Drawing on an Indigenous genealogical map of Canton Asylum by Kay Davis (Bois Forte Chippewa), this chapter explores multiple family and tribal histories during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Intersecting these are stories of rising settler forces, including the expansion of federal institutions and of scientific racism. The experiences of Seh-Tuk (Prairie Ban Potawatomi Nation), Elizabeth Faribault, Amelia Moss (Caddo Nation), and other institutionalized people’s stories attest that histories of removals are more complicated than typically assumed.

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