For the first time in the two hundred years since Lewis and Clark led their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific, we hear the other side of the story--as we listen to nine descendants of the Indians whose homelands were traversed. Among those who speak: Newspaper editor Mark…
"In this sweeping work of memoir and commentary, leading cultural critic Paul Chaat Smith illustrates with dry wit and brutal honesty the contradictions of life in "the Indian business." Raised in suburban Maryland and Oklahoma, Smith dove head first into the political radicalis…
A contemporary oral history documenting what Native Americans from 16 different tribal nations say about themselves and the world around them. This work is a contemporary oral history documenting what Native Americans from 16 different tribal nations say about themselves and th…
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) recalls legends and tales from oral tradition and uses experiences from her life and community to educate others about the Yankton Sioux.
What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you think you should already know the answers ; or suspect that your questions may be offensive? In matter-of-fact responses to over 120 questions, both thoughtful and outrageous, modern and historical, Ojibwe scholar and cul…
Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
