Grandpa was a cowboy & an Indian and other stories / Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Fiction.

Indians of North America.

United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Grandpa was a cowboy and an Indian and other stories

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"'Grandpa, ' I quietly asked, 'how come when you talk about the past, you say you were a cowboy and an Indian?' I sensed the regret in his short laugh when he answered, 'Cause I was both and both ways are gone forever.'" With great imagination and vigor, award-winning Lakota storyteller Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve treats readers to a collection of her best stories. She first spins tales of Lakota and Dakota generations today, of what the youngest can learn from their elders, if they choose to listen. The second group of stories, set in the turbulent and tragic years of the nineteenth century, teaches the need for understanding across cultures. The collection ends with spellbinding ancient Sioux tales about the birth of the universe, the deeds of legendary beings, and an unforgettable story about Old Woman, whose quill work maps out the end of the world.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Author's Note

The Medicine Bag

The Twelve Moons

Clean Hands

The Slim Butte Ghost

Jimmy Yellow Hawk

Grandpa Was Cowboy and an Indian

The First Christmas

Fool Soldiers

Sun Gazer

Tako Giza Said "Goo

The Tribe of the Burnt Thigh

The White Buffalo Calf Woman

The Speck in the Sky

Badlands Bones

The Flower Nation

All the Time in the World

Glossary with Phonetic Pronunciation

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8032-1920-2

OCLC:

70756122