Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part One Our Founding Crimes
5. Chapter 1 Blood 21
6. Chapter 2 Eyes 36
7. Chapter 3 Spirits 56
8. Chapter 4 Bellies 63
9. Chapter 5 Tongues 87
10. Part Two Promoting Reconciliation in Nineteenth-Century America
11. Chapter 6 Rousing the Conscience of a Nation 109
12. Chapter 7 Friends of the Indian 126
13. Chapter 8 Indian Boarding Schools 148
14. Part Three Searching for Truth and Reconciliation in the Twenty-First Century
15. Chapter 9 America’s Stolen Generations 167
16. Chapter 10 The Hardest Word 192
17. Chapter 11 Where the Mouth Is 209
18. Part Four A Groundswell for Reconciliation
19. Chapter 12 Skulls 233
20. Chapter 13 Bones 255
21. Chapter 14 Hands 266
22. Conclusion Hearts 284
23. Acknowledgments 295
24. Notes 297
25. Further Reading 319
26. Index 329