The dance house : stories from Rosebud

Marshall, Joseph 1945- (Author).

Summary: Stories and essays on a Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The title story is on the role that a dance house plays in Indian society and illustrates the frequent adversarial relationship between Indians and the federal government.

Record details

ISBN: 187861066X (lib. bdg.)
ISBN: 9781878610669 (lib. bdg.)
Physical Description: print
xix, 214 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M. : Red Crane Books, c1998.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Oliver's silver dollar -- Cozy by the fire -- Nelson and Star -- The 1965 Continental -- The dance house -- When the grasses talk -- Pride -- The birthday turtle -- The bloodlines of heritage -- The myth of the hunter warrior -- Buffalo grass -- White lore -- Lure of the Holy iron.