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Black Eagle Child : the Facepaint narratives / by Ray A. Young Bear ; foreword by Albert E. Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young Bear, Ray A.
- Series:
- Singular lives.
- Singular lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fox Indians--Biography.
- Fox Indians.
- Indian authors--Iowa--Biography.
- Indian authors.
- Artists--Iowa--Biography.
- Artists.
- Fox Indians--Social life and customs.
- Young Bear, Ray A.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A candid, poetic account of childhood and young manhood through the eyes of a Native American, this vivid narrative is destined to become a central moral text for our time. Through the persona of Edgar Bearchild-a member of the Black Eagle Child Settlement-Ray A. Young Bear takes readers on an unforgettable "journey of words" as he documents grief and anguish countered by an abundance of humor, pride, and insight.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword by Albert E. Stone; The Well-Off Man Church; Gift of the Star-Medicine; Afred E. Neuman Was an Arsonist; The Introduction of Grape Jell-O; The Precociousness of Charlotte; Brook Grassleggings Episode; A Circus Acrobat on the Grass; The Year of the Jefferson Airplane; The Human Parchment Period; How We Delighted in Seeing the Fat; The Supernatural Strobe Light; The Ugliest Man in Big Valley; Ask the One Who Blesses the Roots; Junior Pipestar: The Destiny Factor; Black Eagle Child Quarterly; The Man Squirrel Shall Not Wake; Afterword
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-58729-257-2
- OCLC:
- 44954754
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