Buried roots and indestructible seeds : the survival of American Indian life in story, history, and spirit

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Buried roots and indestructible seeds : the survival of American Indian life in story, history, and spirit / edited by Mark A. Lindquist and Martin Zanger.

Lindquist, Mark Allan, 1952- (Added Author). Zanger, Martin. (Added Author).

Summary:

This anthology highlights central values and traditions in Native American societies, exploring the ongoing struggles and survival power of Native American people today. The essays and stories by well-known writers provide an excellent introduction for general readers as well as high school and college students. The stories and historical events are drawn especially from the tribes of the Great Lakes region, such as the Ojibwa (Chippewa) of Wisconsin, and are part of a continuing, sustaining storytelling tradition.

Starting with the opening selection, “The Circle of Stories,” which reaffirms the relationship of humans to all living things, the anthology emphasizes themes of connectedness and survival in essays on the environment, identity, community allegiance and treaty rights, marginalization and assimilation in American society, and conflict within the educational system. Several selections about Trickster tales introduce traditions of humor, irony, and imagination that have come to embody native survival, liberation, and continuance.

The authors included in Buried Roots and Indestructible Seeds are Kim Blaeser, Joseph Bruchac, George Cornell, Fred Hoxie, James Oberly, Denise Sweet, Tom Vennum, and Gerald Vizenor.

Record details

ISBN: 0299144402
ISBN: 9780299144401
ISBN: 0299144445
ISBN: 9780299144449
Physical Description: vi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: An Introduction / Kimberly M. Blaeser -- The circle of stories / Joseph Bruchac, III -- Native American perceptions of the environment / George L. Cornell -- Trickster : a compendium / Kimberly M. Blaeser -- Trickster discourse : comic and tragic themes in Native American literature / Gerald Vizenor -- Why treaties? / Frederick E. Hoxie -- Survival this way : Indian policy and living tradition / Thomas Vennum, Jr. -- Tribal sovereignty and natural resources : the Lac Courte Oreillles experience / James W. Oberly -- Blackbird women / Denise Sweet.