YELLOW WOMAN & A BEAUTY OF THE SPIRIT

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780684811536
• ISBN10: 0684811537
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: S&S

Summary

Defiant essays on the culture of Native Americans and their position in society consider such topics as the earth, the weather, and the injustice of the Anglo-American legal system. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

Table of Contents

Introduction	13	(12)
Interior and Exterior Landscapes: The Pueblo Migration Stories	25	(23)
Language and Literature From a Pueblo Indian Prespective	48	(12)
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit	60	(13)
America's Debt to the Indian Nations: Atoning for a Sordid Past	73	(7)
Auntie Kie Talks About U.S. Presidents and U.S. Indian Policy	80	(5)
The People and the Land Are Inseparable	85	(7)
Tribal Councils: Puppets of the U.S. Government	92	(4)
Hunger Stalked the Tribal People	96	(4)
Fences Against Freedom	100	(15)
The Border Patrol State	115	(9)
Fifth World: The Return of Ma ah shra true ee, the Giant Serpent	124	(11)
Notes on Almanac of the Dead	135	(11)
Tribal Prophecies	146	(3)
Stone Avenue Mural	149	(3)
An Expression of Profound Gratitude to the Maya Zapatistas, January 1, 1994	152	(3)
Books: Notes on Mixtec and Maya Screenfolds, Picture Books of Preconquest Mexico.	155	(11)
As a Child I Loved to Draw and Cut Paper	166	(9)
The Indian with a Camera	175	(5)
On Photography	180	(7)
An Essay on Rocks	187	(5)
On Nonfiction Prose	192	(4)
Old and New Autobiographical Notes	196	(5)
Acknowledgments	201	(2)
Notes	203