Earth Song, Sky Spirit

by TRAFZER, CLIFFORD E.

• ISBN13: 9780385469609
• ISBN10: 0385469608
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-02-04
• Publisher: Anchor

Summary

A vibrant, vital anthology of stories that portray the lives of Native Americans today, featuring the work of N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and more than two dozen other gifted, authentic voices.

Author Biography

Clifford E. Trafzer is the Director of Native American Studies and the Costo Native American Research Center at the University of California, Riverside, where he is also Professor of History and Ethnic Studies. He is the author and editor of over a dozen books on the history, lives, and experiences of Native American peoples, including Earth Song, Sky Spirit and Blue Dawn, Red Earth. Trafzer is Vice-Chair of the California Native American Heritage Commission, an agency that protects sacred sites and American Indian burial grounds. He live in Yucaipa, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
From Aboard the Night Train	p. 13
The Moccasin Game	p. 37
The Prisoner of Haiku	p. 63
The Day the Crows Stopped Talking	p. 83
The Well	p. 95
Lost in the Land of Ishtaboli	p. 105
Faces	p. 125
Adventures of an Indian Princess	p. 133
Lucy, Oklahoma, 1911	p. 141
Fear and Recourse	p. 163
Earl Yellow Calf	p. 189
Grandpa Kashpaw's Ghost	p. 197
Sun Offering	p. 207
Lead Horse	p. 217
Bone Girl	p. 235
Spirit Woman	p. 245
The Cave	p. 257
Akun, Jiki Walu: Grandfather Magician	p. 273
Marlene's Adventures	p. 301
The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor	p. 317
Shadows and Sleepwalkers	p. 333
For Her With No Regrets	p. 341
Avian Messiah and Mistress Media	p. 353
Slaughterhouse	p. 383
Joseph's Rainbow	p. 407
The Dream	p. 423
Silver Bass and Alligator Gar	p. 435
Danse D'Amour, Danse De Mort	p. 447
Clara's Gift	p. 473
The Return of the Buffalo	p. 487
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