The everlasting sky : voices of the Anishinabe people / Gerald Vizenor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-

Series:

Native voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Social conditions.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Government relations.

Ojibwa philosophy.

Indian reservations--Minnesota.

Indian reservations.

Minnesota.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 140 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2000]

Summary:

Named to Utne Reader's list of one hundred "people who could change your life," Gerald Vizenor has been a significant force in Native American literature and criticism for over thirty years. In this, his classic first book of essays, Vizenor presents a stark but vital view of reservation life in the early 1970s, a collection that Studies in American Indian Literatures called "memorable portraits of real people who defied yet finally were overcome by the dominant society."

Focusing on the people of the northern reservations, particularly the White Earth Reservation where he grew up, Vizenor puts a human face on those desperate and politically charged times that saw frequent government intervention and the emergence of the American Indian Movement (AIM). In his trademark style, Vizenor juxtaposes these snapshots of contemporary life against images and dream sequences from Anishinabe folktales and ceremonies.

In a new introduction, Vizenor reflects on the changes that have occurred on the reservations in the last three decades and updates the lives of this fascinating and various cast of characters.

Contents:

The Four Ages of Man 1

1 The Sacred Names Were Changed 5

2 Something the White Man Named 14

3 Daydreaming in a White School 27

4 Making It off the Reservation 43

5 Keeping the Family Together 51

6 Dreams in the Fourth Dimension 65

7 The People are Afraid of Change 80

8 What the People Believe is True 93

9 No One Else Can Represent My Conscience 109

10 Little More Than an Inside Toilet 116

11 Buried in a Blue Suit 128.

Notes:

Includes index.

Originally published: New York : Crowell-Collier Press, 1972. With new introd.

ISBN:

0873514009

OCLC:

45784340