In this book, the author re-emphasizes her serious commitment to “the cause.” LaDuke is a mother, a writer, a Bear Clan Anishinaabe from the White Earth Reservation, twice a vice-presidential candidate for Ralph Nader, and an... Read More

Inhabiting the strange new country of the literary Indian, the poet speaks true without being melodramatic; his poems are pointed without being maudlin. These are important poems, biting and frank. They display one of the deepest and... Read More

In 1894 an old woman sat down to write, at the urging of a Dr.Gray and his wife, whose family she had supplied with bushels of moccasins and meals. She produced what has been called one of the “most remarkable autobiographies created... Read More

It has been said that good manners are the grease that keeps the wheels of society going ‘round. That the “civilization” of children is the most important education they’ll receive; that an unsocialized child, no matter how... Read More

“The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri River and such principal stream of it as… may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent, for the purpose of commerce,” instructed President... Read More

Maginnis has uncovered an intriguing historical event upon which to base his first novel. Knowing that the individuals who make up this tale actually existed during the period after the successful Mexican Revolution, lends an intensity... Read More

“Those who return from these darkling territories bring with them messages. These messages are poetry. Let the interpretation begin.” With these words O’Grady suggests that the “vision of the inaccessible” is a sacred and... Read More

The year in Indian Country is divided into thirteen moons. Thirteen equal cycles of four weeks, twenty-eight days. The Sugar Moon, Fishing Moon, and the Very Cold Moon are examples denoting the seasons and their seasonal activities in... Read More