“Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds marks a new crossroads in ethnic history and ethnic studies scholarship: a mode of scholarly interaction between Native and black worlds that refuses to sacrifice the feelings at the heart of their tangled histories.” — Joanna Brooks, Journal of American Ethnic History
“Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds is a valuable addition to the literature . . . . [It] is a welcome beginning because of its diversity of perspectives, its presentation of unfamiliar stories, and its clear-eyed willingness to explore a world in which Principal Chief Smith can use one removal to justify another.” — Joshua Piker, Ethnohistory
“Highly recommended.” — G. Ganon, Choice
“Miles and Holland should be lauded for bringing together a body of scholarship that illustrates quite dramatically how this convergence [of Native American and African American studies] has a wide and deep impact upon several disciplines and fields of study.” — Michael A. Elliot, American Literature
“This collection ambitiously pushes the boundaries of the types of sources to consider and the mediums through which to explore indigenous/African interactions in the western hemisphere.” — Fay A. Yarborugh, Western Historical Quarterly
"This book contains a stimulating blend of insider and outsider perspectives. . . . This volume makes an important contribution to the still under-researched area of African Americans' interactions with Native cultures and peoples. It should also suggest important avenues for further research and is highly recommended for students of both African American and Native American history and culture." — Stephen W. Angell, Journal of American History
“Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds addresses an extremely important nexus in ethnic studies and cultural studies and demonstrates the indispensable contributions of relational and comparative study.” — George Lipsitz, author of American Studies in a Moment of Danger
“This collection is an important extension of a vital topic—historical and contemporary cultural and political relationships between Indian and African peoples—fully into the realm of African diaspora studies.” — James F. Brooks, editor of Confounding the Color Line: The Indian-Black Experience in North America
“Tiya Miles and Sharon P. Holland have brought together precision history, evocative criticism, and wrenching memoir and fiction to offer a compelling picture of the meeting grounds where black and Indian lives intertwine. So much more than a decentering of whiteness, this collection truly opens up new and exciting terrain.” — Philip J. Deloria, author of Indians in Unexpected Places