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192 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Morrow paperback editions
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| Contents |
Growing up Indian. From House made of dawn / by N. Scott Momaday -- From Black Elk speaks / by Black Elk, as told through John G. Neihardt -- Love song (Chippewa) -- From Sketch of the eventful life of Okah Tubbee / by Okah Tubbee -- Autobiographical sketch / by John Rollin -- From Black Elk speaks / by Black Elk, as told through John G. Neihardt. |
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The Indian way of life. From The soul of the Indian / by Charles A. Eastman -- Childhood in an Indian village / by Wilfred Pelletier -- From Indian boyhood / by Charles A. Eastman -- From We talk, you listen / by Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Speech of Smohalla (Nez Percé). |
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Encountering the white man. From Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / by Dee Brown -- From Zuni texts / by Ruth Bunzel -- Address on the present condition and prospects of the aboriginal inhabitants of North America / by Maris Bryant Pierce -- From Indian boyhood / by Charles A. Eastman -- From The memoirs of Chief Red Fox / by William Red Fox -- From Cheyenne memories / by John Stands in Timber with Margot Liberty and Robert M. Utley -- From The way to Rainy Mountain / by N. Scott Momaday. |
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The Indian in the twentieth century. Indian love letter / by Soge Track -- From Me and mine : the life story of Helen Sekaquaptewa / as told to Louise Udall -- Christmas comes to Moccasin Flat / by James Welch -- From The memoirs of Chief Red Fox / by William Red Fox -- They are taking the holy elements from Mother Earth / by Asa Bazhonoodah -- Proclamation of the Indians of Alcatraz / by Indians of all tribes, San Francisco, California -- The red man's burden / by Peter Collier -- From The new Indians / by Sam Steiner. |
| Summary |
Twenty-six selections from personal narratives, essays, short stories etc., portraying their beliefs, daily lives, suffering and hopes before and after encounters with the White Man. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America.
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Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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| ISBN |
0688060307 |
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9780688060305 |
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