reminded of a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., who said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ This story exemplifies that very long arc that bends ever so slowly and slightly for our country’s first people, the many nations of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is also a reminder that the arc that bends toward justice does so only with the help of individuals—individuals like Dr. Jorgensen.”

—Gordon Peterson, Adjunct Professor

From the Publisher