Indian Voices

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Documents what Native Americans say about themselves, their daily lives, and the world around them. Through interviews many express their thoughts about the sometimes staggeringly ignorant, if often well-meaning, non-Natives they encounter - some who do not realise Native Americans still exist, much less that they speak English, have cell phones, use the Internet, and might attend powwows and power lunches.

Preface Introduction 1 A Man of the Dawn: Darrell Newell (passamaquoddy) 2 "Indians 101": Elizabeth Lohah Homer (Osage) 3 A Trio of Lumbees: Pamela Brooks Sweeny, Curt Locklear, and Mary Ann Cummings Jacobs 4 Elders of the Haudenosaunee: Darwin Hill (Towanda Seneca) and Geraldine Green (Cattaraugus Seneca) 5 City Kid: Ansel Deon (Lakota/Navajo) 6 The Drum Keeper: Rosemary Berens (Ojibwe) 7 "How's everybody doing tonight?": Marcus Frejo, aka Quese IMC (Pawnee/Seminole) 8 Tales from Pine Ridge: Karen Artichoker, with Heath Ducheneaux and Dwanna Oldson (Lakota) 9 "Get over it!" and Other Suggestions: Patty Talahongva (Hopi) 10 The Former President: Claudia Vigil-Muniz (Jicarilla Apache) 11 Practicing Medicine: Harrison Baheshone (Navajo) 12 The Kin of Sacajawea: Emma George and Summer Morning Baldwin (Lehmi Shoshone) 13 Indian Humor: Carol Craig (Yakama) 14 Powwow Power: Yom Phillips (Kiowa)15 Relearning for Life: Henry Frank (Yurok) 16 Eskimo Ice Cream: Christine Guy (Yup'ik) 17 Aloha from Hawai'i: Charles Ka'upu Jr. Conclusion Notes Acknowledgements Index